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Mr. and Mrs. F. Keith Withycombe of Paradise Valley and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Keeler of Phoenix are delighted to announce the engagement of their children, Lauren Kelly Withycombe and Shawn Phillip Keeler. A January wedding is planned.
Lauren attended Xavier College Preparatory School and is a 2010 graduate of Arizona State University. She is a Ph.D. student in the School of Sustainability at ASU.
Shawn attended Mountain Pointe High School and is a 2007 graduate of Arizona State University. He is the promotions director at ReThinc Advertising in Scottsdale.


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by Mary Frances Mauney
Mike Jones
Copyright © 1996-2006 Cherryville.com
All Rights Reserved.
Site maintained by
Land grants by the king of
England date back to 1768, and as early as 1792 Governor Samuel Ashe of
North Carolina made original land grants in and around "White Pine". By
this token Cherryville can be considered one of the oldest cities in
Gaston County.
The village began to develop
at a crossroads on Old Post Road. 'Ibis road served as a main
thoroughfare between Salisbury, NC and Spartanburg, SC. In 1853, Henry
Summit's Cross Roads Store, first store in the area, was established on
this famous road.
It was in 1862 that the
Wilmington-Charlotte-Rutherford Railroad (later known as Carolina
Central Railroad) reached White Pine. With the arrival of rail
transportation, more homes and small businesses appeared in the
village. On November 2, 1865, near the close of the Civil War, the name
White Pine was changed to Cherryville.
The following Story has been
told time and time again.
One morning in early spring,
a Southern lady named Elizabeth Black set out some of her "redhearted"
cherry seedlings. She carefully planted them in the comers of the rail
fence which bordered the lane leading into the village. In the
springtime those who passed along Old Post Road were attracted by the
beautiful. cherry blossoms. Gradually these folks began to speak of the
settlement along the railroad as Cherry Lane. So it was that the cherry
tree rather than the white pine tree became Cherryville's namesake.
In 1881 the town of
Cherryville, with a population of 68, was incorporated. In 1891
Cherryville's first cotton all, Cherryville Manufacturing Plant, was
incorporated. It was soon followed by the opening of three other mills.
Cherryville was growing from a farming settlement to a textile
community. By the turn of the century, the rural village had become a
bustling industrial community of a thousand people. For the next one
hundred years, Cherryville was blessed with community leaders deeply
committed to. Their employees and dedicated to the welfare of the
Religion was one of the
foundation stones upon which the town of Cherryville was built. The
first church in Cherryville, St. John's Lutheran Church, was founded in
1881. Other churches were organized soon after: the Methodist Church in
1882, the Baptist and Presbyterian churches in 1893. Existing records
show that prior to 1872 groups of Christians were meeting in Henry
Summit's granary for religious services.
The Cherryville community
has always taken interest in its schools. Long before a special school
district existed, schools were being held in the area. In 1881
Cherryville was made a separate school district by an act of Gaston
County. In the year 1915 Cherryville School District achieved its legal
status through a special charter granted by the North Carolina General
Assembly. The Cherryville District lost its status in 1968 when the
three school districts in Gaston County were consolidated.
A Replica of the First Carolina
Freight Trucks
In 1932 a major turning
point occurred in the life of Cherryville. A trucking company began
operating in Cherryville with one truck hauling produce from Florida to
Cherryville. A core of talented men and women soon built this company
into one of the largest and most respected freight carriers in the
nation. The company, known as Carolina Freight Carriers Corporation,
expanded into foreign markets and became an international carrier. The
huge success of this company contributed much to the prosperity of
Cherryville. After an era more than sixty years, the services of
Carolina Freight were brought to a halt in October 1995 when Arkansas
Best Trucking Company bought out the Carolina Carrier.
Unlike so many small towns
today, Cherryville still has a vital main street commercial district
The townspeople take pride in the fact that Cherryville was the first
community in the state to have an Economic Development Commission. The
interaction of schools, churches, and community is strongly felt in
Cherryville. The citizens have a genuine interest in their institutions
and traditions such as their Historical Museum their Truck Museum,
their baseball teams, their Cherryville Area Ministries, their city
government their civic clubs, and most importantly, their families.
A hard-surface road has
taken the place of the original Cherry Lane and the automobile has
replaced the stage coach which once passed along the Old Post Road.
Much has been changed by time, but not the cherry trees. They still
brighten the landscape each spring with their beautiful blossoms just
as they did long ago in the comers of an old rail fence.


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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia • Five strokes off the lead after two rounds, Tiger Woods thinks the CIMB Classic course "can be had" and still expects a total of better than 20 under to win it.
Robert Garrigus, the second-round leader by two strokes over South Africa's Jbe' Kruger, has upped the ante. With back-to-back rounds of 64 and a 14-under total of 128, he's looking to go 10 strokes beyond Woods' projection to win the tournament.
"I'm going to try to get to 30 if I can," he said, explaining that in his first tournament of the year he was 6 over after eight holes and played the next 54 at 32-under par. "So I can do it. I just need to do it on the weekend when it counts.
"I feel like if I'm putting well, no disrespect to anybody on the PGA Tour, they're all great players, but I feel like I can beat anybody in the world."
Garrigus' 128 is his lowest ever 36-hole total in a PGA Tour-sanctioned event, improving on the 130 he had when he finished second this year in the Canadian Open.
Champions Tour
San Antonio • Mark Calcavecchia shot a 5-under 67 on Friday to take a two-stroke lead over Kenny Perry in the suspended first round of the Champions Tour's AT&T Championship.
Thirty-three of the 80 players were unable to complete the round because of darkness. The round started on time, but play was delayed 3 hours, 18 minutes.
LPGA Tour
Yang Mei, Taiwan • Norway's Suzann Pettersen shot a 7-under 65 on Friday to share the second-round lead with South Korea's Inbee Park in the LPGA Taiwan Championship.
The winners the last two weeks in the opening events on the tour's Asian Swing, Pettersen and Park had 10-under 134 totals at the Sunrise Golf and Country Club. Park shot a 69.
CIMB Classic
Robert Garrigus -14
Jbe' Kruger -12
Greg Chalmers -10
Troy Matteson -10
Brendon de Jonge -9
Kevin Na -9
Tiger Woods -9


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Q: engine running rough and backfiring with PO300 code flashing. on 1997 GMC Suburban 1500
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I had one the plastic tees in the heater hoses break inside of the hose where it could not be seen. whenever I tried to the expressway under acceleration the engine would stumble and shake. the code read multiple cylinder misfire because coolant was being sprayed on the right cylinder plug wires.
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New Partnership to Continue Hallmark Distribution
Image Gallery in New Partnership to Continue
Hallmark Distribution
23 June 2014
Auckland-based stationery distributor, Image Gallery, said today that it was very pleased to have entered a new partnership with Hallmark, the world's largest greeting card company, for the continued distribution of Hallmark's iconic product range in New Zealand.
The new partnership will make Image Gallery the largest New Zealand-owned and operated in the greeting card business. It will also immediately see Image Gallery offer distribution positions to more than half the former Hallmark New Zealand distribution team.
Image Gallery General Manager, Edward Robinson, said the partnership brought together the strengths of Hallmark – a global company with a proud, 100-year heritage – and Image Gallery – a family-owned and operated New Zealand business which has built up an enviable national distribution network and a 30-year reputation for customer service excellence.
"This partnership means Image Gallery's strong market position and product range will now be complemented by Hallmark's long established branded product range. We are delighted to be able to continue providing Hallmark's popular card and products, including top licensed brands, Disney, Warner Brothers and the All Blacks, to stores around New Zealand. And importantly retailers will still have the direct support of a local Kiwi business," Mr Robinson said.
The partnership will significantly increase the size of Image Gallery which currently employs 30 people and distributes greeting cards, gift packaging, stationery and gifts, with the company offering to retain over half of Hallmark staff.
"This is extremely positive for Image Gallery as it significantly increases the scale of our business, while Hallmark will benefit from a more cost-effective distribution network and ongoing customer support from a local business," Mr Robinson said.
"It will be business as usual for our existing suppliers and customers, with exciting new opportunities in the future as we welcome Hallmark's customers into the fold."
Hallmark International CEO, Russell Parker, said Hallmark regretted that places could not be found for all its team, but was pleased to have reached this outcome where the majority of staff will be transferring to Image Gallery.
He was confident Hallmark's customers will receive continued high levels of service from Image Gallery, with the hand-over taking effect from 1 August 2014.
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I would like to stop sharing my shared folders (computer mgmt\system tools\shared folders\shares\sessions\open files). However, when I right click these folders, my only options are help\disconnect\refresh- not general\sharing\security tabs.
Can share properties be removed from these folders or am I doing something wrong??
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If that feeble lot could win their pennyworth of freedom, who might not expect deliverance?
Tell me, Livy, has the fortune-teller given thee a pennyworth?'
He ordered six pennyworth of brandy, and drank it at a gulp.
A potato and a pennyworth of crackers for every year of my life.
Yet not a soul will accept my note or give me one pennyworth of credit.
I want a pennyworth of figs; come, look sharp and wrap them up; I want to be off!
"I like gardenin'," said Kipps, with memories of a pennyworth of nasturtiums he had once trained over his uncle's dustbin.
As these things are collected as were the boots, the vender is happy at every pennyworth he sells.
Philip answered Him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.
Even two pennyworth of hemp for your honour's supper, that's all the remedy that I know.


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Nevada takes on intrastate rival UNLV in MW Championship Wednesday
Governor's Series points on the line
Nevada ends regular season at MW co-leading San Diego State
Game to air on CBS Sports Network
Colorado State at Nevada for final home game on Senior Night Wednesday
Perez, Stevens, Jr. and Tripp to be honored
Nevada and San José State play at Lawlor Saturday afternoon
West sets MW single season offensive rebounds record
Nevada Falls at Air Force, 75-70
Cooper scored 20 points, and AJ West had 11 points with 16 rebounds for the Wolf Pack.
2015 Senior Night
2015 Senior Night
Men's Basketball vs. Utah State (USATSI)
Men's Basketball vs. Utah State (USATSI)
Nevada vs. Fresno State
Nevada vs. Fresno State
Nevada 64, UNLV 62
Nevada 64, UNLV 62
Nevada vs. Air Force
Nevada vs. Air Force
Pack's top returning scorer at 11.5 points per game ... Expected to once again start at shooting guard after starting all 32 games last season ... Should provide leadership to the team in his senior season ... Team's top long distance shooter.
2013-14 (Jr.): Started all 32 games at shooting guard ... One of three players to start every game and one of four to play in every contest ... Scored in double figures in 20 games which tied for third most on the team ... Four times scored a season-high 18 points; at New Mexico, at UNLV, at California and vs. UCLA ... Ranked fouth on the team scoring 11.5 points per game ... Played a career-high 47 minutes in the Pack's double overtime victory at Boise State and netted 17 points ... Twice produced four-game double figure scoring streaks ... Tied for ninth in the MW averaging 3.1 assists per game, was sixth with a 1.8 assist/turnover ratio and was fifth playing 35.1 minutes per game ... In conference play was sixth averaging 35.4 minutes per game, was 10th dishing out 3.1 assists per game and eighth with 2.0 assist/turnover ratio ... Made a 3-pointer in 29-of-32 games played ... Made two free throws with two seconds to play to secure the home win over Wyoming ... Made a season-high 5-of-8 three-pointers at Cal ... Led the team grabbing a season-high eight rebounds at Cal and topped the team with six rebounds at Cal Poly ... Hit a 3-pointer at Cal Poly with 17 seconds to play to get the Pack within a point 58-57 as Nevada rallied for the 60-58 victory ... Earned basketball letter.
2012-13: Sat out the season as a redshirt per NCAA rules after transferring from UTEP.
Prior To Nevada
Played two seasons at UTEP and posted career averages of 6.5 points, 1.7 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game ... Sophomore year played in 31 games and earned 27 starts for the Miners ... Fourth on the team sophomore season averaging 11 points per game ... Scored a career-high 25 points against Clemson ... Named to Diamond Head Classic All-Tournament team after averaging 17.7 points in three games ... Named co-Conference USA Player of the Week on Dec. 26 ... Shot 40.3 (110-of-273) percent from the field and 36.9 (41-of-111) percent from behind the arc.
High School
Twice earned first-team all-state honors for coach Gary Crane at Pueblo High School in Tucson, Ariz. ... Two-time Sonoran Region Player of the Year Award recipient ... Twice named to all-city first team ... Led Arizona in scoring his senior year averaging 29.9 points per game after scoring 23.4 points per game as a junior ... Twice named team MVP ... McDonald's All-America nominee senior year ... Scored 20 or more points in every game as a senior, 30 points 11 times and twice surpassed 40 points in a game.
General studies major ... Enjoys playing video games in his free time ... Chose Nevada over Penn State and Purdue ... Son of Frank Perez and Anna Perez.


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Sandra Brennan
Mormons On Bicycles - Poem by Sandra Brennan
I have a fetish for those boys
That travel in pairs.
Their crisply cut hair and
Stark, white shirts.
The way their carefully knotted ties
Blow in the wind as they peddle furiously,
On their noble quest to save us all
From certain purgatory,
Or at the very least,
Save all those who dare to sit
Waiting at bus stops.
There is something about young men
With fresh scubbed skin
And clean, pure souls
That makes me want to whisper
My dirtiest thoughts in their ears,
And watch as faces turn red and hot,
And that look of innocence fade from eyes
As they realize that there are pleasures
To be had in this carnal Garden of Eden,
And I am the serpent, tempting them.
I look at these young men in their prime
And can only think of my own tag-team fantasy
And want to send buttons flying as I rip
Open shirts and unbuckle and unzip
As my lips travel down to the temple
That I want to worship.
I want them to fill me with the holy spirit,
And make me scream out to God and Jesus,
And the heavens as I descend
To that next plane of existence,
Where all is light and joy...
And heaven is mine.
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Halle Berry has given birth to a baby girl Sunday morning, March 16 at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, according to reports.
Halle Berry is finally a mother. The 41-year-old actress has given birth to a baby girl Sunday morning, March 16 at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, according to reports.
Star Magazine was the first to bring the report to the surface. An insider told the publication, "Halle Berry had a 7lb 4 oz girl at 10:17am Sunday morning, March 16, at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. The actress had checked into the hospital for the second time that day after feeling contractions earlier Saturday morning."
The insider revealed further that "Halle had come to the hospital at 4am in the morning because the felt like she was going into labor. It was a bit scary because her blood pressure was skyrocketing and everyone was a little tense. She's a diabetic so that was complicating matters as well. The doctors checked the fetal heart rate and everything seemed okay. After a while Halle's blood pressure came down. She wasn't dilating anymore so at around 2:45pm they let her go home."
Halle, still according to the insider, "felt her contractions come on a lot more intensely later that night so she came back to the hospital at 11:00pm Saturday night. Halle was overcome with emotion when she finally held her little girl. She said everything she had gone through was worth that moment. The tears kept coming as Halle didn't even want the nurses to take her baby to clean her up and measure. It was a truly beautiful scene."
A name has not yet been revealed and there have yet comments from either Halle herself or her people.
Halle has been dating model boyfriend Gabriel Aubry since January 2006. In September 2007, she officially confirmed that she's pregnant with his baby. "Yes, I am three months pregnant," so she said at that time. "Gabriel and I are beyond excited, and I've waited a long time for this moment in life. Now the next seven months will be the longest of my life!"


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From: "Adam Costello" <adam at mini dash byte dot com>
> I'm trying to use a VIA VT-310DP motherboard with m0n0wall
> (http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/mainboards/mini_itx/vt_310dp/). I
> follow
> the normal procedure with the CF card etc etc. However, when I turn on the
> machine to boot m0n0wall, it hangs after doing the CPU and memory tests.
> It
> does recognise that the CF card is there and is the primary HDD. I've
> tried
> playing with the BIOS settings and have checked for a BIOS update (there
> isn't one) but it still hangs at the same point. I'm using the Casetronic
> FB-4652 CF Adaptor and a Scandisk CF Card. I have also tried about 4 or 5
> different IDE/CF adaptors (1 SATA/CF adaptor) and CF cards. All my
> combinations of adaptors and cards work with the WRAP boards I normally
> use.
Will it work with a normal hard drive? Quickest way to find out if it is a
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The great race: a growing field, more pressure and a scramble for
Bill Richardson
Photo: AP
TWO years before the next president is inaugurated and a full year before the first vote is cast, the contest for the White House is off to a breathtakingly fast start, exposing an ever-growing field to longer, more intensive scrutiny and increasing the amount of money candidates need to stay in the race.
A seventh Democrat, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, entered the fray on Sunday.
There are now a dozen serious contenders from both parties competing in a presidential race that for the first time in more than half a century will not include an incumbent either the president or the vice-president on the ballot or even a definitive frontrunner.
The pace of the action has the potential to upset many of the traditional timetables and conventions. The candidates could be forced to move more quickly to take positions on the big issues of the day, stripping them of the chance to run on less significant platforms in the early stages and exposing them to more direct criticism from rivals, interest groups and the news media.
They will face earlier encounters with one another that will require them to display policy expertise and a comfort level in front of the cameras that candidates used to have time to work on more or less out of sight. They will be getting intensive scrutiny from opposition research operations, the media and the public for that much longer, increasing the chances that a gaffe or change of position could harm their campaigns.
Because they do not want competitors to be raising money unchallenged, more candidates are declaring their intentions earlier, which in turn means the entire field needs more money to sustain their campaigns for a longer time.
Just hours after Hillary Clinton made her candidacy official on Saturday, Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas joined the race for the Republican nomination. Last week, Barack Obama, the new Democratic senator from Illinois, opened a presidential exploratory committee, highlighting the wide-open nature of the race.
The intensity of the early action is fuelled in part by President George Bush's political weakness, brought on to a large extent by the unpopularity of the war in Iraq.
"If Bush were doing well and had a continuing ability to get things done and command the national stage, I think there would be far less focus on the campaign," said Robert Dallek, a presidential historian.
All of the Democratic hopefuls, and at least one potential Republican candidate, Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, are running to a greater or lesser extent against the war, or at least the way that the Bush Administration has prosecuted it.
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By Ana Allen, PRMCJuly 15, 2014
Tripler Army Medical Center (TAMC) and Pacific Regional Medical Command (PRMC) Commanding General, Brig. Gen. Dennis Doyle (center-left) and Command Sgt. Maj. Robert Luciano (center-right), PRMC and TAMC Senior Enlisted Advisor, hosted Senior Captain Sun Tao (center), People's Republic of China, People's Liberation Army (Navy), along with 60 medical staff during a medical capabilities exchange July 8, 2014 at TAMC following a U.S. envoy tour of the Peace Ark.
The visitors received a command brief and spoke with TAMC subject matter experts from the Emergency Department, Tele-Health, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Medical Simulation and Interventional Radiology.
The visitors are participating in Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2014 exercise, from June 26 to Aug. 1 in and around the Hawaiian Islands.
The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity that helps participants foster and sustain the cooperative relationships that are critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans.


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In 1954, the country of Vietnam was also divided in half at the 17th parallel. To the north was the Communist regime of Ho Chi Minh; to the south was the America-backed regime of Ngo Dinh Diem. Elections to unify the country were scheduled for 1956, but they were never held. Instead, each side used military means to accomplish political goals.
To America, Vietnam symbolized her ability to contain communism in Asia. To the Communists, Vietnam symbolized their ability to defeat America in warfare. It became a struggle to the death between East and West, not only between military forces but also between opposing ideologies. Meanwhile, the fabric of Vietnamese society had been torn apart.
By 1961, the Cold War was escalating, with John F. Kennedy in the White House and Nikita Khrushchev in the Kremlin. Both Sides held nuclear weapons, and they tested each other for weakness. But by 1964, Kennedy had been assassinated and the Soviets were at odds with communist China. The new American president, Lyndon B. Johnson, found himself trapped in a war without end. His solution was to escalate America's military commitment in Vietnam. Between November 1963 and July 1965, Johnson transformed America's limited engagement in Vietnam into an open-ended commitment.
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in the space of just a few hours this book and its predecessor offers the nest synopsis and overview of Korea and Vietnam I've yet found. I've watched video documentaries many times longer that didn't come close to describing either conflict as well let alone draw the two together into a single overarching narrative that manages to place them in proper historical and geopolitical context both regionally and globally. fantastic! excellent use of quotes with convincing and engaging voice acting that accent a truly great overall production value highlighted by the fabulous narration.
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I believe that i would be able to bring leadership, agility, hard working, dedication, and speed. With these characteristics i feel that i would be most comfortable in any school that would be able to fit my needs and help me with my education and athletics. Looking for a great education, i would like to major in exercise science due to the sports that i play i want to learn about the body and how they function when playing.
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At the inaptly named "American Thinker," Robert Klein Engler attacks the U.S. bishops for their immigration stance. Among other charming arguments, he writes:
The bishops have misled Catholics scripturally about immigration....None of these passages encourage us to welcome an invading army of poor people intent on bankrupting our health care system, debasing our schools, stealing our legal identities and territory, diminishing our sovereignty, refusing to speak our language, using their children as human shields to stay in the United States, and destroying our neighborhoods.
Wow. In my experience, most immigrants come here to make a better life for themselves and their families. I had no idea until Mr. Engler enlightened me, that this was their agenda.
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When Harper Lee's Go Set a Watchman was finally published in February, it was the talk of the literary world. Another book by the great and reclusive author who to that point had only ever published one work—the classic To Kill a Mockingbird– Watchman was the edition that fans aplenty, worldwide, had been awaiting for months.
There was substantial buzz about everything from whether Miss Lee was mentally capable of giving permission to have the work published to whether or not the character of Atticus Finch had been tarnished by a few very important details that had every potential of changing the perception of the hero for readers. People discussed the book around water coolers and in grocery stores. People wrote to Ol' Curiosities, enraged about Atticus.
Now, there is even more buzz about the book that turned the literary world upside down not so long ago:
The Guardian recently reported that the first 25,000 UK-printed copies of Go Set a Watchman were missing paragraphs and sentences from the final pages. Readers were disturbed by the occurrence, but no one knows exactly how many of the misprinted versions were sold.
Penguin Random House explained that the misprinted copies were due to a printer error and that the affected copies were missing lines on six pages near the end of the work. The publishing giant also promised to work swiftly to maintain customer satisfaction and replace such flawed copies. How many were replaced? How many misprinted copies remain in circulation? We just don't know.
Book buffs, of course, are hopping with excitement. Misprinted copies are often treasures for those who collect written works. In fact, a copy was recently sold for $1556 (£988) on the American AbeBooks Marketplace—and that may be a very small price to pay for such a literary oddity. Only time will tell the value.
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Looking forward to 2013, the municipal securities industry faces new and continuing challenges: headline risk influencing investor confidence; alternative financing solutions; federal legislative proposals affecting tax exemption; and increased regulatory scrutiny and enforcement. These challenges also present new opportunities. Industry leaders, policy makers, issuers and regulators will present their views on these issues in a forum where audience participation is encouraged.
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The halls of Garrett College (GC) bustled with activity last week as the New Student Advising and Orientation (NSAO) day got underway. Incoming freshman and their parents were met by a cadre of staff and faulty who would guide them through for the day's activities included placement tests, meetings with advisors, creating scheduling classes. The new students were asked to join the national movement of pledging to complete their associate degrees. The "Commit to Complete" banner stating the pledge was spread across a table where students and parents to could read and sign indicating their support. In the photo above signing the banner are, from left to right are Eric Stephens, Lee Ware, and Nick Williams. Anyone who would like further information on GC admissions and advising may call 301-387-3044.


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A project to share the story of the changing face of Wheathampstead High Street over one hundred years has been showcased at an exhibition in the village.
More than 500 visitors turned out to admire the work of the village history society's Heritage Lottery project 'The story of our changing High Street' at the Memorial Hall on Sunday, January 26.
Since March last year, 22 project researchers have interviewed many residents, delved through directories and pored over newspapers to discover stories that have moved them, challenged them and cheered them.
Commenting on the day events, project organiser Sandra Wood said: "It was amazing, we have had some really good comments and feedback.
"It was a surprise because it was such awful weather but people still turned out. It has been great and we have had a lot of support from all different people in the village.
"There was hundreds through the door and at any one time we had 150 to 200 people in the hall. It was lovely, because as a result of the day, we were able to introduce lots of people to relatives they haven't seen for years. It was really brilliant because they were able to catch up and exchange numbers."
People from far and wide, including Australia and Canada, have also been in contact with memories to contribute to the project, which is funded by a grant of £7,100 from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
The project explores the changes and similarities of the village High Street, both in how people live, work and shop, in the 1900s compared to today.
The population growth of the village since the 1950s may have reduced the feeling of community but many families such as Collins, Simons, Titmuss and Westwood, whose names can be found in the earliest census returns, were constant in the village story over the past 100 years.
The story of their adaptations to the changing times takes the best of the past and marries it with the best of the present. Ms Wood said: "It has opened up the opportunity for us to archive and research things that we would never have done before.
"It is a living story in a sense, as we go on. The more we look at the history of Wheathampstead, it is the home to an amazing history.
"At the beginning of 1900s we had three farms in the village. Although most of the shops are physically the same, they have changed to meet the needs of the people in our village.
"One hundred years ago we had seven to eight pubs on the High Street and now we only have two."
Listed High Street buildings are also explored in the project to show how in some cases their character may have slowly eroded by the changes in detail, including loss of original features such as timber windows.
Although the project has now come to a close the history society plans to carry on exploring various different aspects of the High Street. These include the Brewing industry, The Maltings and the affect the opening and closure of the railway station had on the village.
Ms Wood added: "The beauty of this project is that if people have specific interests, they can carry on their own research and as a history society we will support them."


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Hey everyone,
I'm looking for some better instruments for my music program (Synthfont) and I don't know where to find some good instruments to use in my songs. As I said in the title, I'm not a pro musician yet and I could use some advice on this matter.
Assume I know only a little about music software. Any answers would be appreciated. Thanks!
Try some free ones Mihai and other guys have been posting.
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Try some free ones Mihai and other guys have been posting.
Sure takes a while to download, but thanks for the link. I'm gonna check this thing out.
It's not only instruments, but also effects! Worth checking out, this is an easy way to find out freeware goodies!
Thanks Permian for linking to my thread
@Blinn – what software are you using and what computer do you have, Mac or PC? I think a thread with many pages can get a bit overwhelming and I can give you a short list of "must have" to get you started.
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Richard Tambling's AFL career likely to come to an end
Published: October 30 2013 - 7:36PM
The AFL career of Richard Tambling could be over after the one-time high draft pick was delisted by Adelaide.
The Crows axed Tambling and utility Aidan Riley, while upgrading rookies Rory Laird and Kyle Hartigan to their senior list.
Tambling was chosen by Richmond with pick number four at the 2004 national draft, ahead of Hawthorn-turned-Sydney forward Lance Franklin.
But Tambling's career never reached lofty heights and he was traded by Richmond to Adelaide at the end of 2010.
Tambling, now aged 27, played 16 games in three injury-interrupted seasons in Adelaide, for a career tally of 124 AFL matches.
Riley, 21, played 10 games overall but broke a leg in 2013.
"Richard and Aidan have both been hampered by injuries, which have affected the continuity of their football," Adelaide's list manager David Noble said in a statement on Wednesday.
Noble said former basketballer Ben Dowdell, who spent two years on Adelaide's alternate talent rookie list, also wouldn't be offered another contract.
This story was found at: http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/richard-tamblings-afl-career-likely-to-come-to-an-end-20131030-2whcn.html


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Swedish star Henrik Larsson ended his Celtic career in stunning style on Saturday by scoring twice to lead the champions to a 3-1 comeback victory over Dunfermline in the Scottish Cup final at Hampden Park and secure the domestic double.
Playing in his last competitive game for the Glasgow giants, the Swede bowed out with a brace to wipe out Andrius Skerla's first-half opener.
Celtic fans were stunned when a corner from Gary Dempsey found the Lithuanian unmarked at the back post and his looping header back across goal dropped into the net behind Celtic goalkeeper David Marshall.
A Stilian Petrov strike on 83 minutes wrapped up the game for Celtic but it was undoubtedly Larsson's show and he confirmed yet again how much he would be missed by the Parkhead club.
"Winning this final means everything. I didn't want to leave as a loser in the cup final, because I've done it twice before. It was great to get the two goals to end a fantastic seven years here. I never dreamt this could happen when I signed," Larsson said.
Celtic manager Martin O'Neill was full of praise for his team but singled out both scorers.
"We were terrific. I thought we played well in first half and were in control, but Dunfermline got the goal and they were stubborn and made it very difficult for us," said O'Neill.
"They were resilient but we battled and deserved to win.
"Larsson got the equaliser and that goal was so important to us because we had so much possession. His goals were brilliant."
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The University of East Anglia and the Met Office's Hadley Centre have released their global temperature estimates for the present year, in preliminary form.
IT turns out that this is the seventh warmest year since 1850. Furthermore, the eleven warmest years since 1850 have all occurred during the last 13 years.
In other words, it is now .. this year, this decade, this month, etc. … the warmest it has been since we've started keeping direct temperature records.
Even conditions that tend to cool the atmosphere, such as the La Nina event we are currently experiencing, have not caused a weakening in this trend.
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I think Lee just sums up the best solution...
Human management... That is the key
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> How many people... I mean, just regular pc users would know how to
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As a veteran of the US Army Corps of Engineers I have never felt "right" living in amongst civilians, their soft lives, corrupt social institutions, and general selfish myopic view of the world around them. After repeated failed attempts to return to duty with the Army I have accepted the fact that I am stuck in this social sewer, and over the past couple of years I have spent a lot of my mental energy working on the problem of my dissatisfaction with these civilians and their culture/society that is modern America.
I have been fortunate in that after my divorce I was able to establish a small business of my own and with that measure of freedom I have set my own hours enabling many free hours to read and think about life. I have worked over the years to put together my own philosophy on life and the role our shared society has in corralling people into a maze of requirements to live a "normal" life. I am not trying to convert anyone to my way of thinking I just want to finalize the process by writing out my views and sharing them with anyone who is interested before I breakout of this societal strait-jacket. The only way to cut loose from this society / culture is to "run for the woods" and this is the root of my vision.
First we should look at the societal requirement of work. Work at it most basic form is an agreement between an employee and an employer, the employee agrees to trade his/her life energy for financial compensation and the employer agrees to pay that financial compensation. As the society/culture of America has expanded and become more intrusive into peoples lives that simple model of work has been twisted and bent into something monstrous. Employers are required to provide a safe work place, minimum wage, health care ect... while the employee has no responsibility other than showing up and making his/her wage. I find it all very tedious. No job is permanent and one could find themselves in the unemployment line at the drop of a hat. My answer to the work problem is to find a method of acquiring real wealth, I have no doubt that mineral wealth mined from the earth is that method, A mining claim is the most affordable vehicle to enable American citizens an opportunity to create real wealth and have control of rural / wilderness real estate, living and working on a mining claim I am responsible for myself and require no employer to provide anything.
Shelter is the next aspect of life I will examine, if one rents or owns makes no difference, people work to pay for their shelter. If they rent then the monies spent on that rent is gone never to be seen again. Owning your shelter is preferred in our culture/society but I hold that working for thirty years the pay for shelter is a fool's errand because no one lives forever and owning real estate is no guaranty of future wealth especially for our dependence. I feel that sinking personal wealth into permanent housing is a waste of time and energy. The nomadic tribes of Mongolia provide the model for my preferred shelter, they use yurts, I'll use military tents. Not only are tents cheap shelter they are mobile also.
The last major expenditure is food and there is no simple answer for that, however with foresight and careful planning food stuffs can be acquired and stored for a minimal fiscal outlay. A garden plot on the claim and the responsible harvesting of game will augment the food stores of the camp. Life is not permanent but hunger is.
The last aspect of life I have thought about is love. I have felt the emotion many times (hell I was married once for gods sake)but for me the feeling did not last and I am convinced that true "everlasting love" is a myth. Sure some people stay together all there lives and good for them but why they stay together is different for each couple and my belief is those reasons have very little to do with love. Now don't get me wrong I still enjoy women although I have stopped looking for the "One", I would never turn my back to an enticing female. However I have come to the conclusion that women are on this planet not only to birth the next generation but they have a secondary role. Women are here to "fu*k up a mans plan" and they do that quite well, no offence intended ladies I just call them as I see them.
What am I saying here? Just that for me the temporary nature of life is to be embraced and the time I have left on this planet is best spent pursuing a simpler style of life, not easier in many ways it is just different from the normal life path of most modern Americans.


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I suspect, like many others, I face a dilemma following the Prime Minister's unilateral decision to have Nova Peris endorsed as the lead Labor candidate for a Northern Territory Senate seat.
On the one hand, as an older Anglo Saxon male, I applaud the decision to preselect an articulate young indigenous woman to become the first Aboriginal to represent the ALP in Federal Parliament, and have no doubt that her election will send all the right messages to the electorate.
On the other hand, as a life member of the Labor Party with more than 40 years of active service, I have great difficulty accepting the denial of the right of the party rank and file to have their views considered.
It is well accepted that one of the major reasons why membership of the ALP has declined is the feeling by many former members, and indeed current ones, that their views are no longer deemed worthy of being heard by the parliamentary wing of the organisation and that their only value is seen as being foot soldiers during elections, where they are used to letterbox, attend fund-raising events, buy raffle tickets and staff polling booths.
At the 2011 national conference, Julia Gillard set a target of 8000 new party members and, while this figure was reached, some 4300 existing members did not renew, resulting in a net increase of less than half the target. While it is commendable that the gross figure was reached, it is reasonable to ask why so many chose not to renew.
Surely the bigger issue raised by the Prime Minister's decision to recruit Ms Peris is why she, and people like her, do not find the ALP a sufficiently attractive organisation to be a member and what the party is doing to address this?
On balance, I don't believe denying the party's rank and file the right to choose the candidates they wish is a step forward in the process of encouraging people to either become or remain ALP members.
If the ALP is to continue to be a major, mainstream political organisation, then future potential political representatives need to be encouraged and nurtured and not have their aspirations shattered by the parachuting in of perceived ''dream'' candidates.
Ian De Landelles, Hawker
The latest in a spate of knife attacks on Labor MPs seems to have escaped media attention.
Hence my surprise when the perpetrator (Julia someone or other) of an earlier attack (on a Kevin someone or other) was favourably presented in a front-page story in the The Canberra Times (January 23).
The second victim (Trish someone or other) was apparently an associate of the first victim.
M. Gordon, Flynn
Despite the fact the Labor Party seems to have an obsession about unfair dismissal, Senator Trish Crossin has been sacked to make way for a celebrity, Aboriginal gold medallist Nova Peris, who is not even a member of the Labor Party.
Trish Crossin was only told about it on Monday night, despite backroom negotiations going on for some time.
This is not only unfair, it is illegal. But what can we expect? Julia Gillard carried out similar tactics to have Kevin Rudd demoted.
Anne Prendergast, Reid
Wouldn't it be great if those advocates of democracy in the Labor ''par-ee'', Senators Cameron and Crossin, were consistent? Cynically, they rant over the Nova Peris issue but were silent about ''par-ee'' democracy when K. Rudd parachuted Peter Garrett into a seat.
Oh, I forgot, they are vocal Rudd supporters. At least Gillard didn't use the traditional Labor approach of having a faceless factional heavy tap Crossin, but was upfront and public.
James Mahoney, McKellar


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Sleeps 4
Bedrooms 2
Bathrooms 2
Pets Yes
- Off road parking
- Ground floor accommodation
- Ground floor bedroom
- Smoke-free
- Garden / Patio
- Highchair available
- Pub/shop < 1 mile
- Washing machine
- Dishwasher
- Broadband / WiFi
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A lovely all ground floor, detached cottage, located next door to the Crich Tramway Village on the outskirts of the pretty village of Crich in Derbyshire.
Very well maintained and comfortable throughout, this Crich cottage is perfect for small families or couples looking to explore this varied part of the Peak District.
This Crich cottage offers a delightful morning room overlooking the garden, where you can enjoy a morning cup of tea in quiet surroundings.
Your Crich cottage has a cosy sitting room with electric fire, which is an ideal place to relax after a day of activities, plus this holiday home has a fitted kitchen with dining area, and there are two bedrooms, both with en-suite facilities.
Outside, there is a pretty, lawned garden with patio.
This Derbyshire cottage is ideally located to wander around the village of Crich, with its market square and old traditional pubs.
This Crich cottage is an excellent base for walking and exploring the Peak District and close by you will find the Arkwright Mills, the market towns of Bakewell and Matlock, the imposing Chatsworth House and wonderful Haddon Hall.
This Crich cottage is a wonderful base, from which to enjoy the whole of the Peak District.Read more
All ground floor. Two bedrooms: 1 x king-size double with sink and en-suite shower and WC, 1 x twin with sink and en-suite shower and WC. Fitted kitchen with dining area. Sitting room with electric fire. Morning room.
- Gas central heating with electric fire in sitting room
- Gas oven and hob, microwave, fridge/freezer, washer/dryer, dishwasher, TV with Freeview, DVD, WiFi, selection of books, games and DVDs
- Fuel and power inc. in rent
- Bed linen and towels inc. in rent
- Highchair on request
- Off road parking for 2 cars
- Front lawned garden with patio and furniture
- One well-behaved dog welcome
- Sorry, no smoking
- Shops and pubs 5 mins walk.
About the location
Matlock 7 miles.
The village of Crich (known as Cardale in the hit TV series Peak Practice) is full of character and history, and boasts a number of shops and several pubs. There are walks around the village, and trams (the village is home to the National Tramway Museum) move up the valley to some of the most beautiful views of the Derbyshire Dales. Matlock, 7 miles away, offers a range of shops, pubs and restaurants, as well as attractions such as Gulliver's Kingdom. Magnificent views down the gorge can be enjoyed from the cable car that takes visitors up to the Heights of Abraham - a great place for all the family with its show-caves, nature trail, water gardens and Owl Maze. South of the town is the start of the High Peak Cycle Trail, while to the north are the market town of Bakewell, Chatsworth House and Park and Haddon Hall, with Carsington Water offering fantastic watersports - not to be missed! Ideal at any time of year!
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There is a lot to talk about after the Lions 27-23 victory over the St. Louis Rams.
Let's breakdown some of the highlights by looking at the good, the bad and the ugly from the Lions season opening win.
The Good – Defense
It'd be easy to call-out the team's resilience and ability to score the game-winning touchdown with seconds remaining on the clock, but it is important to remember what got them there.
The defense held tight for most of the game, allowing only 14 first downs, 251 yards and 16 points.
The defensive line was able to pressure Rams quarterback Sam Bradford without much help from blitzers and recorded three sacks as a unit.
The linebackers were the benefactors of continuity as all three starters from last season returned in their same positions this year. The trio combined for 27 tackles against the Rams and was largely responsible for holding running back Stephen Jackson to only 53 yards on 21 carries.
Lastly, the secondary – missing both Louis Delmas and Chris Houston – held up admirably considering.
The Bad – Turnovers
The offense was able to register 28 first downs and gain 429 yards. They could have – and should have – scored in the high-30s but instead registered only 27 points.
The problem was the three interceptions by Stafford.
The sub-par performance by Stafford can easily be forgotten because of his late-game heroics but if the Rams had taken advantage of their opportunities on offense, the water-cooler conversations might be much different tomorrow morning.
The Ugly – Titus Young's Personal Foul
After Matthew Stafford had thrown his third interception – which was returned for a touchdown – there must have been some frustration boiling in the blood of the Lions offense.
Young decided to allow that frustration manifest itself into action by head-butting Rams cornerback Janoris Jenkins.
The play was flagged and resulted in a 15-yard penalty enforced on the ensuing kickoff.
The Rams attempted to squib the kick, hoping they could get a bounce and recover but tight end Will Heller came up with the ball for the Lions and – according to head coach Jim Schwartz – "bailed us out of that bad decision."
Young was benched briefly after the penalty.
Young has demonstrated some self-control issues in the past – a needless personal foul against the New Orleans Saints in 2011 and an alleged "sucker punch" to Delmas during the offseason – and will need to get these issues completely under control.


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Elmer Derward Shubert, 87, of Cabot passed away Friday. He was born April 19, 1919 in Mt. Pleasant to the late Carl Carroll and Mary Frances Carmichael Shubert.
Mr. Shubert was a lifelong member of Mt. Pleasant Mission-ary Baptist Church.
He was a Petty Officer First Class in the Navy from 1938 to 1945.
He served in the South Pacific during the Sec-ond World War and was an honor guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington, Va.
Mr. Shubert was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, A. Aleene Chancey Shubert, as well as two sisters, Dorothy Brannon and Elzera Gwin.
He is survived by his children, Dwight Shubert of North Little Rock and Kathy Ragar of Cabot; a sister, Maude Brannon of Cabot; two grandchildren, Heather Wag-ner of Monticello and Dr. Brent Ragar of Boston, Mass. He is also survived by a niece, Barbara Raley of Sherwood, and four nephews, Thomas Brannon of Cabot, Vernon Brannon of Cabot, Wayne Brannon of Jacksonville and Kenny Gwin of San Diego.
The family will receive friends from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday. Funeral services will be Sunday at 2 p.m. in the chapel of Cabot Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
Arrangements are by Cabot Moores Funeral Home.
Jimmy Elliott
Jimmy Elliott, 69, of Hum-phrey passed on May 20.
Preceding him in death were his parents, Robert and Bessie Elliott; two brothers, Bobby and Bill Elliott, and a sister, Martha Francis Davis. Survivors include three sisters, Joyce Larkin of Hazen, Betty Nick of Greenbrier and Jean Crossett of Texas, and a brother, Starlin Elliott of Humphrey.
Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Frazier Cemetery in Humphrey. Arrangements by Thomas Funeral Service.
David Phillips
David M. Phillips, 61, of Lonoke died May 25. He was born Oct. 4, 1944 at Delhi, La., to Leon and Joanie Phillips. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, bowling and cooking. He worked for Union Pacific Railroad for eight years and was an electrician for 27 years with IBEW Local 516 at Jonesboro. He was devoted to his job and his local brothers.
He was preceded in death by two daughters, Michelle Lea Phillips and Dava Lynn Phillips; his parents and his brother, Emmett Phillips.
David is survived by his daughters, Connie Ann Halbrook of Little Rock and Kim Phillips of Gravel Ridge; three sisters, Sandra Crowe of Clinton, Miss., Lenora Johnson of Beebe and Mary Cunningham of Lonoke; five grandchildren, a great grandchild and an abundance of nieces, nephews and friends.
Family will receive friends from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday at Westbrook Funeral Home, Beebe. Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Westbrook Funeral Home with burial in Meadowbrook Memorial Gardens, Beebe.
Friends are invited to the home of Larry and Lenora Johnson, 707 N. Orange St., Beebe, following services.
Vernon Parker
Vernon Clarence Parker, 72, of Jacksonville passed away May 25 in Jacksonville. He was born Oct. 29, 1933, in Harvey, Ill., to the late Clarence and Clara Urhammer Parker.
He was preceded in death by his parents and two sisters, Nona and Thelma. He was a Protestant and attended the Little Rock Air Force Base Chapel. He is survived by his loving wife, Neva Dell Parker of the home.
Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Moores Jackson-ville Funeral Home Chapel with Chaplain Tony Wade officiating. Interment will follow at Arkansas Memorial Gardens in North Little Rock. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Cancer Society.
Funeral arrangements are under direction of Moores Jacksonville Funeral Home (501) 982-2136.


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It will grow well in hardiness zones from 3-7 and will grow quite fast in most soils. It prefers a well-drained soil and does not like to have its roots too wet. On clay soils they seem to do quite well but when a wet year comes along have seen some deaths of 20-30ft trees and I blame it on the clay soil holding too much moisture causing root death. Have seen them growing on PH soils of up to 9 but are thin and show signs of chlorosis, soils of 7.5 PH and below, are much preferred.
The White pine can grow well in sandy conditions where the spruce would not do as well. It is quite adaptable to dryer sites if not planted to closely together (14ft). It does have 2 disease problems such as the blister rust and white pine weevil. Before planting it is best to check other White pine in the area and see if they have any disease problems, and check with your county extension agent on the local situation.
A 2ft tall potted White Pine tree can be over 12 ft tall in 5 years, in good soil, with adequate moisture and total weed and grass control. Spacing--single row -16 ft apart, Double row -20ft between rows and plants, Multiple rows -22ft or more between trees and rows.
The White pine tree is a recommended windbreak tree with its fast growth and adaptability. On a several row windbreak I would use other species along with this one and would consider deer activity in the area as they can severely inhibit growth.
Size after 4 years and 2 months (10ft) from potted tree (18-24')
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What is 'Bullion'
Bullion is gold and silver that is officially recognized as being at least 99.5% pure and is in the form of bars or ingots rather than coins. To create bullion, gold first must be discovered by mining companies and removed from the earth in the form of gold ore, a combination of gold and mineralized rock. The gold is then extracted from the ore with the use of chemicals or extreme heat. The resulting pure bullion is also called "parted bullion." Bullion that contains more than one type of metal is called "unparted bullion."
BREAKING DOWN 'Bullion'
The price of gold bullion is influenced by demand from companies that use gold to make jewelry and other products, and by perceptions of the overall economy (for example, gold becomes more popular as an investment during times of economic instability).
Central banks and investors who hold gold typically do so in the form of bullion, but it is expensive to store and insure. Bullion is traded in the bullion market, which is primarily an OTC market open 24 hours a day. Trade volume in the bullion market is high, and most transactions are completed electronically or by phone.


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Anley Tefera goes by "T" among his friends - and even though this is his first year at UC Merced, he seems to have no shortage of them. Maybe that's because by now, he's a pro at major transitions.
Tefera came to the United States from Ethiopia as what he calls an "asylee" - a political-asylum immigrant. He was on his own in his new home in Logan, Utah, where he attended Utah State University as an electrical
engineeringmajor. (He had completed high school at age 16 in his home country.)
"It was a big change," he said. "I went from a hot climate where it never snowed to a cold climate with lots of snow, and from a place where everyone was black to a place where almost everyone was white."
He stuck it out for a few years in his initial landing place, and then decided he wanted to change his course again. He had an aunt in California, and he originally thought he'd transfer to UC Davis, near her home in Stockton. But she moved to Livingston, just minutes away from Merced.
"My auntie encouraged me to visit UC Merced, just to look," Tefera said. "Then I went to the Web site, and the school's emphasis on
researchcaught my attention."
Tefera had already determined that he ultimately wanted a doctorate in biomaterials. He saw UC Merced's
bioengineering majorand knew he'd found his place.
"I talked to some administrators and found out what I needed to do, establishing residency in California and preparing to
transfer," he said, "And I did it. And now I'm here."
Just weeks after his arrival, Tefera was approached by classmate Christian Ayeni about starting a club - the UC Merced chapter of the
National Society of Black Engineers.
"At first I wasnt sure, but then I started to realize that this is what UC Merced is all about," Tefera said. "And the dean was really supportive, meeting with us and encouraging us."
The group now has more than 30 members. Tefera recently traveled to Orlando, Fla., with four other engineering undergrads to attend the
national NSBE conference.
"It was great to meet so many people who shared my major, my color, who are doing the same things I'm doing," he said. "One workshop connected ancient technology in Ethiopia with present-day technology in ways I'd never thought about before. That was great."
He started making connections with grad schools, and even found a bioengineering Ph.D. student from Georgia Tech who he thinks will help mentor him. And he helped talk up UC Merced, as well.
"I feel like we're putting UC Merced on the map," he said.


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If President Obama had run in 2008 promising to cut family incomes, shove more people into poverty, create greater inequality and make people more dependent on the federal government — and that black Americans would fare worse than everyone else — would he have won that election?
Well, the latest Census Bureau report shows that these are precisely the results Obama has delivered since taking office.
According to that report, median annual household income dropped by more than $2,000 in real terms since 2009, a 4.1% decline. Blacks fared even worse, watching their incomes fall 5.7% between 2009 and 2011.
And despite more than three full years of economic recovery, nearly 2.7 million more people are languishing in poverty than in 2009. The current 15% poverty rate is well above where it stood in Obama's first year in office — 14.3%.
Here, too, blacks have fared worse, with the black poverty rate now at 27.6%, up from 25.8% in 2009. And while the number of whites in poverty dropped slightly in 2011, it continued to climb among blacks, the census data show.
Despite Obama's repeated promises to grow the economy from the "bottom up," his policies have managed to widen the gap between rich and poor.
In 2011, the so-called Gini Index of Income Inequality climbed 1.6%, marking "the first time the Gini index has shown an annual increase since 1993."
Democrats have long complained — falsely — that GOP policies made the rich richer and poor poorer. But under Obama, it's actually happening.
Last year, families in the bottom 20% saw their average income drop almost 1%; incomes for those in the middle 20% fell 1.7%. But those in the top 20% saw their average income climb nearly 2%.
This isn't some sort of indictment of "trickle down" economics. It just shows that government spending can't generate prosperity for the middle class.
And it shows that when your policies choke off what should have been a solid economic recovery, the only ones who benefit are those already at the top.
Then there's the increase in government dependency under Obama.
According to the census report, there's been a strong shift under Obama away from employer-provided insurance and toward government insurance.
Between 2009 and 2011, the number of people who get insurance coverage through work dropped by more than 600,000, driving the share of people covered at work down to 55%.
At the same time, the number on government health insurance plans climbed by 6.3 million — with almost a third of Americans (32.2%) now getting coverage from Medicaid, Medicare or through military health care plans.
Almost half of the growth under Obama was the result of the explosion in Medicaid enrollment.
And the ranks of those under 65 on Medicare has climbed by more than a million, mostly due to the explosion in the number of people on Social Security's disability program, who qualify for Medicare coverage after two years.
This tracks other measures of dependency: food stamp enrollment is up 46% since Obama took office; disability enrollment is up 18%; direct federal payments to individuals is up 21% since Bush's last year.
You might try to blame these lousy numbers on the recession that started under Bush.
Except for the fact that the recession ended five months after Obama took office, and all these dire results occurred during Obama's "recovery," when his policies were in full effect.
Any wonder President Obama wants this to be a "choice" election, rather than a referendum on his record?


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How to reset check engine light?
I'm taking my car to the dealer today to get some recall work taken care of but thought it might be a good idea to reset the CEL I've got due to no cats. How do you do that on an F10 550i?
You start by posting in the right section.
You'll probably want to ask one of the tuners. Unfortunately there is no bavarian technic tool for your car.
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A stoush over carbon pricing dominated Prime Minister
Ms Gillard emphasised the transport reform in Canberra on Friday after a meeting with premiers that also made progress on health reforms and reached agreement on a long-term plan for a national disability insurance scheme.
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Transport Minister
While Victoria and WA were concerned about the unified transport regulation, they agreed with the others to set up the new system. WA Premier
"This is a great productivity-unlocking reform," Ms Gillard told reporters. "On anyone's accounting, this is a major reform."
Premiers also gave "in principle" support to plans to create a national disability insurance scheme in line with recommendations from the Productivity Commission, adding about $6.3 billion a year to the cost of existing arrangements. Ms Gillard added to her health reform deal with the states by gaining agreement on her appointments to the new regulators that she hopes will increase transparency and improve efficiency in the hospital system.
The Council of Australian Governments approved the appointment of Shane Solomon as the inaugural chair of the Independent Hospitals Pricing Authority. The deputy chair is to be Jim Birch. The National Health Performance Authority will be led by Patricia Faulkner as chair and John Walsh as deputy chair.
The COAG communique also included commitments to reforms to vocational education and training.
The COAG meeting came under criticism late on Friday when Urban Taskforce Australia said there was not enough progress on property planning and development laws.
Urban Taskforce chief executive Aaron Gadiel said it was "nonsense" for the COAG communique to suggest states and territories were continuing to "improve significantly" on this issue. "Some state planning systems were getting worse, not better," he said.
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Michael Lenaghan wrote:
> I'm running M0n0wall 1.231 at the office. At home I have a LinkSys
> WRV200 and a few computers, but I mostly use a Mac running Leopard.
> Quite often when I try to connect to the office using PPTP the
> connection fails. I try again a few times and eventually it succeeds.
> Is that a common problem? Is it a problem associated with either Macs
> or the LinkSys?
> Thanks for any insight...
The problem is probably related to the "only one PPTP connection out
through a NAT firewall" issue.
Once one machine makes a PPTP connection over the Linksys NAT firewall,
you will not be able to connect with the other machines to the same PPTP
server at your office.
I pretty sure that I saw a FAQ about this on the m0n0wall site, but I
can not seem to find the link now.
Bill Arlofski
Reverse Polarity, LLC