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Poor students tend to stay in their home area and go to post-92 institutions despite getting top A-level grades. If they took their fair share of places at leading universities, 3,000 privately educated pupils would be denied entry. Paul Hill reports
The neighbourhood where children grow up not only affects their chances of going to university, it also influences their choice of institution and subjects. Hefce research suggests that students from an area with little or no tradition of sending teenagers to university - invariably the poorest neighbourhoods - are 25 per cent more likely to study at an institution within a 30-minute car journey from their home than those from affluent areas, where the majority of young people enter higher education.
This notion that students from poor homes are more likely to study at local institutions is reinforced by the finding that in 2000, 34 per cent of students from low-participation areas lived at home while they studied, while 15 per cent of students from more affluent areas did the same.
So why does geography influence the choice of where to study for so many students from poor backgrounds in a way it does not for affluent students?
Separate research by the Sutton Trust last year suggests that each year about 3,000 young people attending state schools and sixth-form colleges do not apply to the top 13 universities in the country - a mix of the Russell Group and 1994 Group of institutions - even though they achieve or exceed the entry grades required.
The trust says that this means that 3,000 pupils from independent schools are entering leading universities each year who would not be there if higher achieving state pupils were taking up their fair share of places.
The research found that independent-sector students were as likely to go to a leading university as students from the state sector who achieved two grades higher at A level. While 45 per cent of independent-school students who had 26 A-level points in 2002 - an A and two Bs - went to one of the top 13 universities, the same is true of 26 per cent of state-school students. The Sutton Trust concludes that while many state-school students attend university, they are more likely to go to a post-1992 institution.
Sir Peter Lampl, founder of the trust, says that the findings suggest "perhaps a lack of ambition, but certainly a potential waste of talent".
The Hefce research also suggests that teenagers from areas with traditionally low participation in higher education are only marginally more likely to secure a university place through clearing.
However, they are twice as likely not to have A levels as their entry qualifications compared with teenagers from areas where the majority of young people go to university. Teenagers from the most affluent areas are twice as likely to take a gap year as those from the poorest.
Hefce also found "modest" differences in the choices of course that poor students made compared with teenagers from more affluent areas.
Students from areas with low participation rates are twice as likely to study for a higher national diploma or higher national certificate as teenagers from neighbourhoods with the greatest participation in higher education.
Eighteen per cent of students from areas with the highest levels of participation opted for languages, medicine, humanities or agriculture compared with 11 per cent of teenagers from areas least likely to send young people to university.
Twenty-one per cent of students from low-participation areas chose to study mathematics, computer science, nursing or education compared with 16 per cent of teenagers from high-participation areas.
But three times as many students from high-participation neighbourhoods went on to take a postgraduate education course as teenagers from low-participation areas.
Penny Jane Burke, lecturer in higher education in the School of Educational Foundations and Policy Studies at the Institute of Education, University of London, says the choices made by students from poor neighbourhoods are not simply a matter of money or practical problems such as travel or accommodation.
She says: "For example, work by Diane Reay, Stephen Ball and Miriam David highlights that making choices about where to study is not only about material and practical issues - it is also about deeper cultural issues, in terms of fitting in, and also issues of identity around class, race and feelings of belonging.
"Students from lower socioeconomic groups tend to internalise wider constructions of themselves as 'undeserving' and 'inferior' and tend to choose local institutions where they feel more comfortable. They tend not to choose more prestigious universities where they risk 'not fitting in'
and being a minority and where they would have to travel to unfamiliar areas outside of their local communities."
Burke adds that once the issue of gender is added to the equation, the picture is complicated further. "In my research project on masculinities and men accessing education, the men are not only making decisions about where to study in relation to practical and economic considerations, and in relation to a sense of belonging and fitting in, but also, for many minority ethnic men, where their extended families would approve.
"So the picture is not straightforward. Complex issues in relation to practical and material issues, age, ability, class, gender, family and identity all shape decisions about where to study."


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"In chaos, there is fertility."
― Anaïs Nin
"I accept chaos, I'm not sure whether it accepts me."
― Bob Dylan
this life is crazy, but it's good
the last two weeks have been wild, there is no other way to say it.
solo time with the boys and my dad coming to stay and help was a good lesson in "kids say the damnedest things" and chaos is a natural state. this is life. it's my life. it ebbs and flows, has traumas and dramas, and it is both joyous and incredibly exhausting. chest la vie.
the work is always in progress, i am a work in progress. i am making peace with my inadequacies and the places i see as my short comings. i don't do "time" very well. i want to be more organized but it feels so tough for me. i have been feeling off, but i haven't jumped into anything that will make me feel balanced (if this sounds vague, it is. mostly just my physically being tired, but my body is slowly growing intolerant of certain foods too). accepting that i can be content and continue to learn about myself/be a work in progress has taken time, is still taking time. this is life. c'est la vie.
yoga is everything. always will be. my practice is equal parts breathing slowly over my cup of coffee and doing gentle twists or downward dog to make space for my heart and release some tension. i don't necessarily miss the vinyasa days, but i do miss more community. it is in the future for now, but summer is rapidly approaching and i respect that my attending classes will have to wait until fall. making my home practice more important. c'est la vie.
i want my boys to feel safe in their wild. as elementary school time was approaching, i realized that conditioning bug to sit for extended periods of time isn't necessary yet. being "wild" (moving while learning, dancing, being interactive, being extremely social) is part of his learning and i am not ready for him to disconnect from that yet. so more montessori for him (and us). we also are working trusting our bodies. trusting our sense of feeling full. trusting when we are tired or our body hurts. not dulling the innate knowledge. i am working on that too. c'est la vie.
this is life right now. c'est la vie.


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Magic in the Air
Sherwood Forest Faire is a vibrant, alive and dynamic organism. It is changing, evolving, and in a constant state of becoming. George and I are transfixed at the its development…and feel very humbled to be even a small part of what is happening in these enchanted woods. I received an email from Lady Songbird shortly after one of the last gatherings that I want to share with you. It is a testimony of the spirit of something quite unique within this social and community experiment we are all engaged in at present:
Never in my life have I believed in MAJIC. I have seen many "rhymes and reasons" for people to donate time to charities, causes and beliefs. When it comes to business… most of us look for $$$. Not so, with these folks for SWFF! I would have NEVER thought to parade for Scarby, TRF, or Middlefaire, or any other business. Why Sherwood? Perhaps, partly, because it's close to home… but mostly, because there is something here that I have not felt at any other faire. Scarby is a nice, well established place. TRF is just too big for me. Perhaps it's the "beginnings". Or, perhaps, just maybe, there's something SPECIAL in the air here, and we are all drawn together by it. Whatever it is… we are our own special family here… LONG LIVE SHERWOOD FOREST! LONG LIVE ERIC & GEORGE ! (and all who make it special!) HUZZAH!!!
–Lady Songbird aka Harriet
We asked folk to come out and volunteer for four straight weekends recently. We didn't expect many to show except for the one planned Gathering; and even up until the time we had posted for work to begin each Saturday morning, we talked among ourselves and said how it was likely few would make it. Yet, each Saturday, you astounded us with your numbers, with your love, with your dedicated work ethic, with your commitment to making Sherwood a better faire.
We finished the Mud Show Stage backdrop. We collected yaupon. We picked up sticks. We sowed (literally) a ton of rye grass seed. We ate pizza, drank soft drinks and beer; but more importantly, we talked and laughed and learned more about each other.
I have referred to Sherwood as an experiment many times…and I meant it. Our society is in flux. I think about it all the time. We are so alienated from each other. Our social fabric is frayed. The extended family is all but destroyed. We don't know our neighbors anymore. And we have a desperate need to belong…
So here we are… each with that proverbial paint brush… and the canvas is Sherwood. We are all painting our desires, our wishes, our dreams upon this backdrop. Some are painting art. Others notes of beautifully orchestrated music. Still others scenes from plays being written within their psyches.
Our children are running around the grounds playing as children should with other kids. Few to no computer games. No TVs or radios. No Nintendos. Just conversations, imaginations, sticks seconding as swords or wands.
And what diversity!!! We are plumbers, carpenters, truck drivers, executives, school teachers, preachers, Christians, Wiccans, Buddhists, Muslims, Jews, Jains, Blacks, Whites, Native Americans, Hispanics, Gays, Straights, Transgenders, Artists, Athletes, crazies, sanes, and the list goes on and on.
I remember walking the streets of Amsterdam years ago… having been raised in central Texas… and having this amazing realization of how diversity can co-exist and thrive. We don't need to put people in boxes…but rather, for the greatest creativity to occur, we need everyone free to be themselves and bring their best to our tribe.
Not a day goes by that I am not appreciative of the fates or providence or happenstance that has caused me to be among you within this strange and reinforcing family of Sherwood. I am the luckiest soul who's ever been given the chance to breathe and experience this gift called life. I am proud to walk among you as an equal and as a friend and a brother.
We will soon be gathering again during our faire to celebrate what Sherwood has become. And every year hence, we will open our gates wide to the patrons and be inviting every one of them to enjoy the magic… and if they so choose, to join the family/the tribe… and be a part of something quite spectacular for years to come.
See many of you at TRF!!!
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ENB - Statewide Notices 11/15/2017
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Notice of Enrollment Period - New York Green Business
Applications for the New York Green Business program will be accepted through Friday, December 15th, 2017. Application materials and submission information can be found at: www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/939.html.
The New York Green Business program provides recognition and incentives to businesses and other entities in New York State that are committed to sustainable practices and conserving New York's environment and natural resources. In order to participate in the program applicants must have a good record of compliance, make commitments to lower their environmental footprint, and communicate their sustainability commitment to their customers and employees.
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New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYS DEC) is holding a series of webinars to assist businesses in applying to the program on the following dates/times:
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- November 20th, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. specifically for restaurants.
- November 20th, 2017 at 3:30 p.m. specifically for breweries.
Pre-registration is required for the webinars and can be completed at: www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/939.html.
Direct comment or inquiries to: Brendan Woodruff, NYS DEC - Division of Materials Management, Pollution Prevention Unit, 625 Broadway, Albany, NY 12233, Phone: (518) 402-9469, E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com.
Pollution Prevention Institute Request for Applications (RFA)
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYS DEC) has issued a Request for Application to solicit applications from public and private universities, or non-profit institutions, to operate a pollution prevention institute in New York state (Institute). The Institute will offer an unparalleled center for technology evaluation and development as well as training and assistance to state businesses and organizations. The Institute will promote cost effective methods of reducing and eliminating the use of toxic substances and resources in the manufacturing process and product design through pollution prevention strategies.
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text: I was happy to have this opportunity to vote for Jessica Dum, as Indy's best wedding planner on @IndyAList. As "Mother of the Bride", I can say the weeks leading up to the wedding event, were calmer knowing the related, necesssary details were being handled well. Although from another city, Chicago, Jessica made us feel right at home, in Indy!


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Discover St Peters Indooroopilly at our annual Open Day. Join current staff and students on a tour of the College, witness the incredible facilities available to our Prep to Year 12 students and see why St Peters is one of the leading co-educational private schools in Queensland.
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Since the financial crisis, regulators have been putting an extraordinary amount of pressure on banks to remain compliant and control their spending. As compliance costs rise, banks struggle with how to temper that spending, mitigate risk and keep their margins high.
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Data analytics is changing the banking industry for the better. Banks that take advantage of the growing trend become armed with crucial information that helps them make more efficient, effective decisions. According to Banking Exchange, data analytics is no longer reserved for the number-crunching experts of banking institutions' IT departments.
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Banks need analytics to remain competitive
The future of banking lies in analytics and in financial institutions' ability to harness important data and use it to make better decisions. Banks that can do so successfully will not only be able to remain compliant and increase their margins, but they will also be able to stay competitive in this ever-changing market. As more and more banks adopt sophisticated technology, those that fail to do so will likely struggle to contend. Banks are increasingly abandoning their use of spreadsheets in favor of efficient, easy-to-use analytics solutions like Brilliance's DealPoint technology that help them streamline their pricing processes and make it simpler for both local and international banks to develop consistent pricing models.


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I've recently started working on a new project, called Sprout. The core idea is it's a community workshop and center where people can come and get the social and technical resources they need to turn their ideas into reality. We're specifically focusing on ideas that support the local community: we want people to both address the issues they see in the community around them, and have a place where they can make their own jobs and become self-employed.
It's exciting! I am sure I will be writing a lot about it. It's marks a shift in my work from empowerment of people ages 6 - 12 to empowerment of people.
I've been working on it intensely for the past few weeks and have been quite satisfied doing so. There's nothing huge to report yet -- the majority of things has been figuring out how to set up a self-governed space and trying to think broadly about what it is that separates someone from having a wonderful idea to making that wonderful thing happen.
Part of this process has been reflection on helping others feel empowered. One interesting story is my father's over the past two years. I initially started writing this up for my friend Alec, who I'm working with on Sprout, but I thought it would be good blog material as well.
A little more than two years ago, my dad was living in Rhode Island. He'd been recuperating from a heart attack he'd had a year and a half prior, and seemed to really feel like he'd hit the end of the road, mentally and physically. I had a hard time going down to visit him: I wanted to see him because I knew he liked spending time with me, but the trip was always rough on me. To keep it succinct, it felt lonely to see him more or less alone.
His situation was something that stayed with me for a few years. Two years ago, I had just moved into a new apartment with a friend and we'd had trouble finding roommates for the other rooms (it was a 4 room apartment.) We ended up renting the rooms out on a 1-month basis to buy time to search for a good roommate for the remainder of the year. Around October (the lease began in Sept.), I had the idea that I should invite Dad up to come live with us. I kept the idea for about a month -- it would be a big shift to be living with my father.
The biggest thing would be that my father rambles. Specifically about the years of his life he'd lived in Europe, usually about London (something like the late '60s - '84, but I don't know if anyone really knows.) My brother and his then-girlfriend had taken to comparing it to the band camp line from American Pie: "This one time, in London ... " The rambling had gotten much more severe in isolation -- it was like all of the thinking and words that one naturally shares were damming up, flooding out upon any listener and usually overwhelming them in the process.
After thinking about for a month and running it by my friend, I figured it was worth a shot and asked my dad about it. The idea would be to somehow connect him to MIT. My dad's a very competent engineer -- well-versed in lots of engineering disciplines and a talented machinist -- and I surmised that there had to be something at MIT for him. MIT was his dream university (I think it's a bigger deal to him that I went to MIT than for me) and I knew it'd be the kind of environment he'd thrive in. So that was my pitch -- come up to Boston, and we'll find something at MIT for you to do.
On the phone he said "Hmmmm, I'll think about it," and then called me back the next day, happily eager to give it a try. We moved his stuff up in December, and adjusted to living together. He was full of an excited, hyper, blissfully unaware of social dynamics energy. I still remember how he completely (completely!) rearranged our kitchen, based off of some manufacturing engineering principle of automation or effeciency, and then would respond to my questions like "So where're the trash bags now?" in a "you-teenager-who-never-cleans-up!" tone of voice, of course you don't know! It came off as equal parts of gratitude and completely bizarre.
Of course, the bound up "let me repay my thanks by rearranging all your stuff!" and the "let me tell you all the stories I have!" energy settled. There was a vision seminar at MIT that I encouraged him to go to. I remember having to verbally push him to go -- I hit a wall which I hadn't expected, which was his confidence. I was surprised by it, but also deeply confident in his talents at an engineer, and so didn't mind convincing him that he ought to go (his fear could be summarized I think as any MIT student's fear: I don't belong here, everyone is so smart/talented, what I could possibly contribute to this community?, etc.) He would be nervous or not want to go and I would tell him it was nonsense and stick to my unwavering opinion that he needed to get out of the apartment and go do stuff at MIT and something would work out, and soon enough he would.
He visited a few programs at MIT before becoming a mentor at Amy Smith's Development Lab (D-Lab). D-Lab is one of the coolest engineering groups I've ever seen. They work with developing communities to engineer solutions for problems they're having, and do this by working with the community. This feedback ensures both the efficacy of the tool (it meets real needs and can be repaired/modified by the community using it) and, as I understand it, creates a perspective of empowerment, rather than charity. Smith founded the lab in part to show students an alternative career to engineering -- using engineering for social change -- and it's the thing that is perfect for my dad.
He grew to learn how to help, to feel his way around the community, and to slowly shake off his fears of people with degrees and doctorates from MIT. My dad became incredibly, undeniably happy during this first year there (he would say frequently, and with such genuineness "Maybe I have died, and I've gone to heaven! I'm not sure!") The profound transformation that the shift had -- from being in Rhode Island to being in MIT working with D-Lab -- has always amazed me. Things that read like intrinsic parts of a personality (no matter how aware you are), like how much Dad rambled, only talked about the past and never the present, or simply how much attention he paid to the person he talked to, all changed to things that felt much more accessible (in being excited by his own, present day life, he seemed much more excited about everyone else's too, and his signature rambling began to stem. I should of course make no claim that the rambling has ceased! That would be the work of majik and demons.)
Since then, my dad has become employed (in a marginal sense -- employed enough to pay the bills, but not enough to get in the way of my father happily spending all of his free time at D-Lab, which, paradoxically, it would) to take care of the shop, which is perfect for him. It's really an amazing transformation to me; I'm always happy about it whenever I reflect on it.
There's a few things I've taken away from this:
* changing someone's environment can be transformative: the big, fundamental difference in my father's life before and after D-Lab is how happy he is. He is productive, is making a meaningful contribution to an organization he finds meaningful, and he's much more content with his day-to-day life.
I don't think any amount of talking alone could have brought this shift about. I'm sure I'd talked to him before about getting back into engineering, or using his skills, or who knows what beforehand, and I'm sure that that sounded simultaneously appealing and empty (it'd be great to be making things again ... but how?) It is one
thing to construct the environment you need, and another to find it.
* When to push, when not to push: I don't know if there are any words to describe this beyond the intuition one develops from a human relationship, but I found that with my father, there were some things I could make happen through pushing him on verbally, and some that I simply had to enact myself. Convincing him to come to Boston, or thinking of clever ways to articulate that 35 years of engineering experience were just as valid as an academic career were all things I could do verbally. He'd have his doubts, I'd have my counterargument (ideally wrapped up in a sentence or two maxim that sounded good and was easy to remember) and he'd agree mentally and give whatever it was I was advocating a try.
Getting him to ask for funding for D-Lab was, however, something I got nowhere with verbally. His first year at D-Lab I helped support him financially, and by the end of the year I had wanted him to ask for funding (for the sake of my own independence and his sustianability.) There were no words, high or low or in the sky, that I could have gotten my father to do this. My father finds money to be a confusing thing, something that gets in the way of getting things done, and I think he also felt too scared to be rejected by this lab that he'd fallen in love with: the possibility that he might ask, they could say no, and we would find another source of funding never seemed to register -- the act of asking with the potential of rejection was, I think, just too much for him. At some point, I asked a friend to ask the head of the lab on his behalf, and everything worked out from there. He was extremely grateful, and I began to realize that just as my father had frustrated me by not acting, I had been frustrating myself by simply not finding another way to ask on his behalf.
* What one can change has its limits: my father isn't in the best of health, and his few semesters at MIT would thoroughly overwork his body, trying to keep pace with the overworked and frenzied students, dashing to finish their work. Any conversations I had with him to the effect of "you know, you don't have to take finals as seriously as the students do" would just be met with looks of utter amazement. It's finals time -- you have to finish! I have to help the student's finish! That's what you do!
At first, seeing the unhealthy patterns that finals creates seep over to my dad frustrated me, but I began to realize that this was beyond my influence. I could explain things as I saw them, but that finals time was needlessly stressful and ought to be taken with a grain of salt was not something that I could simply convince my father of. Over his two years, he's come to prioritize his own body more, and has balanced taking care of himself a bit more with helping students (particularly as he's learned it can take a week or so to feel recovered from such times.) Overall though, it became clear to me that while I could help in broad matters of my father's situation, simple things like these were beyond me. I couldn't just make my father have the perspectives I value and want him to have about academia.
I'm eager to hear what other stories people know of like this one, and what other commonalities or lessons there are to be unearthed from them.


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SEOUL (CBS.MW) -- South Korea's National Assembly launched a Webcasting service Thursday that will provide live video feed on the Internet of major legislative sessions.
The service (http://assembly.webcast.go.kr) will also maintain a library of taped sessions, allowing devoted constituents to catch all the chair-gripping excitement and rhetorical verve they may have missed the first time around.
The National Assembly plays a relatively marginal role in national political life compared to its parliamentary counterparts in the West. Given that the legislative body is perhaps best known overseas for the shoving matches and fisticuffs that occasionally erupt among feuding lawmakers, a live video link to the parliament's august chambers offers interesting possibilities.
Curiously, the website had no live feed to offer on its first day of operation, which happened to coincide with the National Assembly's 53rd anniversary.
Beijing-based Website linked to Pyongyang
DPRKorea Infobank, a Beijing-based Website featuring news about North Korea, is an official site of the Pyongyang regime, South Korea's National Intelligence Service revealed this week.
The website (www.dprkorea.com), which is available in Korean, English, Japanese and Chinese, is ostensibly run by a group that calls itself the "Pan-Pacific Economic Development Association of Korean Nationals." DPRKorea Infobank provides the latest propaganda screeds from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency and the Pyongyang Times newspaper, as well as cultural and tourism information and tips about North Korean investment opportunities and exports.
However, in a sign that capitalist thinking is already polluting the minds of the cadres in Pyongyang, much of the site's contents are available only to those who purchase an annual "membership." The cost? An eye-popping 300 U.S. dollars - to be wired to a Bank of America branch in Hong Kong, thank you very much. (Account number 634-000-295148, in case you're writing this down.)
Amnesty International chides China for Internet crackdown
In its annual report released this week, Amnesty International criticizes China for cracking down on the use the Internet to spread information about human rights and other politically sensitive issues.
Amnesty backs its critique by citing the closure last August of what was believed to be the country's first-ever pro-democracy website, as well as the Chinese government's issuance last fall of regulations to control news sites and chat rooms and to combat so-called "Internet crimes," which include the expression of views deemed "harmful to the state." The report also notes the arrest last June of Huang Qi, a Chinese citizen from the southwestern city of Chengdu, for publishing information on the Internet about the 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators at Tiananmen Square.
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Jane's notes that the South Korean government has decided to provide stronger technical and investigative support to local law-enforcement personnel and that it has also called for a three billion won ($2.3 million) investment for a "hacking-virus advice center" and an information security training center.
Meanwhile, China's struggle against cybercrime is being hampered by the lack of technical expertise and the spread of pirated software. Chinese authorities are attempting to make up for these shortcomings through new research and development initiatives, Jane's says.
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Following President Jacob Zuma's cabinet reshuffle last week and the subsequent economic problems that have resulted for South Africa, thousands of South Africans took to the streets in cities around the country to call for him to step down. With protests led by different groups in different cities, the turnout was greater than many had initially anticipated. While marches in some cities turned violent, others passed without incident.
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#DAmarch About to move to Mary Fitzgerald Square. MK pic.twitter.com/ReagrAyEpK— EWN Reporter (@ewnreporter) April 7, 2017
The Democratic Alliances's (DA) #MarchForChange kicked off at 10 am at the Westgate Transport Hub in the Johannesburg CBD. By 11am, protestors donned in blue and carrying placards, began their march to Mary Fitzgerald Square in Newtown. The march had been redirected from its original destination at the African National Conference's (ANC) headquarters at Luthuli House due to threats issued by the ANC Youth League in the days leading up to the march. The peaceful gathering was filled with chants of "Zuma must fall" and featured guest performances and speeches. The event concluded around 1 pm with an appearance from DA leader Mmusi Maimane, who was spotted wearing a bulletproof vest. "We will continue until we can say South Africa is where it belongs," Maimane rallied the crowd. "The new struggle has begun."
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#LuthuliHouse demonstrations outside @News24pic.twitter.com/DespObkw7v— Matshidiso Madia (@tshidi_lee) April 7, 2017
Thousands of ANC members joined the uMkhonto weSizwe Military Veterans' Association (MKMVA) outside the Luthuli House in the Johannesburg CBD and marched to the Beyers Naude Square. News24 reports that protestors gathered with flags in hand, while others carried sticks, golf clubs and sjamboks. MKMVA national executive committee member Mabel Rweqane said the association had mobilised to defend the party's headquarters. "We are here to defend our HQ -- the HQ of the African National Congress -- from any harm that may arise from the march that is coming led by the DA. Most of the marches have been organised in the name of [peace, but] at the end of the day they end up violent," she told News24.
#peoplesmarch Siyaya e Pitoli pic.twitter.com/Uam756gqJW— Save South Africa (@_SaveSA) April 7, 2017
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The city was in a traffic gridlock with several roads' including the N7' N5 and areas around Liesbeek Park and Bosmansdam blocked by protestors and trucks. Crowds gathered on Plein and Roeland streets around central areas such as the City Hall and Parliament.
The situation at the Durban ANC protest. pic.twitter.com/GhZ0uoKXca— The Citizen News (@TheCitizen_News) April 7, 2017
Thousands gathered near the Old Durban Drive-In and marched along the beach front to the amphitheatre for the DA's #March for Change companion event. At the same time, about 300 Zuma ANC supporters rallied and marched to Balito. The two groups planned to travel along separate routes. According to The Times, an altercation occurred when several ANC Youth League t-shirt clad protestors clashed with DA supporters at the beachfront. One DA supporter was assaulted with sticks, prompting police to use a stun grenade against the ANCYL attackers.


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A meeting of the Broadview Park Civic Assn. was called to order by Vice President Bill Hoy atSunviewParkon Tuesday, December 4, 2012. Board members present were: Bill, Dave Nielson, Jan Washburn, Nancy Walton, Linda Flanders, Paula Rivera, Joycie McGinnis, Susan Robinson, Sarah Chavez, and Chad Tamkus.
Following the pledge and a prayer, Bill announced the dates for our Christmas food drive. Santa will tour the east side on Dec. 17th and the west side on Dec. 18th. Pickup trucks should report to the fire station by 6:30 on either or both nights. On Saturday, Dec. 22nd, we will sort and deliver the food. Be at the fire station at 8 am. If you know a needy family, call Jan Washburn 954-583-0796 or for Spanish speakers, call Sarah Chavez, 954-305-2639.
Bill then introduced BSO Lt. Mulligan who reminded everyone to be especially careful of thefts during the holiday season. Don't leave valuables in your car where they can be seen.
Former Sunview manager, Rick Newman, has been transferred to a different park. Bill introduced Valeria Wolberg, Area Supervisor from the Parks and Recreation Dept. who will oversee Sunview until a new manager is appointed.
Jan gave a report on applying for a grant to help pay for the cost of sewer hookups. The county's Housing Finance Dept. requires a long list of documentation. Call 954-357-4900 for information about applying.
Asst. Fire/Rescue Chief Greg Holness distributed Home Watch Request Forms which residents can use to ask BSO to keep an eye on their homes when they are away on vacation. The forms can be faxed to 954-765-4011 or call 954-321-4801 or 4802 to reach the central district office. Jan expressed the appreciation of the association for the Chief's help and cooperation on the Family Fun Day and Community Yard Sale in October. He said he would be happy to work with us again in the future and praised Linda Flanders who organized and supervised the event. Linda would like to hold two sales a year – one in the spring at Sunview and then repeat the event with the fire department in the fall. Ms. Wolberg offered her cooperation on a Sunview event. The members gave Linda and Chief Holness a round of applause for their efforts.
Dave reported that only three people showed up at the African-American Research Library for the meeting called by BSO Chief Dunbar, so the program was basically cancelled. They issued a warning about the dangers of bath salts being used as recreational drugs and reviewed some code enforcement issues.
Jan explained that a request was filed with the Federal Energy Regulating Commission by the Florida Gas Transmission Company to move their 30 inch pipeline from the edge of the turnpike into the power line easement between 50th Ave. and 50th Terrace. The pipe would then skirt the lake on homeowners' property and return to the turnpike again. They claim that the new sound wall barrier was too close to their pipe and would interfere with maintenance of the line. The Florida Department of Transportation has filed a protest and Jan has posted an objection on the FERC website in behalf of the community. The power line easement is owned by the county and we need to tell the commissioners not to allow them to use that land. The members asked how they could post their objections. Jan said they could do this through the FERC website. Dave said they are doing an environmental study at this time.Gerald Henry, Code Enforcement Supervisor, and Pedro Villada, Code Enforcement Officer, distributed a guide to code compliance and a brochure regarding parking of commercial vehicles. They can be reached at 954-766-4400, ext. 9890. Mr. Henry reviewed the problems that were discussed at our October meeting. Streetlights flickering or not working should be reported to FPL. FPL needs to know the number on the pole or the street address. They checked on the report that someone was living in a shed, trucks and trailers parked on the sidewalk, stagnant pools, and a rooster. The dead tree by the canal has been removed.
Other problems involved car repairs, signs, and parking at night on sidewalks. Mr. Henry commented on the survey they distributed last summer. It is OK to park on the swales, but not to store a vehicle there.
Henry Sniezek, CountyPlanner, said he is developing a Community Action Plan for BroadviewPark. Members reported that the circle garden on 42nd Avenue at 20th Street is overgrown. Dave said he had hoped to meet with the man who had been in charge of the gardens. Rose asked if it would be possible to have a solar light at the entryway.
Two members complained about skid marks from the trash pickup trucks along 42nd Avenue between 21st and 24th Streets. Michelle from Waste Management had been at the meeting, but had left. Dave said he would report the problem to Elaine or Michelle.
There was a question about lane markings on the streets, but it appears that work is in progress. Another complaint involved cars running the stop sign at the foot of the driveway atMeadowbrookSchool.
There was no further business so the meeting was adjourned.
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So our sketch homework for the sixth and second to last *cue Janet Leigh shocked shower face* writing class at the DCH was a two page, two person scene with all of the goodies like format, characters, dialogue, setting, etc., and the goal of making it blatantly obvious who everyone was, what they were doing, and perhaps even who they were sleeping with, whatever was to float our boats, just without stating the actual deets. So we all got different character prompts last night, and was told to keep our pie holes shut as we would be reading them in class.
*Spoiler Alert* Clearly the challenge is/was to be concise and write good enough so that everyone knows what the heck is going on. At least I think. And if you've ever read anything of mine you know that I'm not one at a loss of words. I just really like adjectives. And using 'And' to start a sentence. And the two fools I was prompted with was a mailman and the McDonald's President... Clearly I was going to have a blast with this but picking one premise to go with was hard, as the possibilities were endless, like the calories I receive when putting away McD fries.
I wasn't sure who I wanted to be the weirdo or the straight character because I've never met a mailman I didn't like. But I stuck 'em in Georgia and didn't get too crazy. Jose was the creepy mailman transferred to McDonald's CEO Jeff Stratton's fancy Buckhead neighborhood, a fine suburb of Atlanta, and he was obsessed with finding a CEO dudebro. So basically Jose saw an Equinox member flyer in Stratton's mail, got a free 7-day pass, went when Stratton was there "coincidentally," and acted like they were BFFs for life. Stratton didn't remember him obviously until Jose described the silk robe Stratton wears at 6AM getting the paper. After curiously asking if Jose was an initiated member Jose informs him that "due to the new Harvey Milks not selling so well" he was doing a blue-collar trial despite trying to live the life of a CEO. Eventually Jose joked to Stratton about how he heard Dan Cathy also visited the gym but ignorantly remarked that "he probably won't be spotted if any homos are around," of which sophisticated Stratton ignored, as his cardio sesh was almost done. Finally, Jose unknowingly confirms his fast-food CEO stalker status when claiming that Burger King's Danny Schwartz wasn't friendly or nice like Jose's mancrush Stratton, and he admitted to not liking their sliders or latest crinkle fries. At which point Stratton's only instinct was to GTFO, in cordial CEO manner of course, but Jose was oblivious to his dudebro Jeff's realization as Jose tells him not to worry about his Sunday paper because, "special people get special service." and The End. Weird, yeah? But much more fun than being productive. Also here's to hoping (and assuming) nobody from class reads this before 6:30PM.
St. Pete's. Again. Trying to memorize my monologue but it's just so pretty outside and I love people watching and blogging meaningless fun facts, so I get a D in effort today. But no patio this time because I got HALF a sunburn last week on my face, which thankfully my equally embarrassing, two week-old, ratchet spray tan is more noticeable now so it's all good. SPDM is my new favorite joint though as I tend to become a regular at rare gems I find and like, and I'm a big fan of knowing who works at the joints I frequent. And the Dancin' Marlin staff has been nothing but accommodating every time I visit. We're also recent Twitter friends so that sealed the deal aside from everyone here having extremely good customer service.
Okay, I just ran into Chad Haught here, a super cool dude and the Director of DCH so I'm going to attempt to memorize my stuff and morph into Sage, even though I have huge pearls in right now and a bun and don't feel very Sage-y today. In fact, I'll admit, I'm effing sick of her after the countless hours spent developing her the past few weeks. Oy vey.


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LEICESTER, Mass. – The Elms College women's lacrosse team thumped host Becker, 13-3, during a New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) matchup at Alumni Field Tuesday evening. The Blazers move to 3-1 on the season and 2-1 in the NECC, while Becker sits at 0-1 in league play and 1-6 overall.
After four minutes of scoreless play, Elms freshman Haley Richard (Monson, Mass.) put the Blazers on the board with an unassisted goal at the 25:20 mark. Richard struck again three minutes later, converting off a feed from junior Jackie Soucia (Belchertown, Mass.). Becker freshman Samantha Carter (Boothbay Harbor, Maine) found the back of the net on a free-position attempt in the ninth minute of action to cut the gap to 2-1.
The Blazers registered four unanswered goals to close out the first half, sparked by a connection between sophomore Vanessa Vurno (Salem, Conn.) and freshman Alecia Keesee (Westfield, Mass.) with 6:43 on the clock. Vurno found junior Haley Roberts (Westfield, Mass.) in front of the net for her first goal of the day, and then potted her first tally just thirty second later to extend the Elms advantage to 5-1. As the final seconds waned off the clock, junior Alissa Porfilio (Agawam, Mass.) scored off a pass from Vurno to hand the Blazers a 6-1 lead at the break.
The Blazers carried their offensive momentum into the second half with three straight goals, including a pair of connections between Soucia and Richard to develop a 9-1 lead with 25:28 to play. The Hawks returned to the scoring column with free-position goals from junior Marissa Turner (Coventry, R.I.) and freshman Cassandra Nelson (Exeter, N.H.), but Elms responded with strikes from Roberts and Porfilio to build an 11-3 gap. The Blazers added late strike from Richard and Soucia as Elms cruised to the 13-3 victory.
Vurno was an offensive catalyst for the Blazers, recording a game-high six points with a game-high five assists and a goal. Richard potted a game-high five goals, while Soucia notched five points with four assists and a goal. Porfilio registered her first career hat trick and Roberts chipped in two goals in the win.
The Blazers outshot the Hawks, 29-15, and won the draw control battle, 13-4. Elms senior Meeghan O'Connor (Fall River, Mass.) stopped seven shots, while Becker sophomore Nikolle Storey (Cumberland, Maine) made a game-high nine saves for the Hawks.
The Blazers make a non-conference road trip to Green Mountain Thursday night for a 7:00 p.m. game. Becker travels to Massachusetts Maritime Academy Thursday for a non-conference game at 7:00 p.m.


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Made in America American Flags near Ranchester WY 82839
A nationwide symbol that goes by the nicknames "The Stars and Stripes", "Old Glory", as well as "The Star-Spangled Banner", the American flag is one of the very recognizable signs in the world today. The American Flag is the third oldest of the National Standards of the globe – older compared to the Union Jack of Britain or the Tricolor of France.
Who made the American Flag?
Just what does the American Flag represent?
Why is the American Flag important to American culture?
Where can I find American Flags?
Who designed the American Flag?
According to popular tales, the first American flag was created by Betsy Ross, a Philadelphia seamstress who was acquainted with George Washington. In May 1776, so the tale goes, General Washington and also two representatives from the Continental Congress saw Ross at her upholstery shop and also showed her a rough design of the flag. Washington initially favored using a star with 6 points, Ross supported for a five-pointed star, which might be cut with simply one fast snip of the scissors, as well as the gentlemen were won over. Unfortunately, chroniclers have not been able to confirm this version of events.
In 1777, the Continental Congress passed an act that gave our nation a main flag. In those days, the flag was not the same as we see it today. Instead of the 50 white stars in the field of blue, there was a circle of 13 white stars to stand for the 13 colonies. The act mentioned, "Resolved, that the flag of the United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and also white; that the Union be thirteen stars, white in a blue area, standing for a brand-new constellation."
Exactly what does the American Flag stand for?
The flag initially flew over thirteen states along the Atlantic coast, with a populace of some 3 million individuals. Today it flies over fifty states, extending across the continent, and over multiple islands of the two oceans; as well as millions owe it obligation.
The flag includes 13 alternate red and white horizontal stripes standing for the first thirteen British communities that stated self-reliance from the Kingdom of Great Britain, and ended up being the initial states in the United States. A blue rectangle in the canton shows 50 little, white stars representing each state. The stars are set up in 9 horizontal rows offset of each other. This blue location of the flag is called the Union.
The symbolism of the Flag, as quoted from Washington: "We take the stars from Heaven, the red from our mother country, dividing it by white red stripes, thus revealing that we have actually separated from her, as well as the white stripes shall go down to posterity representing Liberty."
It incarnates for all humanity the spirit of liberty and the wonderful ideal of human liberty; not the freedom of unrestraint or the liberty of license, however a special ideal of equal opportunity for life, freedom as well as the search of joy, secured by the stern and lofty principles of obligation, of integrity and of justice, and also obtainable by obedience to self-imposed laws.
It personifies the essence of patriotism. Its spirit is the spirit of the American country. Its history is the history of the American individuals. Emblazoned on its folds in letters of living light are the names as well as popularity of our brave dead, the Fathers of the Republic that dedicated after its altars their lives, their riches and their spiritual honor. Two times told tales of national honor and splendor collection heavily about it. Ever victorious, it has actually emerged triumphant from eight excellent nationwide disputes. It flew at Saratog, at Yorktown, at Palo Alto, at Gettysburg, at Manila bay, at Chateau-Thierry, at Iwo Jima. It attests to the tremendous development of our nationwide borders, the growth of our natural deposits, as well as the splendid structure of our people. It prophesises the triumph of popular federal government, of civic as well as religious liberty and of national morality throughout the globe.
Why is the American Flag important to American community?
The American flag is very essential due to the fact that it signifies the independent government as explained under the United States Constitution. The flag additionally symbolizes the different successes of the nation as well as the satisfaction of its individuals.
This nationwide icon reminds individuals, not just in the Wyoming state, but throughout the whole USA about the different essential elements of the Declaration of Independence. It is not just a simple symbol, which represents the liberty as well as rights of Americans. Floating from the soaring pinnacle of American idealism, it is a sign of sustaining hope.
It is the sign made visible of the solid spirit that has actually brought liberty and success to individuals of America. It is the flag of all us alike. Allow us accord it honor and also commitment.
Where can I get American Flags?
You most likely already observed this, however there are a great deal of places where you could get American flags. Nonetheless, it is necessary to note that the flag you're about to purchase ought to be "Made in USA".
Based upon stats, Americans invest over 5.3 million USD on imported flags yearly – a lot of which are made in China. Maybe a lot more perplexing is that during 2001, in the wave of patriotism that washed over America after 9/11, Americans purchased $52 million US dollars in imported flags. The flag needs to symbolize the blood, sweat, as well as tears of American people that brought this country into existence, not our debt to China as well as the death of the American production market.
The flag symbolizes nationwide freedom and also prominent sovereignty. It is not the flag of a ruling family or imperial house, yet of the millions free people bonded right into a nation, one as well as indivisible, joined not just by community of passion, yet by important unity of view and also function; a nation identified for the clear individual conception of its people alike of their responsibilities as well as their privileges, their commitments and their civil liberties.
Have a little pride, cough up a few even more dollars, and get an American flag made by Americans in the USA
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Earning 5% can get you $250 on a $5,000 tax bill. But be careful -- there's a catch. When we pay our taxes with plastic, we do so through third-party service providers, and they typically charge a 2.49% fee. That's not chicken feed. If you owe $5,000, for example, you'll fork over an extra $125 -- just for the privilege of not writing a check. Is that really worth it?If you make $250 via your credit card cash-back program and pay the $125, you'll still come out ahead. But if your cash back is just 1%, giving you $50, you'll end up in the red. Better to opt for a dollar or so in postage.
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Samsung has been rolling out the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update to its Galaxy S III smartphone with various mobile carriers, and it looks like it could be headed soon to Verizon Wireless, as an official Android 4.1 ROM for the Galaxy S III on Verizon has been leaked.
The guys over at the XDA developers managed to get their hands on a leaked Android 4.1 Jelly Bean ROM for Verizon for the Galaxy S III and it may be the final build.
As soon as we get some more information on when the new Android 4.1 JellyBean update will be available for the Samsung Galaxy S III on Verizon Wireless we will let you guys know.
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The Hungarian scholar Gyorgy Nemeth [1] compiled the list of all foreigners living in Athens from [2] based on their place of origin. This includes metics, slaves and freedmen whose place of origin is known (from literature/tombstones/execution orders/military rosters/rolls/etc.). At present, there are 8209 such individuals, and we know the origin of 7367 of those.
In the sixth to fifth century BC, the top sources of foreigners were (top ones out of 337 known):
Ceos (Greek island) 15
Plataiai (Greek city) 14
Samos (Greek island) 11
Thrace (territory) 8
Miletos (Greek city) 7
Megara (Greek city) 7
Syrakousai (Greek city) 7
Thasos (Greek island) 7
Aigina (Greek island) 6
Torone (Greek city) 6
Caria (territory in SW. Asia Minor) 6
Therefore, most commonly, foreigners in Athens were from other Greek cities and as Nemeth records ōSyracuse [Sicily] was the most distant point of originö and their origin was confined to ōthe member states of the Delian League and the countries closest to Attica (Megara, Corinth, etc.)ö
For the total sample of 7367, there is greater variety, including foreigners from the Hellenistic world at large. The top sources are:
Miletos (Greek city) 2012
Herakleia (Greek city) 618
Antiocheia (Hellenistic city, Syria) 558
Roma (Italian city) 146
Ankyra (Galatian city, Anatolia) 124
Salamis (Greek city) 113
Thrace (territory) 109
Alexandreia (Hellenistic city, Egypt) 105
Sinope (Greek city) 103
Laodikeia (Hellenistic city, Anatolia) 97
Thebae (Greek city) 93
Megara (Greek city) 87
It must be noted that again the great majority of foreigners are from Greek cities. The member states of the Delian League alone provide 52% of the total foreigners in Athens (3851 individuals). We must also note that Athens was a cosmopolitan center in the Hellenistic and Roman ages. It is quite certain that other cities which did not have a flourishing commerce and economy would attract an even more limited variety of foreigners.
[1] Nemeth, G. (2001) Metics in Athens, Acta Ant. Hung. 41, 2001, 331-348
[2] The Foreign Residents of Athens: An Annex to the Lexicon of Greek Personal Names: Attica, by Michael J. Osborne and Sean G. Byrne (British Academy)


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Can I Borrow You For A Moment? The New Cognitive Surplus
I've had a lot of conversations recently about crowdsourcing - using web tools to engage the public (or other large groups) to solve problems. Jeremiah Owyang of Forrester Research provides an example of how crowdsourcing helped improve a conference session by turning a boring panel into a more lively one:
"...Questions made the panel: Love hearing viewpoints from people with boots on the ground."
Now, Clay Shirky provides a completely different context for crowdsourcing: with all of the free time we are no longer spending on television, and instead spending with Facebook and other social applications, can we find a way to solve some of the really big problems? He asks:
"...Let's say that everything stays 99 percent the same, that people watch 99 percent as much television as they used to, but 1 percent of that is carved out for producing and for sharing. The Internet-connected population watches roughly a trillion hours of TV a year. That's about five times the size of the annual U.S. consumption. One per cent of that is 100 Wikipedia projects per year worth of participation."
When he says "Wikipedia projects", he means things like Vasco Furtado, a Wiki Map for crime in Brazil. If there's an assault, if there's a burglary, if there's a mugging, a robbery, a rape, a murder, you can go and put a push-pin on a Google Map, and you can characterize the assault, and you start to see a map of where these crimes are occurring. While that might not mean a lot to someone that may never visit Brazil, in some of my previous posts I've noted how similar local projects led to a fifty percent drop in crime.
Think of it: just a change of 1% in your TV watching habits can lead to a hundred projects, just like these. Clay notes the last time there was a similar change in how we spend our leisure time as significant as this, it gave rise to gin and sitcoms. Read the post for yourself, or Dave Morin over at Facebook posted a video of Clay's talk.


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This year's competition for the best in Mississauga urban design is underway. Nomination
packages for the Mississauga Urban Design Awards are available now. The awards program,
now in its 31st year, is the longest running municipal urban design competition in
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The deadline for submissions is August 1, 2012 at 1 p.m. Nomination forms are available at
For more information, please call 905-615-3200, extension 5522, e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com or visit www.mississauga.ca/portal/residents/urbandesignawards.
As Canada's sixth largest city, Mississauga is home to 738,000 residents and 55,000
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Hi, My name is Windy Wendy!!!!
Well today's 8 mile run was a wee bit on the windy side. It was -4 with the windchill (24.8 Fahrenheit). I headed out and could feel the wind at my back. It actually propelled me forward on a few occasions. The whole time out I was dreading the return trip. I made it to the turn around and headed into the wind!!!! I thought that the cold wind was the worst part of the run... hell no...... It started to rain ice cubes (possibly a bit smaller)... each pellet felt like a razor blade slicing at my cheeks.
After a run like this I feel that I have really accomplished something. I know that I haven't even seen the worst of what winter is going to bring but each time I have a "bad weather run", I get stronger and braver : )
Cold weather running does not look half as glamorous as warm weather runs do!!! I must stretch now and then do my P90X Core Synergistics dvd.
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Gold IRA RolloverIs your IRA wanting somewhat weak due to the vulnerabilities of your current investments? So it just is smart that diversifying with Gold might help stop dropping all your investments should they be only in paper assets like stocks, bonds or mutual funds. The expansion potential for gold is in actuality quite good, as a result of when economic instability weakens stocks and bonds, it causes a direct enhance in the value of Gold. It enables you to have accounts with bars and even gold coins that have been accredited by the IRS.
You can not simply switch your IRA to gold with out understanding anything about this. Before you rollover your assets to gold, listed here are some of the identified advantages of gold IRA rollover. One of the essential reasons to transfer your assets to gold is to assist protect wealth, particularly if you wish to make sure that the worth of your investment won't drop in the years to return. There isn't a guarantee that gold costs will stay the identical and it will not go down in the following years, however based mostly on the present development, values will continue to develop.
To perform a Gold IRA rollover efficiently, the investor must first consult with the varieties of corporations that specialize and handle gold IRAs in addition to complete the required kinds from the IRS. The varied choices that may embrace percentages of the overall 401 (ok) that might be converted into gold may also need to be decided on. The following step will contain the investor making a call on the sorts of metals that they wish to include and have in their very own personal treasured metallic IRA.
Gold is less affected by the whims of shoppers, politics or the price of main belongings reminiscent of oil. The performance of gold and treasured metals is less dependent on selections made by financial managers and business executives, whether or not these choices be bad or good. Plus, gold IRAs can have deposits added by the years identical to any other retirement account to extend its worth. However, the government does stipulate that the owner of a gold IRA cannot add his personal gold to a gold backed IRA. Your gold IRA rollover is completely authorized though it could have extra stipulations than different forms of IRAs.
The very best option to make it possible for a part of your retirement plan is protected, is thru a gold IRA rollover. Please be clear that there is no guarantee that the value of gold will continue to rise and not fall, however for a few years its worth has returned a relentless appreciation. Gold funding has shown to be a wise methodology to assist shield your investment funds in opposition to inflation and different modifications in the market. It is true that whatever you rollover into gold, it's more likely to present a small but regular progress and never the dazzling returns that some riskier investments can present.
The final step entails that the selected metals are then despatched onto a custodian who was chosen by this investor. It's all the time essential for investors to needless to say a metallic akin to gold is at all times acknowledged as a compelling funding choice as a result of its extremely steady worth as well as that these property are tangible. For buyers who will not be planning to retire anytime quickly, it's highly urged to roll over a portion of their retirement accounts into gold.
Earlier than you make the vital determination along with your hard-earned cash and savings, make certain you might have all the facts and particulars in the case of investing your retirement in gold, silver and treasured metals. With gold and silver, you know the way a lot money you've gotten and although it fluctuates - you still have a dependable funding. When this happens, having investments in Gold are going to be the saving grace to those that have an IRA that's backed by Gold. In truth as talked about beforehand, gold is predicted to continue to rise due to the current pattern of an nearly failing economic system.
Additionally it is important to ensure that you're on top of things with the basic gold IRA rules which might be set to control the IRA account. The content on this website, including any constructive critiques of Regal Belongings and every other opinions, may not be neutral or unbiased. It doesn't really matter you probably have a 401(k) or you could have an IRA account as a result of they're both great funding tools. Nevertheless, some of you'll have seen a gold IRA rollover guide earlier than and questioned how that fits into the picture. A gold IRA rollover is simply the process of transferring a portion of your IRA funding fund into gold.
At present, there are a number of of the self-directed IRA depositories and managers who do allow their investors to schedule an appointment after which the investor is required to pay a set fee to view their physical gold holdings. For these traders who could also be concerned or need the peace-of-thoughts to know precisely gold ira rollover where their gold is held, this can be the extra viable option to choose. If you are searching for away to gain quick scores associated with fast strikes within the gold prices, then you're higher served to buy a major gold ETF against opening a Gold IRA account.
In case you're searching for the finest IRA custodial enterprise and have determined to establish a gold rollover account, you might want to touch base with a specialist to experience the process What this means is that if as an example you have accomplished your very first transaction, then subsequent trades inside the precise year interval will not be thought of as rollovers but as portion of your gross revenue.