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Enhance your jewellery collection with this elegant yet simple pendant, featuring a pear drop or tear drop shaped cabochon of Whitby Jet enclosed by an ornate 9ct Yellow Gold frame. The pendant hangs gracefully from an 18 inch 9ct Yellow Gold chain, creating a necklace that looks beautiful on any occasion.
All our Whitby Jet jewellery is designed and crafted within our very own workshops in Ashbourne, Derbyshire where a team of skilled craftsmen transform natural pieces of Whitby Jet into these stylish pieces of jewellery. You can find other matching Whitby Jet jewellery along with matching Whitby Jet pendants on our website.
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Lansing, IL (PRWEB) April 08, 2014
The American School is pleased to be an exhibitor at the Illinois School Counselor Association Annual Conference to be held April 11 at the Hilton Springfield.
Those attending the convention are invited to visit the American School's booth from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. to learn more about the American School and the educational services it provides to students and schools.
The American School has been a leader in distance education since 1897 and has helped more than three million students across the country and around the world earn their accredited high school diplomas. Students wishing to earn the American School's diploma choose either General High School Program or College Preparatory Program, both of which contain 18 units of credit. A full, four-year diploma program costs $2100 and includes paper-based and/or online courses, all study materials, and access to the password-protected Online Student Center, where students and parents can view grades, access help sheets and homework web sites, and contact American School instructors and staff members.
The American School also offers individual courses to students with an existing homeschool curriculum and to students who attend brick and mortar high schools. The latter group takes individual courses through the Independent Study Program, which thousands of schools use each year to help their students graduate on time. Individual courses typically cost between $150 and $300, and students who take individual courses receive the same Online Student Center benefits as those students who are working toward their American School diploma.
The American School is accredited by Ai (Accreditation International) and NCPSA (the National Council for Private School Accreditation) and is recognized by the State of Illinois as a non-public high school.
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Today for many students will be one of the most nerve racking times of their life. I went through the experience myself, driving the six miles to college to pick up my results felt like the earth had stood still for ten years. Butterflies were fighting in my stomach and my mind was racing, just hoping I'd managed to secure a place at my first choice university.
Clearing was a thought a little to scary to ponder on! The worst part was seeing students from across the country live on television, opening their white envelopes and screeching the letters "ABB!"
The pressure young people are under to excel and perform within our education system is choking, especially with the prospect of our future generation leaving with an average of £50,000 debt strapped around their neck! It's shocking to learn that over a quarter of a million students will be without a place this academic year and universities on average only offering 80 places through clearing. But there is hope…
The removal of government funding has had a positive effect in exposing alternative routes to higher education to students, which have been available for many years and arguably offer higher levels of support to students compared with traditional universities.
One of which is the National Design Academy in Nottingham, who've been providing Diploma to Degree level Interior Design courses through distance learning, for over twenty-two years! They're also the first and only UK educational provider to offer BA (Hons) in Retail, Heritage and Outdoor Living Design. It's also the last chance to secure a place with the NDA before all funding disappears.
So if you've had your heights set on studying interior design at university and haven't quite got the grades, this could be the perfect, less costly and equally recognisable way to gaining that qualification you want. All you need is one A-Level in art to be able to enrol on the Degree program which consists of a Foundation Degree course (equivalent to years 1&2 of a university degree) and then the BA Hons level (equivalent to year 3).
There's no need to panic, you will reach your goal! All the Degree courses provided by NDA are fully accredited by Staffordshire University, internationally recognised and delivered online. Not to mention that they have a team of highly skilled tutors available five days a week from 9-5 to give you advice over the phone or through email.
Studying with the National Design Academy gives students the opportunity work at a pace that suits them and also offers those wanting to gain valuable work experience the opportunity to do so. It's widely understood that industry experience is highly regarded by employers as very important.
To find our more about how you can still achieve a Degree in Interior Design contact the NDA on 0115 91234 12 to speak to a member of the team or visit their website www.nda.ac.uk.


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Kensington Heavenly Velvet Chaise Longue with Swarovski Crystals
H: 75 cm W: 125 cm D: 55 cm
Fabric composition: 54% Viscose 34% Cotton 12% Polyester
This beautiful chaise longue is handmade in our workshop in England from start to finish. It is a luxurious chair with a gorgeous light reflective shimmer which would be a stylish and very comfortable addition to any interior.
A selection of leg colours are available and you can even supply your own paint. Upon ordering, please inform us if you wish to have chrome or brass castors, or no wheels at all.
Please allow 3 weeks for this item to be made and another 7-14 days for us to deliver. Please contact us if your order is required sooner.
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Note: The time it takes for goods to arrive will depend on whether goods can be transported by air or by sea. Freight costs will also vary widely and follow seasonal peak and low times of travel. It will be the purchaser's responsibility to pay any duty and customs charges in the country of destination. It is also the purchaser's responsibility for liability of goods in transit.
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Announcing Joshua Edward Horn, II
Written by Joshua Horn on Saturday, November 19, 2016
He was a bit of a surprise, since he arrived 2 1/2 weeks ahead of his due date. Both little Joshua and his amazing mother are doing well, praise be to God.
"O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens. Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger." Psalm 8:1-2
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Just as quickly as they gained popularity, they were labeled hazardous. These dangerous early hoverboards all had one thing in common though – the batteries were all traced back to a single factory in China and sold for cheap...Read More


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I just wanted to say Thank You for a wonderfully fun Family Day! We brought lots of food, but the perch were biting so much we hardly had time to eat or drink! It was so easy to keep the kids occupied, the hut had lots of room and that helped to make a perfect day. They are aleady asking when we can go icefishing again. Hope to see you again next year, if not sooner.
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I would like to take the opportunity to Thank You and your staff for allowing lunkerhunters to experience some great Lake Simcoe Perch! We had a great time in your 4 men hut catching perch after perch. The hut was warm, clean and cozy. We took a lot of pictures of your operation and will be posting it on our web site soon. www.lunkerhunters.ca
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In what could have been the greatest opportunity for internet trolls ever, Ferrari is going to let fans choose the name of its new F1 car. Unfortunately I have a feeling it won't be the 2014 Ferrari Booger Sex F1 3000 King Ranch Edition. Damn it.
In an unprecedented move, Ferrari is going to put name choices out to fans on social media and let their votes pick the name of the car. They won't be letting us morons vote on names of our own choosing, because that would be hilarious anarchy.
Expect choices like F146, F2014, 246F1, and the ilk. Don't expect things like F-250, GT40, Schumi Sucks, or LeFerrariLaF1LaCar.
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Tis not the season to be naughty, let's simply be nice
'Twas 45 days before Christmas, when all through the mall
Everyone was stirring, awaiting his call.
We bumped and we jostled, with nary a care
In hopes our kids would see a red suit with white hair.
All the children were nestled with a mom and a dad
But it was getting so crowded; I was getting so mad.
My wife was in the middle, with me on the edge.
(I'm not a big fan of crowds, so this bet I did hedge.)
Then up on the escalator arose such a clatter
I craned my neck to see what was the matter.
I hefted my daughter up on top of my shoulder
When from behind someone yelled, "Hey buddy, move over!"
This aggravation I needed like a hole in the head
All I really wanted was to be home, snug safe in my bed.
But Santa was arriving, so no time to be surly!
Even if, as noted above, ol' St. Nick was 45 days early.
Now I really don't care when Christmas season starts
I'm just happy for deals at Targets and K-Marts.
I could use a new coffee pot, if you want the dope on the straight.
Even better if I could grab one on sale for $19.98.
Where was I; oh yes! Santa's arrival, oh joy.
My wife called me to the middle to stand with my boy.
"Excuse me," I said to a lady in front.
When she didn't budge, I squeezed by with a grunt
But lo and behold, I did not get off scot-free
As when I came back, she was all like, "You coulda said 'scuse me!'"
I told her I did, but she just couldn't hear.
Now I got the riot act, and it was loud and it was clear.
"All right, all right, all right, you win," I did say
As I picked up my daughter and scurried away.
I huffed into H&M to catch my poor breath.
And realized to fit in these clothes you'd need an addiction to meth.
Anyway, Santa Claus has arrived, Christmas joy is here
So I'll propose a toast and raise up my beer.
Let's all remember the spirit of the season
And not get all up in each other's faces, no matter the reason.
I call on all of us to heed Santa's advice.
Let's all not be naughty; let's just simply be nice.
And if we meet again, like on Black Friday let's say
Eh, fuggedaboutit, who am I kidding: Just get outta my way.
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"AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL" ?? (8:00-9:00 p.m. ET)
"The Girl Who Sticks Her Foot In Her Mouth" (TV-PG, L)
RUNNING WITH THE BULLS ?? The models hit the foreign streets with their portfolios to meet local designers. One model has a breakdown when she gets lost in the city. At the photo shoot with Nigel Barker, the girls face off against an angry bull while striking dramatic poses. One model makes a comment to Nigel that she later regrets. Pancho Saula, Director of Elite International serves as guest judge (#710).


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Ever since its inception; the International Plastic & Packaging Industry Exhibition – PLASTI & PACK PAKISTAN has established itself as an important platform for displaying state-of-the-art machinery, materials and process innovations under one roof. The show has attracted key professionals from major sectors including food & beverages, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, household products and chemicals, thus has enabled the exhibiting companies to market their products to a highly targeted audience.
PLASTI & PACK PAKISTAN 2009 highlighted its position as an exclusive B2B event for accentuating profitable business decisions in the plastic, printing and packaging industries. It had the participation of 179 companies from 25 countries with dedicated pavilions of Italy, China, Taiwan and U.A.E. The exhibition was visited by more than 10,000 business professionals and was extensively covered by local and international media with the presence of over 50 electronic and print media representatives.
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Niagara Custom Lab is a full service motion picture film laboratory, one of the last of a rare breed that focuses on providing the most complete and diverse post-production services available for celluloid. Our goal is to provide these very important services to those in need, supporting anyone interested in shooting or working with motion picture film by preserving and maintaining it as an active artistic medium.
Currently we process and print every supported motion picture stock available plus many recently discontinued stocks , we are experts at meeting set standards as well as pushing the limits of the medium with alternative methods to provide the best results for your work. We happily draw from an expansive range of film stocks, techniques, experience and knowledge of the medium to offer services not available anywhere else.
We are a small group of passionate artisans who are continuously improving and exploring the boundaries of what a film laboratory can be, the possibilities here are endless.
For a detailed inventory of all our services please refer to the price list.
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Cutting for Stone
- A Novel
- Lu par : Sunil Malhotra
- Durée : 23 h et 54 min
- Catégories : Littérature, romans et fiction, Fiction
Marion and Shiva Stone are twin brothers born of a secret union between a beautiful Indian nun and a brash British surgeon at a mission hospital in Addis Ababa. Orphaned by their mother's death in childbirth and their father's disappearance, bound together by a preternatural connection and a shared fascination with medicine, the twins come of age as Ethiopia hovers on the brink of revolution. Yet it will be love, not politics - their passion for the same woman - that will tear them apart and force Marion, fresh out of medical school, to flee his homeland. He makes his way to America, finding refuge in his work as an intern at an underfunded, overcrowded New York City hospital. When the past catches up to him - nearly destroying him - Marion must entrust his life to the two men he thought he trusted least in the world: the surgeon father who abandoned him and the brother who betrayed him.
An unforgettable journey into one man's remarkable life, and an epic story about the power, intimacy, and curious beauty of the work of healing others.
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- Mary Lynn Richardson
- 20/03/2009
Brilliant story, pitch perfect narration
This is an epic surely destined to become a "cut in stone" classic, a gem so perfectly cut that it sparkles from every facet. Best of all, the story is filled with characters so human and alive, even in death, that I for one wish to keep them close by me forever. And Sunil Mulhotra's mastery of narration for both sexes, over a large spectrum of age and accent, is so good I am grateful my first exposure to Cutting For Stone is through his voice.
86 personnes ont trouvé cela utile
- 02/06/2009
I would give CUTTING FOR STONE twenty stars if I could. Every so often a book comes along that you just know will stay with you and this is one. The story unfolds in hospital in a burgeoning town somewhere in Ethiopia. The cultural aspect of the story is absolutely a masterpiece, Indians, Africans, Italians, Americans come together in a confluence where each is distinct, yet move freely in and out of each other's lives. The story of Ethiopia in itself is a heartbreaking one, but described lovingly. The medical aspect of the story is almost a character in itself, extremely engaging and easy to follow. There was a great deal of medical technicality, but some of the most interesting descriptions I've ever come across. Very impressive. I'm trying to get my MD sister in law to read it so she can tell me how accurate it is! As for narration, excellent, excellent, excellent, except for Dr. Stone, his accent is just a riot. Overall, this is a book you could practically eat, smell, hear, it comes alive.
81 personnes ont trouvé cela utile
- Audiophile
- 11/07/2009
An Epic Medical Novel
I picked this novel after hearing Dr. Verghese on the Diane Rheim Show on NPR and was impressed by his enthusiasm and idealism for the practice of medicine and the training of young physicians.
The plot has some refrains of the Kite Runner, also written by a physician. It follows the intertwined lives of two brothers from politically unstable Ethiopa to the United States. The language and imagery are lyrical in many places even in the description of surgical procedures and cadaver dissections.
It is not overstated to say that the novel does for Surgery and Medicine what Moby Dick did for whaling. The plot is interspersed with technical descriptions of nearly every aspect of medicine from the fine points of surgical anatomy to the process of medical residency certification. The finale of the book is far-fetched and is telegraphed, but in the context of the grand story, I suppose it is no more far-fetched than Ahab waving goodbye from the back of the White Whale.
The characters are compelling and complex -- particularly the namesake of the novel and the father of the narrator. One of the recurring themes of the book is the tension between the good life (i.e. love of family) and the good career (i.e. good works). This theme is carried from the Carmelite Nuns in Madras to the trauma and transplant surgeons in New York. No one seems to get it quite right except for Ghosh, the Indian/Ethiopian Internist who is the most attractive person in the book. I wonder if Dr. Verghese modeled him as a self-portrait.
I suspect that this book will not get the readership that it deserves because of the hefty length and hefty price. But it ought to reside on the bookshelf of everyone who aspires to go into medicine as a career -- right next to Arrowsmith and Aequinimitas.
112 personnes ont trouvé cela utile
- Ella
- 13/03/2011
Completely Satifsying
An epic novel which starts out in Addis Ababa and ends in New York, Cutting for Stone is one of those books that stays with you long after you're done. The story begins with an intense, anatomical description of the birth of Marion and Shiva, twin boys born to Sister Mary Joseph Praise and her lover, a brash English surgeon, Dr. Thomas Stone. A love story gone very wrong, the events of that day molded the destiny of those two boys.
With excellent character development, you come to really understand the essence of Marion and Shiva, as well as Hema and Ghosh, the mother and father who stepped in to raise them, their biological father who abandoned them and the woman who came between them. The novel is heavily laden with medical jargon and raw descriptions of procedures that may not be for everyone, but for me they added to the authenticity of the novel.
Marion, the narrator, takes you on his journey. Through his eyes you see the poverty of the medical hospital Mission, which is mispronounced Missing, throughout the book. You learn about the fistulas girls develop because of poor medical facilities and how they become outcasts because of it. You will experience the mutilation of a young girl by a family member and what that does to her and the people whose lives she touches. You will get a unique look at what it's like to immigrate to America and how it's not so rosy for everyone living the dream of western society.
You will experience the love that develops between Hema and Ghosh and how these adoptive parents nurture their twin boys. You will struggle along with Marion as he feels the effects of being abandoned by his biological father.
This book is rich in so many ways. A wonderful experience that continues to resonate long after it's over.
The narrator does an excellent job of all the accents. His intonation in playing the part of Marion is superb.
14 personnes ont trouvé cela utile
- JillOakPark
- 29/03/2009
Beautifully written and read
This book had great reviews on Amazon but none on audible when I bought it. I was reluctant to make the purchase out of concern the narrator might botch it. The story is so beautifully written and the narrator did a nice job with it as well. I was a bit put off by the American accents (do we all sound like Texan gang-stahs to others outside the U.S.?) but that was a minor hang-up compared to the great tale beautifully read.
57 personnes ont trouvé cela utile
- Pamela J. Lassiter
- 03/06/2010
Beautiful.....wanted more!
Other than "The Help", this is my favorite read. I couldn't put my ipod down. Listened for hours and sad when it ended. Definitely one of the best. The narration is perfect.
45 personnes ont trouvé cela utile
- 10/05/2009
This novel makes me want to keep driving or sit in the garage listening. The story is mesmerizing- a fascinating look at the third world's health care and politics, as well as the disparity of health care between the "haves" and "have nots" here- along with a beautiful story about the protagonist's life.
32 personnes ont trouvé cela utile
- 26/06/2010
Well written
This is a solid novel, very well written. It is long, and I see that some say it is too long, to which I disagree. This is a story that is rich in detail, but not too verbose to keep the reader/listener engaged throughout the story. Admittedly it did take a while for me to become emotionally involved with the characters, but that might simply be my own perspective.
There are a good deal of medical terms and it is apparent that the author is either a physician or solid researcher. However, this does not detract from the story but only adds to the credibility.
Perhaps the ending is a bit predictable, although I found it fitting and satisfying.
The reader, Sunil Malhotra is PERFECT. All in all a very good book.
38 personnes ont trouvé cela utile
- Amazon Customer
- 08/12/2009
Loved it!
I have been an audible member for several years and have "read" many, many great books. I cannot get into the car and drive, even a short distance, without a book. This book is right up there on my list of favorites. Great story, great narration. Many hours of enjoyable driving!
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- Patricia
- 08/09/2010
Well written with excellent narration, Cutting for Stone is well worth the 2 credits. This is one of my absolute favorite Audibles. I finished it about 8 weeks ago and still find myself thinking about the characters and the story. I highly recommend it!
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How much does who's in the White House matter to financial advisors? No, I'm not asking about how fervently they hold their political beliefs: rather, how much effect does the president have on the livelihoods of advisors and their clients? In my career, I've witnessed the impact of five administrations over nearly 30 years—Reagan, Bush Sr., Clinton, Bush Jr., and Obama—and I have to say that I honestly don't know. Or perhaps more accurately, it seems to depend on the president himself (or, hopefully someday, herself,).
What does impact financial advisors and their clients, of course, are the financial markets. And while individual companies can buck the trends from time to time, the markets are dependent largely on the U.S. and global economies. The economy, in turn, is affected by various factors including interest rates, inflation, taxes, oil prices, and wars, which brings us back to the Oval Office. Presidents don't appear to have much control if any over these factors, yet some seem to have considerable influence over them.
For instance, in the early 1980s, Ronald Reagan's clear intentions to influence Congress to reduce tax rates and (attempt) to curtail Federal spending calmed Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker's fears of inflation sufficiently enough that he lowered interest rates from their double-digit highs. At the same time, oil prices fell from a high of $60 a barrel (yes, that was high back then) to under $10 a barrel—the result, I believe, of a deal that Reagan cut with the Saudis to protect their oil tankers from the threatening Iranians (yes, they were a problem back then, too), in return for much higher oil production from that country.
The combination of lower interest rates, lower inflation and lower taxes launched the bull stock market that continued through either 2000 or 2007, depending on who's counting. Either way, the effect on financial advisors was dramatic: with inflation down, the equity markets heating up, and the Tax Reform Act of 1986, the tax shelter and inflation-hedge business that had been advisors' virtually sole source of income for over a decade (with investments in oil and gas, real estate, gold and other "tangible" assets) literally dried up. It was replaced with a boom in equity mutual funds and the corresponding fee-based asset management business that continues to transform the advisory industry today.
With the economy humming along, there was little in the form of economic tinkering for the first President Bush to do, and to his credit, he was up to the task. Unfortunately for him, in the short recession of '91 that followed the Persian Gulf War, his hands-off approach appeared "insensitive," and he lost his bid for a second term to Bill Clinton and James Carville's brilliant "It's the Economy, Stupid" campaign. Still, well-allocated advisor-managed portfolios continued to grow—so much so that in 1999, Merrill Lynch announced that it was converting its entire commission-based broker force to fee-based asset management.
For his part, as the underlying economy was still sound, President Clinton also adopted a hands-off approach, while working with Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and other "budget hawks" to balance the Federal budget (with the help of a bit of accounting sleight of hand). Yet it was also under Clinton's watch that savings and loans were able to change what they could own in their investment portfolios, to allow them to benefit from the technology boom, adding fuel to the fire that became the Dot.com crash of 2001. And although the clients of advisors who'd been savvy enough to avoid overweighting in tech stocks did better, this was the first indication since the mid-'80s that "traditional" asset allocation might not be all it was believed to be.
Which leads us to George W. Bush. Hit with the aforementioned Dot.com crash followed by the 9/11 attacks within his first year in office, President Bush continued the laissez faire approach to financial markets of the preceding three presidents, which would ultimately lead to disaster. With investors understandably skittish about the stock markets, Wall Street increasingly turned to sophisticated mortgage-backed securities to generate the kind of revenues to which it had become accustomed.
Still, advisors and their clients who stayed the course were rewarded with another five-year bull market. But with the U.S. fighting wars on two fronts, and cracks beginning to appear in the global economy, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke couldn't hold interest rates down—and when they started to climb, the trillion-dollar web of adjustable rate mortgages began to unravel, ultimately (and ironically) taking Wall Street down with it.
To my mind, the most disturbing part of the Mortgage Meltdown is that when Bernanke finally raised interest rates half a point in 2007 (despite his assurances that he wouldn't) starting the downward spiral, the entire subprime market was only about $500 million in loans. Had the Bush Administration acted swiftly to work with Congress to simply buy those loans, convert them to long-term mortgages (30 or even 40 years) at low rates, the crisis would have been averted, and the taxpayers would likely have made a profit (as they did when President Roosevelt used a similar strategy in the 1930s).
In fairness, both Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., and Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn. (the chairs of the House and Senate financial committees, respectively), steadfastly refused to admit there was a mortgage problem. But that's the point: It's the president's job to get Congress to act during a crisis, and in this regard, President Bush clearly dropped the ball. And financial advisors and their clients took a hit second only to the Great Depression, from which many are still struggling to recover—and to find better portfolio management strategies.
That ball, of course, fell squarely into President Obama's lap. Clearly not taking a page out of the Reagan Recovery Manual, the current administration has used huge government spending combined with (so far) only slight tax increases and Federal Reserve rates at virtually zero to fuel a recovery that, while sluggish, has benefited advisors and their clients—many of whom are at least back to breakeven from 2007—with advisory revenues back up as well.
Still, the effects of the president's financial reform remain largely unmaterialized, as are the consequences from his omnibus health care reform. With oil prices up substantially, Europe seemingly teetering on the brink, and U.S. inflation a strong possibility, the coming presidential election would seem quite significant to the economies of the U.S. and the world, the markets, and I suspect, to the futures of financial advisors and their clients.


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Gold Miner Games
All Gold Miner Games Online
All of the Gold Miner games have been compiled into one simple site that loads fast and is easy to use. What more could you ask for? Have a great time playing Gold Miner, Gold Miner Australia, or take a trip back in time with Gold Miner Classic! We also have Gold Digger, St. Patricks Gold, and Reel Gold Miner 2. A great collection of flash games to try.
Gold Miner
Haul in as many gold nuggets as you can in the allotted time but beware of the dreaded iron ore
Gold Miner Classic
The original Gold Miner game that started it all. Grab the gold and avoid the ore as you build up cash.
Gold Miner Vegas
The Gold Miner wants a vacation in Vegas but he has no money. Haul in all the gold you can from the outback of Australia.
St. Patricks Gold Miner
Run your little Leprechaun around the clover forest while collecting your lost gold coins.
Reel Gold Miner 2
Reel Gold Miner features a faster hook/rope to grab your gold with and a moveable cart as well
Gold Digger
Dig deep and fast in this quick thinking game that resembles the original gold miner
Gold Miner Special Edition
Use your claw to reel in the treasures buried deep within the Earth. Buy items to help you between stages but don't miss your goal or it's game over!
Gold Miner Hacked
This flash game is exactly like Gold Miner except for one very major difference... yes, it is hacked!
Tomb Raider Gold Miner
Play Gold Miner Tomb Raider style! Ever wonder if Lara Croft (aka Vicky in this game) is better at hauling gold than our bearded little friend?
Gold Miner 2 Hacked
All medium and large gold nuggets are worth $999999 instead of their normal values making it easy to win.
Super Mario Gold Miner
Mario is best known as a plumber but did you know he is also a skilled miner? Neither did I.
Miner Discoverer
Miner Discoverer has you apparently discovering new mines for the very first time but really it's just Gold Miner
Fairy Fishing
Collect the right amount of fairies before the timer runs out and you win! Sounds easy but it gets harder.
Piranha Hunter
The bridge to Tara has been eaten by piranha and the only way to get to her is to hunt piranha and fix the bridge
Flintstones Gold Miner
Yubba dubba doooooooo! Play as Fred Flintstone and try to strike it rich by mining some gold!
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Martin Matishak / The Hill:
Christie jabs Obama: ObamaCare a 'failure' — In what could be the latest move toward a 2016 presidential bid, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) offered a wide-ranging critique of President Obama's domestic and foreign policies. — Speaking to reporters at the National Governors Association on Saturday …
Discussion: The Reaction
Richard K. Barry / The Reaction: Chris Christie: Whoring for GOP love
New York Times:
Republicans Replay 2010 Strategy at State Level — NASHVILLE — Republican candidates for governor around the country have built an unexpectedly strong position for election this fall, helped by an improving economy, disaffection with President Obama and a national fund-raising machine that is leagues ahead of the opposition.
Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
Republican Jews Alarmed at the Prospect of a Void in the House and Senate
Republican Jews Alarmed at the Prospect of a Void in the House and Senate
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D.R. Tucker / Washington Monthly: Sign O' the Times
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ObamaCare's next court threat — A federal appeals court is poised to rule in a case that could blow a gaping hole in ObamaCare's scheme for providing healthcare coverage. — The plaintiffs in Halbig v. Burwell argue that the healthcare law does not authorize the Internal Revenue Service …
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Ed Rogers / Washington Post:
The Insiders: More IRS smidgens show up. 'Perfect.' — Anyone paying attention to the Internal Revenue Service scandal has been waiting for the next smidgen to drop. Well, two more hit pretty hard this week. At the president's next encounter with the media, I will scream collusion …
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Candidates in race for Hastings' congressional seat hurl attacks — The race to replace retiring Rep. Doc Hastings heated up this week as some of the candidates began unleashing attacks on each other. — Democrat Estakio Beltran was ripped for a TV commercial by a group founded by former …
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In Malaysia, Islam's legal advance divides families and nation — (Reuters) - Deepa Subramaniam would not let go of her son, clinging to five-year-old Mithran's leg even as the car into which he had been bundled began to accelerate. — The 30-year-old, a Hindu in Muslim-majority Malaysia …
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Christine Assange says a British student organising a protest against her son is unwittingly aiding the misuse of rape allegations as a political weapon.
Simone Webb is gathering support for a January 23 rally at Oxford University to coincide with a video address by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the exclusive institution's Union.
She claims she's become a victim of abuse via social media for organising the protest against Assange, partly for his evasion of sexual assault allegations.
Ms Webb has told AAP she blocked Ms Assange on Twitter after receiving a barrage of messages.
In one tweet on her general feed, but not sent to Ms Webb, Ms Assange said the protest was being orchestrated by a "a gang of rabid, irrational frenzied 'feminists'".
Ms Webb said she was organising the protest to highlight "the inappropriateness and irony of having someone speak at an awards ceremony supposed to celebrate integrity, justice, courage and truth-seeking who is himself evading the justice process by hiding in the Ecuadorean embassy".
"Secondly, this is about challenging society's treatment of rape allegations, and the way they are minimised and ignored," Ms Webb said.
On Friday, Ms Assange said Ms Webb was in fact damaging the very cause she claimed to espouse.
She called on supporters of Assange and WikiLeaks to stage their own silent vigil to counter the protest.
"I call them faux feminists. They are not actually defending feminism," she told AAP.
"They are not defending inquiry into genuine injustice and they are not defending the cause of real rape victims, because Julian's case is being used in a political persecution.
"She's not out there saying what the UK Women Against Rape are saying - that the genuine distress of rape victims is being used to bury a journalist.
"Even eminent feminists like Naomi Wolf and the Swedish feminist Helene Bergman have stated that this case is political."
Ms Assange said rape allegations had been historically used in cases of political persecution.
"I would support anyone's right to protest, once they've looked at the facts," she said.
"But Ms Webb has refused to look at the legal facts of this case, which we've sent to her, which indicate that in fact Julian is not a rapist, and neither of these women accuse him of being a rapist."
She said the only Twitter messages she had directly sent to Ms Webb were some of the facts about the case.
She said she'd also observed that Ms Webb seemed to be enjoying the attention around the protest, after Ms Webb tweeted that it was an exciting experience.
Assange has been invited by the Oxford Union to speak at the annual Sam Adams Award, which recognises an individual who has displayed "courage, persistence and devotion to the truth" in the name of the former CIA analyst.
The 41-year-old is expected to make a video address as he faces arrest if he leaves London's Ecuadorean embassy, in which he took refuge last August.


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Washington motorcyclist survives lightning strike
A motorcyclist survived a lightning strike in western Washington as a tumultuous day of weather saw thunderstorms and rain roll through the state on both sides of the Cascade Mountains.
Washington State Patrol Trooper William Finn says the biker was driving on Interstate 5 through the town of Chehalis when the lightning hit Thursday.
Witness Martin Zapalac told KOMO-TV the man had just passed him when he and his bike "lit up." The biker managed to pull over on the highway shoulder, and the witness drove with him to a nearby gas station.
The 59-year-old motorcyclist was treated locally for burns to his ears. He was then taken to a Seattle hospital, where he was reported in satisfactory condition.
Chehalis firefighter Steve Emrich tells the Chronicle of Centralia that the Tenino man suffered "basically a direct hit right through the helmet," and is lucky to be alive.


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No. 12 Wisconsin beats North Dakota 103-85
Kaminsky scores school-record 43 points for Badgers
Frank Kaminsky was open, and the big man was going to take the shot. There was nothing that teammate Traevon Jackson could say to change his mind.
Kaminsky hit that first-half bucket en route to a school-record 43 points, powering No. 12 Wisconsin to a 103-85 win Tuesday night over pesky North Dakota.
"I said one more (pass), one more," Jackson said when asked to recount the moment he knew Kaminsky was going to have a big night. "He said, 'No, feelin' it.' That's exactly what he said."
Sam Dekker added 19 points for the Badgers (4-0), who overcame a career-high 37 points - 26 in the first half - from athletic sharpshooter Troy Huff.
But this night belonged to Kaminsky, the unlikely Badger who broke the school record of 42 points held by Ken Barnes (1965) and Michael Finley (1994).
"When those first couple of shots went in, I kind of said 'I'm feeling it,'" Kaminsky said. "I kept shooting and it kept going in."
Wisconsin shot 59 percent from the field, with Kaminsky (16-of-19 shooting) leading the way. He hit all six of his 3-point attempts and went 5 of 6 from the foul line.
A junior who became a starter this season, Kaminsky got the record with about a minute left after driving the lane and splitting two defenders for an easy layup.
Kaminsky went to the bench with about 5 minutes left with 41 points, prompting groans from the Wisconsin student section. "We want Frank! We Want Frank!" the students chanted before a timeout with 3 minutes left.
"I had no idea until the players on the bench pleaded to give him one more possession," coach Bo Ryan said.
The fans got their wish.
Kaminsky got a standing ovation from the appreciative crowd after setting the record, and some good-natured heckling after the game from teammates Dekker and Jackson (14 points, eight assists).
Sure Kaminsky had 16 points last week in a win over Green Bay, but few saw this outburst coming, not from someone averaging 3.2 points for his career coming into Tuesday.
"The last two games what I've seen, he's really come of age and they've really shown a lot of confidence in him," North Dakota coach Brian Jones said. "The way they shoot the ball already and spread the floor with the other four guys, it makes them that much harder to guard."
Kaminsky's dunk helped Wisconsin gradually turn its 10-point halftime lead into a 76-59 advantage on North Dakota (1-1) with 10:32 left.
The Badgers came out victorious after Kaminsky and Huff traded buckets much of the night. Huff was 15 of 22 from the field, and added nine rebounds.
A week after limiting Florida to 53 points, Wisconsin went up and down the Kohl Center court with a team picked by Big Sky coaches to finish second in the conference. Wisconsin went over the 100-point mark first the first time since a 105-70 win over Eastern Illinois on Dec. 28, 1995.
Lost in the excitement over Kaminsky's outburst - his previous career high was 19 __ was a subpar defensive effort for the Badgers, who had trouble containing North Dakota off the dribble. Or Huff from anywhere on the court, for that matter.
"They're probably going to say we played bad defense," Kaminsky said when asked what other Big Ten coaches might say initially when seeing the 103-85 score.
Given that Huff is from Milwaukee, and his mother, Theresa Huff, is Wisconsin women's basketball career rebounding leader, it would make sense that Huff would want to play well in Madison.
And if Huff needed any more incentive, Jones decided to sit his first-stringers, including Huff, to start the game.
"We didn't take it negatively. We just came out today and we knew those guys (second string) could perform just as well as us," Huff said.
It worked, to a point.
The more talented Badgers wore down North Dakota on the offensive end. Dekker in transition went behind the back on the dribble, split two defenders and threw in a one-handed dunk for a 60-47 lead early in the second half.
North Dakota hung around, but by the latter part of the second half, the game was all about whether Kaminsky would make school history.


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Optic Theatre
533 S. Main Street,
Los Angeles,
5 people favorited this theater
One of many independent theaters in the S. Main Street section of downtown Los Angeles, this old 700-seat movie house was situated next to the Art Theatre and across the street from the Burbank Theatre. The Optic Theatre was listed as operating in the 1926 edition of Film Daily Yearbook.
In its last years, it ran a grind policy of four films and was open all night until about 4-5 in the morning.
Now a parking lot has taken the place of all three of these theaters.
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Believe it or not, Walnut Properties either owned or leased the Optic Theatre in its last days. It was running as a grindhouse and was not showing x-rated. I was there a few times for service calls and repairs. By that time (some time between 1978 and 1981) it was in bad shape and had some scary clientele (and I don't scare easily). The projector heads were Simplex E7s, the lamphouses were Peerless Magnarc xenon conversions done by Leonard Pincus and the pedestals were those old, heavy cast-iron Simplex 5-point pedestals. The screen had been torn so many time that Mr. Miranda and Mr. Tate had pegboard installed and painted white. On one of my calls, I remember an episode of that awful "T. J. Hooker" show with William Shatner was being shot in a nearby parking lot. I was told that the Optic was one of the first houses in Los Angeles to install sound; I have no idea if that's true or not.
Someone above mentioned a house with a glass screen. One of my projection mentors, a Mr. William Rankin, told me many years ago of a house in Los Angeles that had a sandblasted mirror for a screen and that it weighed several tons. I sure can't remember what house he said it was.
Here is a good view of the Optic in 1983:
My USC links have all changed again, too, so here's the current link to the wide view of the original Optic Theatre on Broadway (located at lower right of the photo.) There is also this cropped version with the Optic in close-up.
Note that just up the street the Broadway Central Building, later to become the location of the Broadway Theatre, is under construction.
Here is a nice view of the Optic in the late 1930s. The Star is next door. There is another theater a bit north.
Here is Woodley's Optic, circa late 1930s:
Great History.
I believe the Optic as well as the Regent, Liberty, Lyceum and Kinema Theaters were all part of the West Coast Theater Chain operated by the Gore Brothers – Mike and Abe. All of their brothers and family were made managers of theaters. From the LA Times, December 11, 1920, Herman Gore is being sued for divorce by his wife of 16 days, Ruth. "She declares he earns $110. a week as Manager for Optic and Regent Theaters; also that he has an interest in the new Ambassador Theater being built in Hollywo0d, and the Liberty, Lyceum, Kinema Theaters.
I believe that it is The Optic that is shown in the opening credits of The Rockford Files. They are showing Point Blank. Seems like a Jim Rockford kind of neighborhood.
Just caught a glimpse of the Optic in a 1981 episode of "Hill Street Blues" titled "Hearts and Minds".
Add Starsky and Hutch to the list of shows with the theater in the background. Season 1, "The Bait." 1975
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Youth prescription drug abuse is the focus of extensive data collection in several Massachusetts cities, including Brockton and Quincy, as communities prepare to launch federally funded prevention strategies uniquely tailored to address the problem in their area.
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A young person who starts using alcohol or drugs before age 18 is at high risk of developing lifelong addiction, about one in four. The risk for an individual using substances after age 21 drops to one in 25, he said.
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