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HONOLULU - The Obama administration on Monday approved Hawaii's request for a waiver from provisions of the federal No Child Left Behind education law.
In 2011, the administration announced it would let states avoid certain requirements, like students showing they're proficient in reading and math by 2014, if other conditions were met. Those conditions included states imposing their own standards to prepare students for college and careers and setting evaluation standards for teachers and principals.
Critics of NCLB call it a rigid, one-size-fits-all approach to education.
Hawaii is calling its redesigned plan Strive HI Performance System. Now that the school year is coming to an end, the district will work with complex area superintendents and principals over the summer to implement the system in the fall.
Hawaii Superintendent Kathryn Matayoshi said that Monday's approval will help the state focus on college and career readiness, rewarding high-performing schools and customizing student support.
Hawaii created zones in remote, hard-to-staff, low-performing schools that serve the largest population of Native Hawaiian and poor students. The zones in Waianae on Oahu and in the Kau, Keaau and Pahoa areas of the Big Island are targeted for reforms under Hawaii's $75 million Race to the Top grant.
The U.S. Department of Education says it has approved waiver requests from 37 states and the District of Columbia so far.
Hawaii education officials said they will use multiple methods to measure school performance, instead of relying on NCLB's "Adequate Yearly Progress," which is based mostly on reading and math test scores. Hawaii will measure success with data, including state reading and math scores, science assessments, chronic absenteeism and college enrollment.
Under Hawaii's newly approved system, each school is accountable for meeting customized goals.
An element of the waiver includes implementing teacher evaluations, and the Hawaii State Teachers Association will be paying close attention to how that happens, said Al Nagasako, the union's executive director. "We want to make sure teachers are involved every step of the way as they develop guidelines for that," he said.
The state Department of Education said NCLB forced schools to include accountability of student subgroups that don't fully reflect Hawaii's student population.
"We are proud of the work happening at every level of Hawaii's public education system to prepare students for real-world demands and provide better data, tools and support to students, educators and schools," Deputy Superintendent Ronn Nozoe said. "Now, with approval of the Strive HI Performance System, we've unlocked the potential of all these efforts to work together in a coherent way to support success."
U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard recently visited some of the zone schools to see the progress being made. "For six years, national education reform has been in a holding pattern," she said Monday. "Our students, teachers and administrators have waited for too long and deserve to have the flexibility to pursue Hawaii-developed reforms now."


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Prep Time 5 minutes |
Cook Time 50 minutes
3/4 cup organic short, medium, or long grain brown rice, washed
1/4 cup Eden Red Quinoa
1 pinch Eden Sea Salt
2 cups cold water
Place all ingredients in a heavy, small saucepan, cover and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce the flame to medium-low and simmer 50 minutes. Remove and let sit for 10 minutes before removing and placing in a serving bowl.
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Dallas Fed president Richard Fisher trades suit for western duds at Fort Worth rodeo
Richard Fisher, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, tonight will trade in his pin-stripe suit for western wear.
That's because he'll be riding a horse named "Shooter" in the World's Original Indoor Rodeo's Grand Entry, which starts at 7:30 p.m. It's part of the annual Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo, which began Jan. 18 and ends Feb. 9.
Fisher, an affable man with rimless glasses and salt-and-pepper hair, is just as comfortable talking feed prices and crop yields as interest rates and gross domestic product growth. His family owns a ranch in East Texas.
At a Dallas farewell dinner for former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan in 2006, Fisher showed off a large photograph of a 2,500-pound bull on the ranch.
The bull, formerly known as Mr. T, had been renamed Irrational Exuberance in reference to Greenspan's oft-cited remark about the soaring stock markets in the late 1990s, Fisher said at the dinner.


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on February 12, 2013 - 5:42 PM
A 10th Street Gang member pleaded guilty Tuesday before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to taking part in a narcotics conspiracy.
Benjamin Medina, 25, admitted selling marijuana and cocaine as part of a plea deal that could send him to federal prison for up to nearly six years.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph M. Tripi said Medina took part in the drug conspiracy over a six-year period in various locations on Buffalo's West Side. He will be sentenced in May.


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How Will Larry Hagman's Death Affect Season 2 of Dallas?
Before his death on Friday from complications from throat cancer, Larry Hagman, who plays the devious oil tycoon, had filmed six of 15 episodes for season 2 of Dallas.
Now, the show's writers and producers will have to find a way to finish filming the season without the show's most iconic character.
According to EW.com, producers want to give J.R. "the proper sendoff that he deserves."
"Larry Hagman was a giant, a larger-than-life personality whose iconic performance as J.R. Ewing will endure as one of the most indelible in entertainment history," executive producers Cynthia Cidre and Michael M. Robin said in a statement on Friday.
In the show's first season, an aging – but still scheming – J.R. spent some time in a nursing home to be treated for depression.
TNT, which airs Dallas, said in a statement: "We will be forever thankful that a whole new generation of people got to know and appreciate Larry through his performance as J.R. Ewing."
Deadline.com reports that it's currently unclear how Hagman's death will affect the show but speculates there may be a hiatus in filming, so "the writers can rework the scripts for the remaining episodes" without him.
Like the 1980 cliffhanger on the original Dallas – which left viewers asking, "Who shot J.R.?" – a farewell episode will likely be must-watch TV for fans.


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Top Definition
The act of getting high, usually referenced to smoking Kind Bud.
Shit, I got suited before I came over.
von Remmy Red 22. August 2005
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adjective To match clothing top to bottom, including hat, shoes, jewelry and other apparel. Originated by Bay Area underground rapper Jack Capers.
Fit, Fitted, Buttered, Dipped, Dipped In Butter, Saucy, Matching
Fit, Fitted, Buttered, Dipped, Dipped In Butter, Saucy, Matching
1:"Looking suited like a pair of clubs" 2:"That boy is suited" 3:"Man, I'm gonna be suited tonight"
von Jack Capers 19. August 2007
In the act of Gettin' buck, ready ta fight.--Dressin up ta fight wit yo actions.
Ash:....And dnt tryn steal my color
Me: I hope u aint tryna Get Suited shawty!!
Me: I hope u aint tryna Get Suited shawty!!
von Chubbster aka. Mr ABC on Dec!!. 17. April 2008
Having cards sharing the same suit, such as your pocket cards in Texas Hold Em or your first three cards in Seven Card Stud.
Poker pro Phil Hellmuth is rumored to have made a large prop bet that AK off-suit is a pre-flop favorite over AK suited.
von Jeff_P 9. Mai 2006
to have condoms and planning/ready to have sex
Davon:"Oh man them girls over there is ready to get off you in?"
Tbo:"Hell ya dawg, plus im suited!"
Tbo:"Hell ya dawg, plus im suited!"
von Ahmayzeing Jackson 19. Mai 2010
adv: Definitely, certainly, very, or obviously; derived from its usage in poker. sometimes abbreviated as "suits".
(See also obv, obvies)
(See also obv, obvies)
'We going to Ruby Tuesday tonight?' 'Suited.'
von Jeff_P 9. Mai 2006
to be fine, ok, generally good...
suited is fine... Big L
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Apple loves to brag about numbers, so it should come as no
surprise that the boys from Cupertino are overjoyed by the news that the newly
launched Mac App Store crossed the one million
downloads mark in just 24 hours.
"We're amazed at the incredible response the Mac App
Store is getting," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "Developers have
done a great job bringing apps to the store and users are loving how easy and
fun the Mac App Store is."
The Mac App Store provides users a simplified way of
searching for, purchasing, and installing OS X applications. Anyone that is
familiar with the App Store for the iPhone/iPod touch/iPad would feel right at
home using the complimentary service for his or her MacBook, MacBook Pro, or
MacBook Air.
Interestingly enough, even though Apple's Mac App Store
seems to be off to a good start, it still has it problems. Many users were
getting an "error
100" message when trying to access the store early yesterday. The only way to clear
the message for many users was to Log Out of their current session of OS X and
log back in.
Even more troubling is that fact that some paid apps can
be easily pirated by downloading the .dmg files from the internet and using
a "purchase" receipt from a free app.
quote: Ironic, considering Apple have barely adopted Nehalem processors and we're already on Sandy Bridge.
quote: As for your claim of one million iPads a week, Apple simply don't have the supply chain necessary to produce one million iPads a week. Additionally, Apple aren't renowned for dropping prices to sensible levels so that's another little fault with this scenario. They sold three million in the 80 days post launch and you're expecting the same number to go in 21?


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Offer alternatives to lives in crime
April 3, 2013
A few area residents may remember a time when some young men headed down the wrong road in life were given two options: Join the military or go to jai....
Jesus told Simon that her sins were many, but that he forgave them because she "…loved much. "…But," he continued, "to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little" (Luke 7:47). Simon couldn't have missed the point, and the woman was saved by her faith.
You see, even though the woman was a sinner...her faith saved her...
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Jesus as God knew and knows our sin, and he instructed those He was in contact with to sin no more...if the sin was not recognized, how could He instruct.
The major difference now is that because Jesus shed His blood and through that grace, we are saved and our sin is washed away.
Also, remember what He said to Judas as one example. What about Peter? I know you understand and love the time to answer...but beyond anything...God cares and wants us with Him forever.
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Kozy, When did Jesus point out the specific sin of anyone, other than the religious leaders of the time? He didn't ask questions, he just offered up the love.Most people today want to make sure someone is worthy enough of that love.
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3.The cross of Christ is the only remedy for evil. Tighter security will not keep us safe. More laws will not guarantee things from happening (I'm not opposed to proper laws for public safety, but let's not fool ourselves into thinking solutions are found in more laws). It is only radically changed hearts - whose compositions have been rearranged by the Gospel - that can solve the problem of evil.
4.God is sovereign and can be trusted. I don't understand why He allows such things as raping children, but I know for certain He is sovereign and can be trusted, and that is where my hope is.
When we keep those four things in mind, it helps us to navigate and pray with a purpose. What other Truths should be kept in mind at times like this? Do you have suggestions?
A Pharisee, I don't believe so, a Grandpa and Father who is separated by lots of mileage, yes...and I love them so.
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sunshine...And I just want to remind you of how Christians should think about such things. There should be a couple of thoughts that enter the minds of Christ-followers every time there is evil. Let me suggest a few: 1.We live in a fallen, sin-cured world.This world is broken and because of sin, sinners do terribly wicked and sinful things. Although each instance shocks us, we should never be surprised. 2.Hope is not found in capturing the perpetrator. When we capture the individual(s) who did this evil, that won't solve the problems of our world. We root for justice in these situations and we want justice, and that is good. But we can't set our hope in capturing the evil person...(continued)
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I can't find that I called you that..?
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BTW...can't find lowly scum in the Bible.
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Oh. sunshine...you are calling me a Pharisee? On what grounds? The man raped little children and I'm wrong for praying? It's wrong to ask God to protect my Grandchildren?
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On the other hand, praying is good. As long as we aren't praying like the Pharisee, only thanking God that we "aren't like those lowly scum" If you remember, Jesus said that wasn't a very good prayer..
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lol it wasn't a good save actually. it was the answer a pharisee would give.
and how do you know there is no evidence he hasn't changed? has your daughter reached out to him? maybe you should talk to her about what a true christ follower really does. or maybe you don't know? it's not always easy remember.
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Minister to him...point out his sin and if the man asked...heal him. The is no evidence that he has changed except he no longer is in jail.
Do you think we should not pray? Do you believe we should not be concerned and diligent?
Not certain why you asked that?
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Hmm. I don't know kozy, what would Jesus do if such a person moved in his backyard?
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sorry...be there...
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Received this from our Daughter this morning...
"Just found out a level 3 sex offender who hurt boys the same age as my boys just moved into the house right behind us. Our back yards meet. I am so upset. Trying to take a deep breath and even process what this means for our family -- for the freedom my children have had to play freely in their own yard or ride their bikes around the neighborhood. Having a hard time breathing and trying to stop the tears before the kids see me. How much longer, Dear Lord? How much evil will continue before You say "Enough!?"
Why isn't he in jail? The State of NY just passed added gun laws, so what protection does a family have. Do you think Cuomo or Shummer will their to protect?
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What is your personal agenda ShelleBelle?
You one of those who profit (employed) from those useless rehabilitation programs that taxpayers are hindered with in funding? Are you a parent that failed miserably? Are you a parent that is trying to find every excuse in the book for your misfit child so you can dump the burden on the rest of us?
What is your personal agenda?
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"Why would a rational person with no hidden agenda believe that throwing these young 'offenders' in anything other than drug treatment/counseling will HELP them become productive members of society?"
Because the drug treatment/counseling is a FAILURE system.
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ShelleBelle self absorded writes: "You are assuming that people 'heading down the wrong road in life' or young men who find themselves in the justice system are "miscreants"??really??"
YES, yes and YES, they broke the law. THEY BROKE THE LAW. Their CHOICE, their decisions, their mistakes, their problem, their FAILURES.
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**throw away low-lifes = their $$ & their kids stay protected from going out & risking their neck to serve. Maybe their young adult children can be the guys in the suits deciding things for everyone else as well. This is more $$ into programs that secure the gov.'s $$ & place in society.Meanwhile our kids dont matter.They never have & by 'OUR' I mean, every parent who isnt a politician or the $$ ppl that make decisions for those politicians.They don't care about any of us. I cant believe ppl still think they do!! .
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You are assuming that people 'heading down the wrong road in life' or young men who find themselves in the justice system are "miscreants"??really?? That is not what fills our jails & prisons!!It is mostly non-violent offenders, 80% of who have a drug problem. Why would a rational person with no hidden agenda believe that throwing these young 'offenders' in anything other than drug treatment/counseling will HELP them become productive members of society? We've all seen emotional scars of serving during active war & to call incarceration 'rehabilitation' is laughable,we've seen them too!But,I would imagine the government would like to make you believe that these million$$ prisons & military made men are all 4 the young mens benefit!NOT THEIRS, RIGHT? They don't care about these young ppl !!THIS DOESN'T HELP DISTURBED YOUNG PEOPLE.Theres so many ppl serving time(& securing many govern.jobs)there arent many left to serve 'their'country. Throw away low~lifes=THEI
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So now that the Wings are contributing to depression instead of fixing it... What can be done about it?
I thought we could use this as a constructive moment to share what we will do to cheer ourselves up, sans the obvious 3 game winning streak.
What will get you out of the funk?
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Quality Education in the Benedictine Tradition
December 9, 2011
Shauna M. Hetrick, senior computing and information science major of Johnstown, has been named to the 2011 edition of Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges and was recognized as an outstanding campus leader during the annual Saint Vincent College Founders' Day Vespers and Honors Convocation Thursday, November 17 in the Archabbey Basilica. Ms. Hetrick, daughter of Robert and Kelly Hetrick, is a member of the varsity softball team, Colleges Against Cancer Club, Computer Science Colloquium Club, and the Ultimate Frisbee Club. She is a member of Saint Patrick's R.C. Church in Johnstown. She is a 2009 graduate of Westmont Hilltop High School. The Who's Who students are selected by campus nominating committees and editors of the annual directory on the basis of their academic achievement, service to the community, leadership in extracurricular activities and potential for continued success. They join an elite group of students selected from more than 2,300 institutions of higher learning in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and several foreign nations. Outstanding students have been honored in the annual directory since it was first published in 1934.
Photo: Br. Norman W. Hipps, O.S.B., left, president of Saint Vincent College, presents Who's Who Award to Shauna Hetrick.


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Annual Art from the Heart gives out 31 awards
The ninth annual Art from the Heart by the Greeley Art Association gave out awards for paints, photography and mixed media to 31 artists on March 8.
Here are the first place and grand prize winners:
» Best of Show — "Finding Mr. Right" by Karen Brackstone Fryer .
» People's Choice — "Cowgirl" by Sandy Baird .
» Acrylic — "Mt. McKinley" by Edward Hansen .
» Mixed Media — "Pelicans" by Suzette McIntyre .
» Oil — "Age of the Mind- Self-Portrait" by Ruth Wydeven .
» Pastel — "Moon on the Madison" by Margie Palmer .
» Photography — "Winter Geese Over Poudre Trail" by Ulli Limpitlaw
» Watercolor — "The Gondola" by Ann Roche
VFW honors heroes, youth and veterans
The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2121 and Ladies Auxiliary honored many Weld County heroes, outstanding youth and tireless volunteers their annual Americanism Program on March 3.
Local firefighters, police officers, sheriff's office deputies and ambulance EMTs were honored for their commitment to keeping Weld County a wonderful and safe place to live, according to a VFW news release.
Four local youths were honored for participating in the Patriots Pen and Voice of Democracy essay competition. They were Jacob Rogers , Britney Robertson , Shayla Millman and Kimberly Martin . Many veterans were honored for their hours of service and unfailing dedication to fellow veterans.
The program was a success, the release stated, and the VFW Post 2121 and Ladies Auxiliary want to thank everyone who organized and participated in it.
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It's time for final comment on future U.S. genetic evaluations
It's time for final comment on future U.S. genetic evaluations
Breeders have until July 16 to give input on the CDCB's Business Plan proposal
by Corey Geiger, Assistant Managing Editor, Hoard's Dairyman
On Friday June 15, the Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding released its road map for operational and financial aspects of how U.S. genetic evaluations might be carried out once USDA takes a step back from providing this service. The five-page Business Plan discusses governance, data flow and collection, as well as future fees to fund the system. The initial budget is projected to be $1.153 million and it will expand to $1.84 million by the third year.
As breeders review the Business Plan for the first time, you will want to turn to Page 5. It is the chart most breeders will want to review quite carefully. It contains the fees (surcharges) above and beyond the current genomic test costs to obtain information gathered on your animal's genomic evaluations. The proposed fee schedule rewards those who contribute data to the system, while it charges higher fees to those who do not participate in production data collection or breed-sponsored programs such as classification which are essential to calibrate the entire system. It also places the largest cost center on males which are projected to account for nearly 80 percent of the fees collected.
For breeders who have waited nearly five years to get information on your bulls, you can test them for $20 and receive a one-time evaluation. If you find a blue-chipper, and wish to receive continual updates, then you must pay $800 for that privilege. On the flip side, breeders should be able to recapture that expanded fee from semen sales. As stated earlier, all fees move upward on a sliding scale as a participant contributes less data to the system.
There are also other important aspects that warrant careful review. Some include:
- The fees are subject to change based on the number of tests run (fees collected from those tests) and expenses to conduct genetic evaluations.
- The number of voting members for the Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding expands from 9 to 12 with a system to further expand the group to 14 (Page 1).
- It creates a provision to expand the number of nominators (a role currently handled by A.I. and breed associations) for genomic tests. (The nominators are important because they also collect the fees.)
- It provides a mechanism to continue Material License Agreements with individual organizations and protect data confidentiality. In addition, a provision has been added that seeks independent review of breed association type data.
Dairy producers will have 30 days to comment on the Business Plan (June 16 to July 16). We have posted the five-page document along with a one-page explanation here.
Since the Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding has no website, comments can be emailed to one of the nine voting members . . . or the four Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding officers. For your convenience, Hoard's Dairyman will also accept comments and distribute them to all the leaders. Email us at email@example.com
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Gunshots were reported on the Iowa State University campus in Ames, and officials say a suspect is in custody.
Iowa State University police say on their Facebook page the incident happened Monday morning after Ames police attempted a traffic stop on a pickup and a chase ended on the ISU campus. The pickup driver rammed police cars and an Ames police officer fired at the truck. The driver is hospitalized. No students were injured.
The university says campus activities have resumed. The incident occurred at about 10:30.
The Iowa State Daily, the university's student newspaper, reports an alert was sent to ISU students and staff at 10:55 a.m. saying the threat was over.
The newspaper reports Warren Madden, the university's senior vice president, says police indicate the pickup was stolen.


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Odessa E. "Dutchie" (Patterson) Zeigler, 94, formerly of Madera, passed away Friday at Valley View Home.
She was born in Ramey, daughter of the late Walter and Alice (Shoff) Paterson. She married John Zeigler on Oct. 5, 1942, in Oklahoma City, Okla. He preceded her in death on March 8, 1971.
Dutchie is survived by a daughter, Beth Ann Rhodes and her husband, Mick of Altoona; a sister, Lois Johnston of Tujunga, Calif.; a nephew, Jack Johnston; and numerous other nieces and nephews.
Dutchie was a member of the Madera United Methodist Church and was a 1936 graduate of the former Madera High School. She also was a past member of the Madera High School Alumni Association and the Madera VFW Post 882 Ladies Auxiliary.
Along with being a homemaker, Dutchie helped her husband in daily operations of the former Zeigler's Jewelry Store of Houtzdale.
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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (477 votes).
In short: Scenic race that will challenge your toughness...In full: Scenic race with some added toughness. Did a PB despite the hills. Organisation was the best I've seen. Tshirt was amazing and so was the post run food. I will definitely be back again for this one. This is, by far, my favourite marathon!Date of review: October 6, 2012
In short: Excellent dayIn full: Excellent day got a pb fantastic course stunning scenery (2nd to the Grand Canyon Marathon)plus had a great weeks holiday Date of review: October 6, 2012
In short: Spectacular race, very friendly, even a good technical t shirtIn full: The race lived up to its billing, with spectacular views over the hills as we came up to the start on the bus, and even delivered perfect sunny conditions. I got the bus from Drumnadrochit, which meant a slightly later pick up time and a trip round the other side of the Loch, which was good. Great atmosphere on the bus, and just enough time to get to the start line after handing in my bag. Flew down the first mile and carried on at pace, passing the half way in close to a HM PB, but then reality kicked in with the 2 mile hill at 18 miles. Had a good value massage in the tent afterwards and a very welcome bowl of curry, along with a technical shirt that I will actually use and a nice medal. Really good value.The only thing I'd change is the registration. As I wasn't staying in Inverness, just coming in to pick up the number, which took 1 minute and could have been posted, was a bit of a mission.Date of review: October 4, 2012
In short: A very special raceIn full: This was my second marathon, VLM in 2010 being my first. Organisers of this event have certainly got it nailed. Pre race registration easy, the coaches up to the start all on time and leave promptly and things to do for spectators. We put together a 7 day break around this event with another couple and I will just list a few pointers below which you may find helpfull. Firstly, drive to Inverness, I drove from Norwich, very long way and overnighted in Berwick upon Tweed. If you decide on flying or train you are limited in Inverness as to what you want to do for a few days. However, Inverness is a very nice city. Loch Ness and Urqhart Castle are a must and we also drove over to Fort William to ride the Jacobite train along the most scenic railway journey in the world. Also, the Castle Pub, real ales, real food, the ales after the race!!! Back to the race! Having done VLM as my first marathon, the crowds, as expected are in not in numbers here. For the first 25 miles you are on your own apart from the odd house you pass with people cheering. Fantastic scenery, from the word go until Inverness, you do literally follow the Loch, 90% of the way. Sureal start up in the highlands as you are Pipped over the start by a band. Excellent value for money, great medal and Techincial T Shirt. Reviews say it can be fast, which I will agree with to a point, but there are one or two tricky steep climbs early on, one in particular at the 6 mile mark, where I saw people walking. Another long climb, not so steep is at 18 miles. I was plesed with my performance to a point, ran 20.5 miles without stopping until an old football knee injury cut in. Walk and and ran the last 5.5miles, hopeful of breaking the VLM PB, but failed by 3 minutes. Lastly, all I can say is, if you want a marathon which is totally different then do it. I would like to say, that I will probably do it again, but living so far away I probably never will. A special, special race....... Date of review: October 4, 2012
In short: Beautiful views but a bit lonelyIn full: Great race, great vistas, great weather!!!I got a PB, very happy with dipping under 3h50 on the undulating course.Badged as the "friendliest" marathon but in my opinion it isn't. There is virtually no crowd apart from the last mile due to its location. I love the support of the crowd so this was a bit of a downside for me in an otherwise great day.I'll stop moaning now.Date of review: October 4, 2012
In short: This continues to be one of my favourite marathons. Organisation, scenery and local support is second to none. The course isn't the flattest but I've managed to get 3 of my best marathon times on this course. I'll be back next year.Date of review: October 3, 2012
In short: Complete one off of a race but be prepared and not to be taken lightlyIn full: The start was like nothing I have ever or will ever experience again as mountainous scenery was unreal.Although I had done some hill training reckon a few cross training sessions would have benefitted as the undulations came back to haunt me late on (20m+) . Organisation was spot on as everyone involved played their part in making everything run so smoothly on the day. Was nice to see runners from all over turn out for this one , was on my to do list and may well come back one day and have another go . Date of review: October 3, 2012
In short: A great event, well organised, friendly race...just don't get too carried away in the first few miles!In full: A PB for me - HURRAH! It was worth a turn of the head to look back at some amazing undulating (key word!) hills (behind me!!), the crisp, autumnal weather made it perfect! A couple of ascents which certainly challenged my, by then fatigued legs (ouch!), The drinks/ gel stops, marshals, support at the end - guy on the bike(!?!) for a lot of the the route - THANK YOU for your support! ALL good! The only thing I would say - next year can someone turn down the blower on the last half mile home stretch!!!!!? That wind was mean! ;0) Date of review: October 3, 2012
In short: AmazingIn full: If you like spectactular views this is the marathon for you.I am an experienced marathon runner, this being my thirtieth (including multi day events and ultras). As a marathon this now has to be one of my favorites.Is it a fast race? I would disagree with most people and say this race has PB potential, being my second fastest marathon. The start is downhill, and any hills you climb later are short and steep, but are more than compensated by long slow descents. The wind also pushed me along! The gels, drinks and water were very generous, the marshals were first class. The end was fantastic, curry, soup, bagpipes and a beer tent! The only downer I suppose was lack of toilets at the start, but us men can normally make 'other arrangements' so its not a big deal.Even if this is not a fast race, do it anyway. Its still quite small so not massive running crowds, Inverness is pretty and you dont need taxis all weekend, and we shouldnt just do the flattest course just to get a PB. Should we? Date of review: October 2, 2012
In short: Starting in the wilds of the Scottish Highlands and with a big city atmosphere at the finish, this race has it all. In full: I can't imagine any other race where you start in the middle of nowhere surrounded by the most stunning scenery imaginable and you finish in a city with hundreds of spectators cheering you on. Just for that, this could be the UK's best marathon. On top of that though you have nice touches like being texted your time as soon as you're over the line, a decent goody bag (which makes what might appear to be an expensive race seem more than reasonably priced) and plenty of things to keep the family entertained whilst you run. Some will describe this as a tough race and you do need to do some hill training. But overall, it's downhill and the big hill from miles 18-20 isn't really that bad (more of a long slog than particularly steep). With a tailwind for virtually the whole course (other than the last half mile which is in the opposite direction), I managed not only a PB but a negative split. Just take it relatively easy during the first 10 miles which are almost entirely downhill (though there are a couple of nasty short sharp climbs) and you'll be fine. A big thank you from me to the organisers (especially whoever it was at the London expo this year who persuaded me to enter). And if you're thinking about entering, just do it now. You won't regret it for a moment.Date of review: October 2, 2012
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"PAML (for Phylogentic Analysis by Maximum Likelihood) contains a few programs for model fitting and phylogenetic tree reconstruction using nucleotide or amino-acid sequence data." (doc/pamlDOC.pdf)
PAML is available to all OSC users without restriction.
The following versions of PAML are available on OSC systems:
On the Glenn Cluster paml is accessed by executing the following commands:
module load biosoftw module load paml
PAML is a collection of several programs that will be added to the users PATH: baseml, basemlg, chi2, codeml, ds, evolver, mcmctree, pamp, and yn00. Each of the programs has separate, but typically similar usage and options.
baseml / basemlg Maximum likelihood analysis of nucleotide sequences using a faster discrete model / Implements the (continuous) gamma model of Yang (Intensive Computation)
baseml and
basemlg require a
baseml.ctl in the current directory with the following variables set:
seqfile, outfile, treefile
The following are optional variable to set in
baseml.ctl: noisy, verbose, runmode, model, Mgene, ndata, clock, fix_kappa, kappa, fix_alpha, alpha, Malpha, ncatG, fix_rho,nparK, nhomo, getSE, RateAncestor, Small_Diff, cleandata, icode, fix_blength, method
chi2 Calculates the x2 critical value and p value for conducting the likelihood ratio test
[p | INTEGER DOUBLE]
chi2 prints x2 critical values at set significance levels until 'q+ENTER' is reached
chi2 p interactive set the degrees of freedom and x2 value
chi2 INTEGER DOUBLE Computes the probability for INTEGER df and DOUBLE x2
codeml Implements the codon substitution model of Goldman & Yang for DNA and amino acid sequences
codeml requires
codeml.ctl to be located in the current directory with the following variables set:
seqfile, outfile, treefile, aaRatefile
The following are optional variables to set in
codeml.ctl: noisy, verbose, runmode, seqtype, CodonFreq, ndata, aaDist, model, NSsites, icode, Mgene, fix_kappa, kappa, fix_omega, omega, fix_alpha, alpha, Malpha, ncatG, getSE, RateAncestor, Small_Diff, cleandata, fix_blength, method
ds Computes descriptive statistics from a baseml/basemlg analysis
evolver Simulates sequences under nucleotide, codon, and amino acid substitution models; generates random trees; and calculates the partition distances between trees
EVOLVER in paml version 4.4d, March 2011
Results for options 1-4 & 8 go into
(1) Get random UNROOTED trees?
(2) Get random ROOTED trees?
(3) List all UNROOTED trees?
(4) List all ROOTED trees?
(5) Simulate nucleotide data sets (use MCbase.dat)?
(6) Simulate codon data sets (use MCcodon.dat)?
(7) Simulate amino acid data sets (use MCaa.dat)?
(8) Calculate identical bi-partitions between trees?
(9) Calculate clade support values (read 2 treefiles)?
(11) Label clades?
(0) Quit?
evolver's option 5 requires
MCbase.dat. evolver's option 6 requires
MCcodon.dat. evolver's option 7 requires
MCaa.dat and
dat/mtmam.dat. evolver's option 9 requires
truetree rst1 (formed from
stewart.trees &
codeml's output
rst1). evolver's option 11 requires
name.tress with user input.
mcmctree Implements the Bayesian MCMC algorithm of Yang and Rannala for estimating species divergence times
mcmctree requires
mcmctree.ctl to be located in the current directory with the following variables set:
seqfile, treefile, outfile, RootAge, usedata
The following are optional variables to set in
mcmctree.ctl: seed, ndata, clock, model, alpha, ncatG, cleandata, BDparas, kappa_gamma, alpha_gamma, rgene_gamma, sigma2_gamma, finetune, print, burnin, sampfreq, nsample
pamp Implements the parsimony-based analysis of Yang and Kumar
pamp requires
pamp.ctl to be located in the current directory with the following variables set:
seqfile, treefile, outfile
The following are optional variables to set in
pamp.ctl: seqtype, ncatG, nhomo
yn00 Implements the method of Yang and Nielson for estimating synonymous and nonsynonymous substitution rates in pairwise comparisons of protein-coding DNA sequences
yn00 requires
yn00.ctl to be located in the current directory with the following variables set:
seqfile, outfile
The following are optional variables to set in
yn00.ctl: verbose, icode, weighting, commonf3x4, ndata
.ctl files (
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Crawford Notch is the steep and narrow gorge of the Saco River in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, located almost entirely within the town of Hart's Location. Roughly half of that town is contained in Crawford Notch State Park.
The notch is at the upper or northern end of this gorge (constituting the extreme southern end of a panhandle at the southeastern corner of the town of Carroll), where the land descends both to north and south, and ascends both to east and west. However, the steepness of the south-flowing Saco's gorge (in contrast to the leisurely descent of the northward drainage into the watershed of Crawford Brook and eventually the Ammonoosuc River) makes it natural to attach the name to the gorge.
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"World's No.1 gold ownership and trading service online."
Fast Money
"BullionVault opened the professional bullion market and good delivery bullion bars to retail participation."
Sramana Mitra on Technology
"BullionVault enables anybody to buy and sell high quality gold."
Sunday Times
It's free to open an account and registration takes less than a minute. There's no obligation to trade.
You can transfer funds immediately, ready to buy gold or silver. Standard proof of identity is then required within two weeks...
The professional good delivery system gets you big savings, and so too does the internet. BullionVault connects buyers and sellers from all over the world. They can all quote prices to each other when they wish to buy or sell; and so can you. Like any exchange this price competition forces everyone - including BullionVault itself - to quote highly competitive prices, and you always get the best quoted price, from whoever is quoting it.
The cost of ownership for the average BullionVault user who buys gold through our order board and owns it for 5 years works out at 0.32% per annum - which includes all dealing, storage and insurance costs.
The ownership cost for larger users ($1m) works out at just 0.17% per annum over the same five year period.
Most banks charge 3 to 4 percent when buying or selling foreign currency.
At BullionVault, there is deep gold liquidity in Dollars, Pounds Sterling, Euros and Yen. This means you'll get the best price no matter which currency you prefer.
It's tempting to think something is only safe when we look after it ourselves. But insurers rate privately held gold as very high risk, so arranging insurance is both difficult and expensive.
According to the insurance actuaries who evaluate them the professional bullion vaults are the safest place in the world to store gold, so insurance costs much less. We include it in your storage fee, which saves you money and a great deal of time.
The annual management cost of the major ETFs is 0.4%, which is over 3 times higher than BullionVault's 0.12% storage rate for gold.
Allocated storage at a bank would usually cost around 10 times our allocated storage rate.
What People Say About BullionVault
"Dramatically cuts the cost of gold ownership."
Financial Times
"[BullionVault] reduces the cost of buying and holding gold."
"A well-established online gold investment service: signup is easy, low minimums, premiums are cheap, very close to spot, fully allocated."
Jeff Clark, Casey Research, 'The Best Online Purchase and Storage Programs'
"[BullionVault] provides storage and insurance for less than 0.12% per year. At that rate, it would take over eight years to pay 1% in storage and insurance costs."
It's free to open an account and registration takes less than a minute. There's no obligation to trade.
You can transfer funds immediately, ready to buy gold or silver. Standard proof of identity is then required within two weeks...
High Security International Vaulting Options
For your safety we separate the roles of storing the bullion and keeping the records. Your bullion is vaulted in formally recognised professional vaults, managed by vault operators who are leading providers of precious metals vaulting and transportation services.
BullionVault maintains the ownership records, and we publish online the daily register of owners. All users can see their private holding publicly listed against their alias - which of course only they know. The register's total matches the bar list total, produced independently by the vault operators, and published alongside our register.
No other bullion business provides this daily and independent client-by-client proof that the right amount of bullion is in the vault.
The World's Most Reliable Gold And Silver Bullion
Good delivery bars are manufactured by accredited refiners who are regularly subjected to double-blind tests by independent assayers. The bars spend their lives in accredited storage facilities and are transported only by accredited couriers.
They are the only form of gold automatically trusted upon receipt by professional buyers.
Once a year we send in independent specialist assayers who inspect the bullion and report to our auditors, who then publish the report on their own website for your inspection.
We are completely confident regarding the quality of the bullion in our care, and provide a full, permanent, 100% guarantee of its quality.
BullionVault gold bars are all of known weight and purity, which exceeds 99.5%. As with the rest of the professional bullion market only the pure gold content (gross weight * purity) is traded and recorded. The gold in your BullionVault account is therefore 100% pure.
Silver is different. Good delivery silver bars are refined to 99.9% purity and traded at gross weight. The good delivery silver in your account is 99.9% pure.
No Counterparty Exposure
Your gold and silver are already safely in your chosen vault when you go online to buy. You pay the seller immediately with the cleared funds that you previously deposited into the BullionVault Client Money trust account. Your money becomes theirs, and their gold becomes yours. BullionVault guarantees that the deal, payment, and receipt of gold happen together, or not at all.
With this speed of settlement you gain enormously in flexibility if ever you need to act quickly - for example to move your property urgently across international borders. On BullionVault you can switch your tangible property between vaults in seconds. That's much faster than your bank.
Due Diligence
We encourage a review of our reference and partner websites which have been collected under our summary FAQs below.
What People Say About BullionVault
"An online gold market with vaults storing more gold than the central bank reserves of Canada, Hong Kong, Ireland and Qatar combined."
Wall Street Journal
"It's easy to buy and sell small amounts, and you get the benefit of owning physical gold without the hassle of actually finding somewhere to store it."
MSN Money
"BullionVault [is] a leading online service for gold bullion trading and ownership"
- Market Watch
"The most secure way to invest in physical gold."
Daily Telegraph
It's free to open an account and registration takes less than a minute. There's no obligation to trade.
You can transfer funds immediately, ready to buy gold or silver. Standard proof of identity is then required within two weeks...
Why are BullionVault prices so much better than the competition? Read more x
You'll have seen the current prices for buying gold, and selling, on our front page. At the moment, in ounces, it's about [Sell] – [Buy]. Where do our gold and silver prices come from?
They come from other BullionVault users, just like you.
BullionVault offers a marketplace exchange in accredited, pre-vaulted, privately owned, professional market bullion. You get to deal directly with another user who wants to sell when you want to buy, and vice-versa. You both save money by cutting out the middleman, both when you buy and when you sell.
It's easy too. You'll check the price on a price chart, choose your own dealing limit price, and enter your order.
The more competitive the price you post the higher your chance of doing a deal, and if you offer to pay the price at which somebody is already offering (the 'Buy' price, or 'Best Offer' - here ) you'll deal straight away.
There is 24/7 competition between users to offer each other the best price. That's why BullionVault prices are genuinely 'competitive'.
Our website makes using an exchange very simple and safe for you, and people from all over the world have quickly got the hang of it and empowered themselves to deal gold cheaper. Open exchanges and competing quotes get you better prices. That's why we do it this way. But if you're a bit nervous just call us. We're more than happy to help you through your deal on the telephone.
How deep is BullionVault's liquidity? Read more x
BullionVault offers you exceptionally reliable and deep liquidity through four complementary channels.
The best price is usually offered by another BullionVault user. You deal direct with them, cutting out the middleman to your mutual advantage. This direct client-to-client dealing accounts for about 65% of trading volume on BullionVault.
However clients aren't forced to quote great prices, so about 35% of the time our own price is better for you. That means you'll trade directly with BullionVault itself – via one of our robots.
'Robots' are computer programs which receive an electronic price feed and use it to quote prices on the BullionVault Order Board in just the same way as you and other clients do. Ours manage BullionVault's own $40 million inventory. Robots are subject to the same limitations as you, which means they can only sell what they already own physically in the vault, or buy with their cleared cash balance. You buy from them, or sell to them, just like you would directly with another client, but only while they offer a better price. It's as simple as that.
BullionVault's robots usually quote prices in larger quantities than most clients do; sufficient to deal $2m worth instantaneously when world bullion markets are open. In normal circumstances they quote prices 24/7 and offer the most dependable and instantly accessible medium-size liquidity of any bullion trading environment anywhere in the world.
Clients with an interest in computer programming often develop robots for themselves and use them to trade like professional dealers. This brings yet more liquidity to the marketplace.
Sometimes, like on the day Lehman Brothers went bust, clients acquire all the immediately available stock from our robots. Although we immediately buy new stock to replace what was sold it takes 48 hours to be delivered, and because the gold is not yet in the vault the robots have no stock to sell.
At such times you benefit enormously from the access BullionVault gives you to the liquidity of the full depth of the London market. You can enter an order to buy or sell at the benchmark prices published by the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA). These prices represent the deepest daily pool of bullion market liquidity in the world – typically restricted just to professionals, which is why you access it through us.
We allow you to buy or sell as much gold as you want at the daily price, and we take onto our own stock the rounded up fraction of a 400 oz bar.
The London Prices published by the LBMA are used widely all around the world.
Finally we offer a special service for larger clients. They can telephone deal through us directly on the London Spot Market. During the London trading day they can deal whole bars of gold (400 oz multiples) or half pallets of silver (16,000 oz multiples) at the world market price.
You might not realise how this service for wealthy customers contributes to your liquidity; but it does.
Suppose a wealthy client had 400 oz of gold in BullionVault already, but with heavy demand from buyers there were few offers on the Order Board. The cheapest gold on BullionVault would start to drift above the world market price, as bidders bid over the world price. But the wealthy client can execute a spot market order to buy at the world market price, and offer the gold they already own in the vault to other BullionVault users for a small but easy profit.
That's natural market forces being used to keep liquidity flowing at fair prices – and it works on BullionVault because anyone who can make settlement to the main market, in whole bars, can use the main market as a source or sink of bullion.
We believe the best way to offer you highly reliable and fairly priced liquidity is to open channels to the largest number of market participants and back it up with access to the deepest markets. Most of our competitors provide you with a single counterparty – themselves – and this reflects in their pricing. So if reliable liquidity at fair prices is what you are looking for, then BullionVault sets the standard.
Main market trades in options 3 and 4 incur a two business day settlement delay and have a different fee structure. Please see the tariff.
Is BullionVault open- or closed-ended? Read more x
BullionVault is open-ended. An inbound or outbound armoured delivery is run whenever there are several bars to collect or deliver. Usually this is about twice a week.
BullionVault itself is the main user of this open-ended structure, which lets us manage our own inventory to act as a buffer between the smaller investment sizes typical of retail investors, and the larger settlement quanta of the professional bullion market.
However any BullionVault user who wishes to make or take delivery of 1 bar of gold (400 oz) or a half pallet of silver (16,000 oz) can use the same open-ended nature of the system by settling their professional spot market trades directly into or out of the vault.
How does BullionVault compare to coins/bars and ETFs? Read more x
Compared to coins and small bars
Coins and small bars are normally 7% more expensive than gold on BullionVault. Dealers also tend to buy back at a discount of about 1%. BullionVault prices can be compared reliably against the published spot price. Our gold buying and selling prices are usually well within 0.2% of spot, and silver within 1%.
Although storing coins and small bars at home is free, it is not usually the wise geopolitical option. You will probably need to arrange your own insurance. For gold this is likely to be 10 times as much as BullionVault's combined storage and insurance fee of 0.12% for gold.
Compared to ETFs (Exchange-traded funds)
With ETFs, you never actually own physical gold. According to their trust deeds some ETFs are not even backed by gold; they are designed to track the gold price using complex derivatives. At BullionVault, we don't make something complex out of something simple. You own your gold.
With ETFs, you would pay a storage fee of around 0.40%, and most ETF gold is not insured, even within that fee. At BullionVault, storage and insurance costs just 0.12% per annum for gold.
The huge majority of ETF gold is stored in London and New York. The ETF manager chooses the jurisdiction – you don't. At BullionVault, we believe a choice of storage jurisdictions is important – as is the ability to switch. We let you choose. About 75% of our users choose Zurich, in Switzerland.
ETFs are traded on major stock exchanges, which tend to be open 8 hours a day, 5 days a week. They settle to your stockbroker in two or three days, who then settles with you. At BullionVault, we are open for dealing 24/7 with instantaneous settlement to your BullionVault account. A requested withdrawal to your bank account will usually be sent and arrive the following business day.
Due diligence
Who manages BullionVault? Read more x
Acting through the Chief Executive the BullionVault Board directs company policy to be implemented by the management team.
The management team is:
In total the company employs 37 people at its London office.
Is BullionVault a safe organisation to do business with? Read more x
Having first won The Queen's Award for Enterprise, for Innovation, in 2009, BullionVault has again won in 2013 for International Trade. The award is conferred by the UK's Prime Minister on behalf of the Queen.
Both BullionVault and its vault operators are full members of the London Bullion Market Association, [LBMA]. The LBMA forms the largest marketplace in the world for physical gold bullion.
BullionVault is ranked number 11 in the 2012 Sunday Times TopTrack 250 league table of Britain's leading private companies.
BullionVault operates without gearing and carries sufficient surplus shareholders funds - held as cash and available at short notice - to operate with zero revenue for five years. For full financial figures please download the latest audited financial statements.
BullionVault publishes up-to-date Bar Lists from the vault operators it uses and publishes on-line the daily reconciliation of those bar lists to the daily register of bullion owners – which includes your holding listed under your private alias.
BullionVault publishes up-to-date Client Money Bank Statements and publishes on-line the daily reconciliation of those statements to the daily register of client money owners – which includes your holding listed under your private alias.
BullionVault's independent assayers are Alex Stewart International who annually inspect and reconcile the physical metal in the vault to the bar list, and report directly to BullionVault's auditors Albert Goodman, who publish that report on their own website.
Although we communicate with the world via the internet BullionVault is a bricks-and-mortar business which welcomes your visit. Come to our offices at Landmark House (12th Floor), Blacks Road, Hammersmith, London, W6 9DP, UK. You don't need an appointment, although it would likely save you some waiting time.
What would happen if BullionVault failed? Read more x
Your ownership and title would not be affected, although there would likely be a short delay before you could realise its value, while a liquidator was appointed.
A liquidator could not claim title to your bullion. That's because you are the legal owner of all gold and silver that you buy through BullionVault. BullionVault is acting as a custodian, which is a status that's very different from your bank, and immeasurably safer for you.
With a bank account, you transfer ownership of your money to the bank when you make a deposit. Your money then appears on the bank's balance sheet, and you become its creditor. The bank would become insolvent (and fail) if there were insufficient assets to meet the liabilities owed to all its creditors, and that tends to happen to banks periodically because their business is to lend your money for profit, not simply keep it in a vault.
You have not made a deposit of gold to BullionVault. You are not BullionVault's creditor and do not appear on its balance sheet. Technically your gold and silver is the subject of a bailment - a legal status through which physical property remains yours while it is in the care of another. A liquidator cannot consider it an asset of the company, so would have no claim over it and must return it to you in full.
BullionVault's finances are very strong. Very few companies maintain debt free cash and bullion reserves - available at short notice - sufficient to cover the gross costs of running their operation for five years without any revenue. The standard equivalent requirement for the banking industry is 3 months.
What quality is the gold or silver? Read more x
No gold or silver bars are ever quite 100% pure. All bars at BullionVault meet the professional market's good-delivery standard of 99.5% or better for gold, and 99.9% or better for silver.
Using BullionVault, and just as in the professional market, you only buy and sell the pure 100% gold content (the 'fine' weight). Silver is traded "gross" of its tiny impurity, in line again with the professional bullion market.
How can I be sure the gold or silver is in the vault? Read more x
Your gold and silver are stored in formally recognised bullion storage facilities, managed by specialist vault operators who are leading providers of precious metal vault services and secure transportation around the world.
Professional market vault operators produce what is called a Bar List. It's a bit like a bank statement, listing the account holder's stock of bars, and showing both the silver content or fine gold content of each bar and the total amount of bullion held. We publish the bar lists produced by the vault operators for BullionVault users' gold and silver.
BullionVault maintains the ownership records of all that bullion. Each day we publish online our daily register of owners, although we hide your identity by listing your holding against your alias. We also publish the total, and naturally the total matches the total on the bar list.
No other bullion business provides this daily and independent client-by-client proof that the right amounts of gold and silver are in the vault.
Couldn't BullionVault's management suddenly authorise the removal of all the gold? Read more x
No. There are powerful controls.
First there are private protocols. We don't publish the details of those but they involve authorisation by several people from multiple companies.
There is also a transparent public protocol. For a removal to occur a 'Withdrawal Declaration' must be published on the BullionVault website's front page 24 hours before the bullion moves. This declaration identifies by alias the holder who is making the withdrawal. Any user can then check the published register to see that the withdrawing user has at least the quantity of gold which is being declared for withdrawal.
The vault operators are not allowed to complete a removal of bullion without confirming the validity of the public declaration for themselves.
Additionally under no circumstances can an amount exceeding the larger of 25 kg, or 5% of the total stored, be removed from the operator's control on any one day.
What are the tax liabilities? Read more x
We regret we cannot offer tax advice specific to your circumstances. The following is general.
BullionVault operates from the UK where no taxes apply on the purchase of investment gold or silver bought for storage within the professional vaulting system.
Depending upon your tax jurisdiction if you sell your bullion at a profit it is likely that you'd be liable to a form of capital gains tax. For example, if a UK resident made profits exceeding £10,000 on gold in any one tax year - and no matter which jurisdiction they had traded in - they would be liable to a self-declared liability of 28% on profits above the £10,000 allowance. Many other western countries have similar systems, with an allowance and a tax on gains thereafter payable at a flat rate.
Users often arrange to sell some of their bullion each year, but ensure that any profit they make stays within their allowance. While prices are rising this has the effect of providing tax free growth.
Do I have to pay VAT/sales tax on my gold or silver? Read more x
No, sales tax is not due on gold or silver purchases.
BullionVault gold and silver are both VAT (sales tax) free - for as long as they are held in accredited vaults. If you choose to withdraw your gold it remains exempt, but 20% VAT will apply if you choose to withdraw your silver bullion.
Can I ...
take physical possession of the gold or silver? Read more x
Yes - you can.
The vast majority of users keep their metal safely in the vault. When they sell, they receive cash in their BullionVault account which can then be withdrawn back to their bank account.
But you can also withdraw the metal. The fees vary according to the circumstances:
We only support withdrawal of whole 1,000 oz bars of silver bullion. The fee is 10%.
BullionVault gold and silver are both VAT (sales tax) free - for as long as they are held in our vaults. Upon physical withdrawal gold remains exempt, but 20% VAT then applies on silver.
hold bullion in an IRA or SIPP using BullionVault? Read more x
get a certificate? Read more x
It is very important that we do not provide you with a certificate! Why not?
A formal certificate changes the legal status of what you own from physical gold, to a security evidenced by a certificate which purports to be backed by gold. Suddenly the law has to consider what would happen if there were more certificates in issue than there was gold backing them.
Title to BullionVault Client gold derives from the register which modern technology (the internet) allows us to put in the public domain.
You will receive a monthly statement which reflects the register. Also you can view the register whenever you want, and get your own daily electronic update of your register record using RSS and your preferred newsreader software. This evidences your ownership every day, with a new electronic advice confirming your register entry. It's a bit like a certificate which lasts for one day, but it is not a true certificate. BullionVault is structured for you to own gold, not a security.
choose any vault location? Read more x
Yes. You can choose whichever you prefer, although note that we don't store silver in every location.
We allow you to spread your holdings across multiple locations, and it has no cost implication for you. Your charges are worked out as if all the bullion was stored in the same place.
Lots of people choose to store their bullion in an overseas jurisdiction because they see this as a wise precaution against the re-imposition of capital controls at some stage in the future.
deposit any amount? Read more x
You can deposit any amount. Our users have invested between $100 and $8,000,000.
You may choose to try the system with a small deposit and purchase before making a larger investment.
Please note that we recommend avoiding overall investments below $2,000. That's because the minimum monthly storage charge - $4 for gold and $8 for silver - may make your investment inefficient below this level.
See an example of commission and storage fees using our cost calculator.
link more than one bank account to my BullionVault account? Read more x
Linking your bank account with your BullionVault account gives you a very high level of security.
Of course, we understand that it's not always possible to transfer funds from your BullionVault account to your original bank account.
For example, the original bank may fail, or your country of residence may impose restrictions that force you to leave and collect your money independently of your bank account. (In fact, it is for precisely these circumstances that many users want to buy gold for overseas storage.)
In exceptional circumstances, you can link your BullionVault account to a new bank account. When doing so, we will of course need to go through a strict security process to ensure the safety of your account.
just talk to someone? Read more x
Yes, of course. We offer a very friendly and knowledgeable telephone support service. Call us on weekdays during London office hours. All our support staff speak English and we also offer French, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Hindi, Polish, Russian and Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese). Our contact numbers are immediately below this answer.
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on October 17, 2012 - 9:18 AM
, updated October 20, 2012 at 12:11 AM
The NFL has fined the Buffalo Bills $20,000 for failing to disclose defensive end Mario Williams' left wrist injury.
Since the season began, Williams and Gailey frequently referred to the injury as a reason why the free-agent star wasn't more effective in games, but Williams hadn't been listed on an injury report until after the loss in San Francisco.
A review of Bills transcripts shows Gailey first mentioned Williams' wrist injury Sept. 10 in a news conference with local reporters. Williams' first public comments were made Sept. 12, the first chance reporters had to ask him after Gailey broached the subject.
Williams has not missed a practice or a game because of the injury.
The NFL also fined the Washington Redskins $20,000 for failing to properly provide an in-game update on quarterback Robert Griffin III's head injury in Week Five.
John Potter had a number in mind at the start of the season.
The Bills' rookie kickoff specialist wanted to see 70 percent of his kicks go for touchbacks. So far, he's fallen short of that goal. Potter's kicked off 24 times (not including two onsides kicks), with 13 of those – 54.2 percent – going for touchbacks.
That number, which is tied for 13th in the NFL, puts Potter's roster spot — or at least his presence on the game-day roster — in jeopardy, starting Sunday against Tennessee.
"I was hoping we would have more touchbacks and more non-returned kicks this year," coach Chan Gailey said.
Of Potter's 24 kickoffs, 84.6 percent have reached the end zone. That's 14th in the NFL this season, below the league average of 87.6.
"I worked on it this week to get a little more drive on the ball, because the ones I hit shorter go higher hang time, but then they end up 1 to 5 yards deep," Potter said. "Everybody's taking them out. People are taking them out from up to 9 yards this season."
The Bills have done a good job covering Potter's kicks, allowing opponents an average drive start at the 20.6-yard line, which is 11th in the NFL.
"Our kickoff team is doing a great job when they're bringing them out. It's not necessarily an issue of how our kickoff team is doing, it's more I need to hit touchbacks so our kickoff team gets a break. They're all out there playing other positions," Potter said.
Potter was especially disappointed in last Sunday's game against Arizona, played indoors at University of Phoenix Stadium, where the last two of his three kickoffs were returned.
"I was trying to hit those last two a little harder than I should of. I just needed to relax and hit my ball because a lot of times when you try to hit it hard or try to hit those touchbacks, that's when you get those mishits," Potter said. "That's something I've worked on this week, trying to relax, to calm myself down because that's when your best balls come."
"The good thing about it is when he kicks it, we have great hang time. That's been a positive. You decide the tradeoff every week," Gailey said.
The Bills made a change to their 53-man roster Friday, releasing veteran guard Reggie Wells and promoting David Snow from the practice squad.
Wells was signed Oct. 9 to provide insurance along the offensive line with starters Cordy Glenn and Kraig Urbik sidelined because of ankle injuries and key reserve Chad Rinehart hobbled because of a calf injury. The team chose not to have Wells active last week against Arizona, however, and the day before the game promoted Snow and defensive lineman Jay Ross to the active roster from the practice squad (releasing safety Delano Howell and running back Johnny White in the process).
Snow, 6-foot-4 and 305 pounds, was active against the Cardinals, but did not play. The rookie yo-yoed back to the practice squad after being released Monday, along with Ross, as the Bills signed end Shawne Merriman and brought back Howell.
Gailey was pleased with Merriman's conditioning after three straight days of practice, saying he had a good chance to play Sunday.
"I feel pretty good. I stayed in shape the whole time, but you can never like really emulate football. I was taking some scout team reps just to try and get as much conditioning as I possibly can," Merriman said. "Whether I'm up this week, I don't know how the game plan will go, but I definitely did enough conditioning this week to be ready."
The Bills' injury report lists four players as questionable for Sunday's game, but all sound like they have a good chance of playing.
Terrence McGee (knee), Kyle Williams (ankle), Da'Norris Searcy (ankle) and Spencer Johnson (ankle) all practiced on a limited basis Friday in Ralph Wilson Stadium. Gailey said Williams is "fine," while both McGee and Searcy proclaimed themselves ready to play after practice.
Glenn, Urbik and defensive end Mark Anderson (knee) were ruled out. Gailey said both Glenn and Urbik are expected back after the team's bye week.
Mario Williams (wrist) and Brad Smith (chest) practiced fully all week and are probable.
Tennessee listed three players as out: quarterback Jake Locker (shoulder), running back Javon Ringer (knee) and cornerback Tommy Campbell (ankle). Defensive tackle Jurrell Casey practiced Friday on a limited basis after missing two days and is questionable. Also questionable are linebacker Colin McCarthy (ankle), who did not practice all week, and tackle Mike Otto (knee).
News Sports Reporter Tim Graham contributed to this report.
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