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Before you can drive on a public road or take your theory test, you will need a valid Provisional Driving Licence. The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) application form (Form D1) can be obtained from your local Post Office but you can also
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Theory Test Multiple Choice Questions
Note that the actual theory test questions are no longer published which means that those found in revision materials of any kind will give you an idea of the questions and answers to expect but will NOT be exactly the same as those you will face during the test itself.
This part of the test lasts 50 minutes and you will need to answer 57 questions. For each question, several possible answers will appear on a screen and you have to select the correct one. Three of the questions are about a short video. It will show a normal driving situation, such as driving through a town centre or driving on a country road
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At the Team Quest gym in Temecula, California, where Strikeforce welterweight Tarec Saffiedine is preparing for his Saturday bout against Roger Bowling with his organizational stablemates Ovince St. Preux and Keith Berry, as well as number one UFC light heavyweight contender Dan Henderson, the Brussels native has one important thing to say about himself and the aforementioned team.
"We are all on weight," he laughs, referring to the sauna-like atmosphere in the gym, which was rendered as such thanks to no air conditioning and the usual Southern California heat. That's the bad side. The other side is that in keeping with the old fight game adage that steel sharpens steel, Saffiedine and company are more than prepared for the short trip to San Diego for this weekend's fights.
"It's great," he said. "Right now at the gym we've got Ovince St. Preux and Keith Berry, who are fighting on the same card, and of course Dan, and we have a lot of other guys training for fights this weekend as well, so the gym is packed, there are a lot of different styles coming from everywhere and we have a lot of sparring partners. Everybody's motivated and ready to fight."
Perhaps no one more than Saffiedine, who could be closing in on a shot at new Strikeforce welterweight boss Nate Marquardt if he can turn his two fight winning streak into three against the hard-hitting Bowling, whose wild-swinging style may just be the perfect match for the precision striking attack of the "Sponge."
"I'm excited to fight somebody like Roger," said Saffiedine. "I know he (Bowling) is not the most technical fighter, but he brings it every time and I know it's gonna be a good fight. We put a good gameplan together with my coaches and everybody, so I'm feeling great and I'm looking forward to the fight."
4-1 in Strikeforce since making his organizational debut with a decision win over James Terry in February of 2010, Saffiedine's only loss in that stretch came via decision to Tyron Woodley in January of 2011, so with Marquardt beating Woodley for the title last month, it makes a possible bout with Saffiedine more sellable than a rematch with Woodley. The 25-year old was impressed with both 170-pounders in their recent war.
"Nate and Woodley both looked great in the last fight," he said. "Woodley came out pretty strong but I think he gassed a little bit, and Nate looked good at the weight. I didn't expect him to be in such good shape with the weight cut, but they both looked really good and that's good for the division."
And good for Saffiedine, who was impressive in his own right in his most recent win over Tyler Stinson in January, and not for reasons you would expect. Battered and bloodied in the first round, Saffiedine had to rally in the next two rounds to pull out the split decision victory. Was it a vintage performance? No, but it showed that he had the heart and resilience to gut out a tough win, something that will serve him well should he get a shot at the belt.
"I didn't really like the way I fought that fight," he admits. "I know I was able to come back from a tough first round, but I wasn't in the best shape coming into that fight. I had only four weeks to get ready, and Tyler was a really tough opponent. It builds confidence a little bit because I was able to come back and I know I can do that, but between the fight with Scott Smith (in July of 2011) when I had an eight week camp and the fight with Tyler, when I only had four weeks, I think there is a big difference in how I came prepared to the fight. I like to have a good camp, and that's what I had for this fight, so hopefully it will work out better."
Fighting close to his adopted home in Southern California adds to his confidence coming into this week's fight, as he gets to eliminate traveling from the equation while simply focusing on training. It's his first fight in the state since the Terry bout over two years ago, and while he's used to not competing at home, he does enjoy the rare times when it does happen.
"I'm from Belgium and everywhere I fight, it's not my hometown," he said. "But I would say that San Diego, even though I don't go there often, is close to my hometown because I'm from Temecula, and a lot of people are able to drive down there. I have my brother coming from Europe to watch me fight for the first time, so I'm really excited, and I'll have all the support from all the people from my team that are coming down for the fight, so it's pretty exciting and I'm looking forward to it."
The most exciting part is the fight though, or more accurately, what could happen should he win. Saffiedine knows the positive consequences that a big win could deliver, but after 15 pro MMA fights and over six years in the game, he's also aware of the perils of peeking too far ahead.
"I never look past anybody and never underestimate anybody and Roger is a tough opponent and I'm really focused on him, but I don't take my eyes off my goal," he said. "I want that title shot down the line and that's what motivates me for each and every fight because I want to get closer and closer."
So how close is he?
"I think the way I win is gonna determine if I get the title shot or not, but of course I'm not the one who decides that," said Saffiedine. "Hopefully after this fight I will be ready, and I want to make a statement. I want to show that I'm ready to (Strikeforce CEO) Mr. (Scott) Coker and all the fans that I'm ready to get that belt, so I've got to make a big statement and win in a good fashion."

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WEATHERFORD, Texas (AP) — When a man in a Fort Worth suburb reported his family's drinking water had begun "bubbling" like champagne, the federal government sounded an alarm: An oil company may have tainted their wells while drilling for natural gas.
At first, the Environmental Protection Agency believed the situation was so serious that it issued a rare emergency order in late 2010 that said at least two homeowners were in immediate danger from a well saturated with flammable methane. More than a year later, the agency rescinded its mandate and refused to explain why.
Now a confidential report obtained by The Associated Press and interviews with company representatives show that the EPA had scientific evidence against the driller, Range Resources, but changed course after the company threatened not to cooperate with a national study into a common form of drilling called hydraulic fracturing. Regulators set aside an analysis that concluded the drilling could have been to blame for the contamination.
For Steve Lipsky, the EPA decision seemed to ignore the dangers in his well, which he says contains so much methane that the gas in water pouring out of a garden hose can be ignited.
"I just can't believe that an agency that knows the truth about something like that, or has evidence like this, wouldn't use it," said Lipsky, who fears he will have to abandon his dream home in an upscale neighborhood of Weatherford.
The case isn't the first in which the EPA initially linked a hydraulic fracturing operation to water contamination and then softened its position after the industry protested.
A similar dispute unfolded in west-central Wyoming in late 2011, when the EPA released an initial report that showed hydraulic fracturing could have contaminated groundwater. After industry and GOP leaders went on the attack, the agency said it had decided to do more testing. It has yet to announce a final conclusion.
Hydraulic fracturing — often called "fracking" — allows drillers to tap into oil and gas reserves that were once considered out of reach because they were locked in deep layers of rock.
The method has contributed to a surge in natural gas drilling nationwide, but environmental activists and some scientists believe it can contaminate groundwater. The industry insists the practice is safe.
Range Resources, a leading independent player in the natural gas boom, has hundreds of gas wells throughout Texas, Pennsylvania and other mineral-rich areas of the United States. Among them is a production site — now owned by Legend Natural Gas — in a wooded area about a mile from Lipsky's home in Weatherford, about a half-hour drive west of Fort Worth.
State agencies usually regulate water and air pollution, so the EPA's involvement in the Texas matter was unusual from the start. The EPA began investigating complaints about the methane in December 2010, because it said the Texas Railroad Commission, which oversees oil and gas drilling, had not responded quickly enough to the reports of bubbling water.
Government scientists believed two families, including the Lipskys, were in danger from methane and cancer-causing benzene and ordered Range Resources to take steps to clean their water wells and provide affected homeowners with safe water. The company stopped doing that after state regulators declared in March 2011 that Range Resources was not responsible. The dispute between the EPA and the company then moved into federal court.
Believing the case was headed for a lengthy legal battle, the EPA asked an independent scientist named Geoffrey Thyne to analyze water samples taken from 32 water wells. In the report obtained by the AP, Thyne concluded from chemical testing that the gas in the drinking water could have originated from Range Resources' nearby drilling operation.
Meanwhile, the EPA was seeking industry leaders to participate in a national study into hydraulic fracturing. Range Resources told EPA officials in Washington that so long as the agency continued to pursue a "scientifically baseless" action against the company in Weatherford, it would not take part in the study and would not allow government scientists onto its drilling sites, said company attorney David Poole.
In March 2012, the EPA retracted its emergency order, halted the court battle and set aside Thyne's report showing that the gas in Lipsky's water was nearly identical to the gases the Plano, Texas-based company was producing.
"They said that they would look into it, which I believe is exactly what they did," Poole said. "I'm proud of them. As an American, I think that's exactly what they should have done."
The EPA offered no public explanation for its change in thinking, and Lipsky said he and his family learned about it from a reporter. The agency refused to answer questions about the decision, instead issuing a statement by email that said resolving the Range Resources matter allowed the EPA to shift its "focus in this case away from litigation and toward a joint effort on the science and safety of energy extraction."
Rob Jackson, chairman of global environmental change at Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment, reviewed Thyne's report and the raw data upon which it was based. He agreed the gas in Lipsky's well could have originated in a rock formation known as the Barnett shale, the same area where Range Resources was extracting gas.
Jackson said it was "premature" to withdraw the order and said the EPA "dropped the ball in dropping their investigation."
Lipsky, who is still tied up in a legal battle with Range Resources, now pays about $1,000 a month to haul water to his home. He, his wife and three children become unnerved when their methane detectors go off. Sometime soon, he said, the family will have to decide whether to stay in the large stone house or move.
"This has been total hell," Lipsky said. "It's been taking a huge toll on my family and on our life."
The confidential report relied on a type of testing known as isotopic analysis, which produces a unique chemical fingerprint that sometimes allows researchers to trace the origin of gas or oil.
Jackson, who studies hydraulic fracturing and specializes in isotopic analysis, acknowledged that more data is needed to determine for certain where the gas came from. But even if the gas came from elsewhere, Range Resources' drilling could have contributed to the problem in Lipsky's water because gas migrates, he added.
The company insists the gas in Lipsky's water is from natural migration and not drilling. Range Resources' testing indicates the gas came from a different rock formation called Strawn shale and not the deeper Barnett shale, Poole said.
In addition, he said, isotopic analysis cannot be used in this case because the chemical makeup of the gases in the two formations is indistinguishable. A Range Resources spokesman also dismissed Thyne and Jackson as anti-industry.
Range Resources has not shared its data with the EPA or the Railroad Commission. Poole said the data is proprietary and could only be seen by Houston-based Weatherford Laboratories, where it originated. It was analyzed for Range Resources by a Weatherford scientist, Mark McCaffrey, who did not respond to requests for an interview.
Gas has always been in the water in that area, Poole said. And years before Range Resources began drilling, at least one water well in the neighborhood contained so much methane, it went up in flames.
At another home with dangerously high methane levels in the water, the company insisted the gas had been there since the well was first dug many years ago. The homeowner was not aware of anything wrong until Range Resources began drilling in 2009.
Jackson said it was "unrealistic" to suggest that people could have tainted water and not notice.
"It bubbles like champagne or mineral waters," he said. "The notion that people would have wells and have this in their water and not see this is wrong."
Associated Press writers Nomaan Merchant in Dallas, Allen Breed in Raleigh, N.C., and Michael Rubinkam in Allentown, Pa., contributed to this report.


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FSFE Newsletter - October 2009
October has been a dense, vibrant and challenging month for FSFE. We have done more work than will fit the limits of this letter. For this reason, after reading the newsletter, please visit the news section of our website to have a complete overview of our work:
https://fsfe.org/news/news.htmlTable of Contents
- FSFE suggests to make MySQL independent as solution for Oracle/Sun deal
- Announcing FSFE's new Finnish country team
- Fellowship meetings in Frankfurt, Berlin and Vienna
- Windows 7 to hit consumers with known security problem
- New Fellowship jabber server
- Welcome to Alina Mierlus as intern In the spotlight
- EC vs MS: the browser and interoperability cases It happened in the past
- Fellows discuss the future of the Fellowship portal Upcoming events
- FSFE and the Fellows co-organise FSCONS 2009, Lindholmen, Sweden, 13-15 November
- FSFE to launch the Fellowship grants project
FSFE suggests to make MySQL independent as solution for Oracle/Sun deal
A lot of rumours spread during the last weeks about the acquisition of Sun Microsystems by Oracle. Here, the Free Software community is concerned for the future of MySQL. To shed some light on this issue, FSFE's president, Karsten Gerloff, published a detailed analysis of the key points involved in the acquisition. Following this analysis, FSFE suggested that the best solution to allow the Oracle/Sun deal to be finalized and secure a free future for MySQL is to make it independent.
Announcing FSFE's new Finnish country team
We are pleased to announce the formation of a new country team working under the FSFE's umbrella: Otto Kekäläinen, Henri Bergius, and Timo Jyrinki are the members of FSFE's Finnish team. They will work respectively as team coordinator, deputy coordinator and Finnish translation coordinator. All of them will participate in the upcoming FSCONS, where they will meet other FSFE team members to discuss the team's strategies for cooperation and for their growth in Finland. To contact the Finnish team you can write an e-mail to:
Fellowship meetings in Frankfurt, Berlin and Vienna
During the month, the regular Fellowship local meetings took place as usual. German Fellows met in Frankfurt and in Berlin on the 7th and 8th of October, while the Austrian Fellows held their usual monthly meeting on the 16th. Main topics of the evenings have been: Free Software in education, follow-up on the "Ask your candidate about Free Software!" campaign, the Fellowship jabber meetings, and specific Free Software projects Fellows are involved in. To get in touch with your local Fellowship group or to start one in your own region, have a look at:
Windows 7 to hit consumers with known security problem
In October, the German federal IT security agency (BSI) issued a report concerning a 'high-risk' vulnerability in Microsoft's SMB2-Protocol which also affects Windows 7. Microsoft remained silent about this warning and did not yet provide a solution to the problem. FSFE published a press release to highlight that the company's bad practice of ignoring high risk vulnerabilities is unfortunately the rule, not the exception. With Free Software, users are not dependent on a single party to fix such problems for them.
New Fellowship jabber server
In order to improve the services to FSFE's Fellows we recently replaced our old jabber server with a new one based on ejabberd. After a testing period, we are happy to announce that the new server is up and running! This change will solve many of the problems that Fellows reported to us during the past months. To take advantage, remember to update your account settings!
Welcome to Alina Mierlus as intern
On 15 October, Alina Mierlus joined FSFE to start her internship. She will work with us until mid-February 2010 from our new Berlin office and will mainly focus on campaigns and events coordination. Alina is from Romania and worked over the past six years advocating Free Software. She says: "This internship offers me the opportunity to apply what I've learned, but for a European Foundation. I've always believed that campaigns, events and all the things that put people together are the most important ways to have a healthy community." Welcome on board Alina!
In the spotlight
EC vs MS: the browser and interoperability cases
The open issues that Microsoft has with the European Commission (EC) got shaken up in October. The proposed solutions will not be helpful for Free Software, so FSFE is keeping up the pressure on the EC.
Commissioner Neelie Kroes wants to close two important cases concerning Microsoft before the end of her mandate at the Directorate General for Competition (DG Comp): one case relates to the dominant position of the company in the browser market, the other to the failure in providing interoperability information for desktop applications.
FSFE is working to provide input to the Commission in order to make the settlements as fair as possible for all the actors in the software market, Free Software included. In the past weeks, we already explained why we believe that the current details of the settlements are not satisfactory and provided feedback to the Commissioner. We will soon deliver a new formal comment concerning the updated version of the settlements to the Commission.
Relevant links:
- https://blogs.fsfe.org/gerloff/?p=263
- https://fsfe.org/news/2009/news-20091006-01.html
- /news/2009/news-20091005-01.html
It happened in the past
Fellows discuss the future of the Fellowship portal
Two years ago, the Fellows of FSFE started a lively discussion on the future of the Fellowship portal. The discussion covered the use of forums, calenders, mailing lists, jabber accounts and other services, and it was one of the landmarks that brought the Fellowship platform to the current and improved version.
Upcoming events
FSFE and the Fellows co-organise FSCONS 2009, Lindholmen, Sweden, 13-15 November
This year, the Free Society Conference and Nordic Summit (FSCONS) in Lindholmen (Göteborg), Sweden, will be co-organised by FSFE and the Fellows. Beside the participation of Karsten Gerloff, FSFE's president, Adriaan de Groot, Freedom Task Force coordinator, who will hold talks, the Fellows will organise workshops and panels.
FSFE to launch the Fellowship grants project
Thanks to FSFE's donors and tarent GmbH in particular, we will be able to award three Fellowship grants each month for one year. These grants will cover the Fellowship contribution for people who have done exceptional things to bring Free Software forward, and will be awarded after evaluation of the individual applications. Candidacies can be submitted to email@example.com. In December, we will announce the first three people who will receive the grants.
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Gazco Radiance 135R Electric Fire – "Open fire alternative"
Ed, Marnhull, Sturminster Newton
March 19, 2021
Having inherited a log burner I realised that both the dust level in the room plus my breathing showed quite clearly that particulates were a problem and although natural gas is available I decided on the green option and bought the electric Radiance135R which makes a really grand centrepiece.
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9 Moving Soldier Homecomings [VIDEOS]
The servicemen and women of our country make huge sacrifices to fight battles on our behalf and keep the freedom we hold dear. One of those sacrifices is being away from their families and loved ones for long periods of time. The only thing that makes this sacrifice bearable for most is the incredible sweetness of coming home, even if it is only for a short leave.
To mark this Memorial Day and show our appreciation for all these soldiers do for us, we have compiled nine of of the most moving videos of soldiers surprising their families by coming home.
There are tons of these videos out there and if you ever need confirmation of how hard being in the military is for both the soldiers and their families, look no further than any one of them. In every one, what you can see are people who wish they could keep holding their fathers, mothers, sisters, brothers, sons and daughters and never let go.
Thank you.
Home for a While
Moms and kids are one of the most tragic separations when troops are deployed overseas. Sometimes parents are gone for so long, the kids don't recognize them when they get home. But the moment they do, don't even try to keep them apart. Suddenly, all the sadness of the long time spent apart washes away.
Home for the Holidays
It's possible that military service is the hardest on the kids. How do you explain why dad is gone and how long it will be until he comes home? How do you explain why he can't just come home whenever he wants, even though it's Christmas? How do you explain what's in that big box and why you should unwrap it right away?
Home for Graduation
A lot of times, the siblings are the family members who are overlooked. They sacrifice just as much sending their brothers and sisters overseas to fight their battles. They miss out on those big moments. They miss out on the small moments. They spend nights hoping to see their childhood playmate again. Because who else is going to roll their eyes with them about what Dad is wearing?
Home for the Hugs
Most likely it's the moms who worry the most. The dads worry. The wives worry. The husbands worry. The kids worry. But the moms really know how to worry -- they've been doing it since their kids were born. So, it has to be a huge relief when their kids arrive home safely after a tour of duty. It seems like a huge relief for this mom.
Home for the Presentation
Schools do an excellent job of educating students about the sacrifices military families make. They also do a great job of supporting the students who have parents serving overseas. This school linked up so the kids in one girl's class could send a "hello" message to her deployed mother. Only, they did one better and had her mother just a little closer than she thought.
Home for a Proposal
This soldier really knows how to throw a lot at a girl all at once. It wasn't enough to surprise his girlfriend by being home earlier than expected. No, he also had to surprise her by getting down on one knee and asking her if she would make it official. Thankfully, she was all for it and he didn't have to surprise his commanding officer with an early return.
Home for Christmas
The best gift for Mom is the gift of you. This is especially true if you've been across the pond serving your country in uniform. She doesn't dare dream that you'll be home in time for Christmas, because the disappointment of not seeing you is too much. She doesn't even dare suspect that you are in the big, wrapped box in the back of a truck, because what if you're just a new vacuum? Thankfully, her faith is rewarded.
Home for School
Kids are very adaptable. Sometimes, they just get used to Dad being gone. They put on a brave face and carry on with their lives, all the while hoping deep down that he comes home soon. As soon as Dad does come home, the brave face is tossed off for a happy, relieved and loving face. And, if Dad shows up early at school, a surprised face.
Home for His Birthday
The bond between dads and their daughters is usually highlighted during wedding dances, first day of soccer practice pics and driving lessons. Rarely do we take a moment to think about what it must be like for a dad to know his daughter is in a dangerous, faraway place where he can't protect her. His job is to be her hero, but it turns out that she's his. This daughter made sure she could get home and hug her dad for his birthday.


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Yamaha RX-A3020 A/V Receiver
Back when A/V was just "A," Yamaha was among the first to elevate the receiver from dormroom necessity to Serious Audio Component. Brand Y then negotiated the transition to audio-plus-video smoothly, and today remains one of the leading purveyors of the all-in-one home theater centerpiece.
Yamaha's new Aventage RX-A3020 is an honest piece of gear. Large, hefty, and heavily endowed with features, the receiver promises a lot — and delivers. Headlining the array is upscaling to, and pass-through of, 4K "UltraHD," the future/maybe video format. I, ?of course, could not view this, lacking access to a 4K display. Check back with me in, say, 2014.
But there's a long, long list of additional goodies: 9-channel onboard power for 9.2 surround (expandable to 11.2 with an external amp!) or for three additional remote A/V zones; network streaming and plug-in USB/iDevice playback; AirPlay; a huge menu of famous Yamaha DSP-surround options; and an interesting ability to direct the second HDMI out to a remote zone with HD video and up to 5.1-channel digital audio, with independent program selectability.
Thanks to the ever-spiraling cost of copper, unboxing even flagship A/V receivers isn't the osteo-traumatic undertaking it used to be — the RX-A3020 weighs? in at a merciful, if still substantial, 40-odd pounds. Hookup is equally simplified in our modern age, with a few HDMI cables and a bundle of speaker wires accomplishing the task. I also connected a pair of rabbit ears to try the Yamaha's HDRadio tuner, and my rack's Ethernet cable for streaming audio. (Yamaha offers an external wireless adapter for $100 extra.)
Yamaha's latest YPAO (Yamaha Parametric room Acoustic Optimizer) auto-setup/calibration handles speakers, sizes, crossovers, and distances very competently via the supplied cal-mike. The system includes a three-pronged holder that enables a further layer of data acquisition, "speaker angle," which is said to allow Yamaha's Cinema DSP surround processing to create "more accurate sound fields."
YPAO also performs speaker/room-correction equalization, delivering the user three choices. "Flat" corrects all speakers to "the same characteristics" (presumably, to nominally flat response); "Front" corrects center and surrounds to the natural response of the main front pair, and "Natural" "adjusts all speakers to achieve "natural sound." I found the differences small, with Natural and Front sounding very slightly warmer than Flat but not terribly different from one another. Flat delivered a subtly more focused midrange and a slightly "tighter" bass feel, both quite familiar from many iteration of Audyssey (and other) corrective-EQ systems I've experienced in my room.


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Mutual Funds vs. ETFs
The growth of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) has been explosive. In 2006, there were less than 1,000; by 2023, there were nearly 10,000 investing in a wide range of stocks, bonds, and other securities and instruments.1
At first glance, ETFs have a lot in common with mutual funds. Both offer shares in a pool of investments designed to pursue a specific investment goal. And both manage costs and may offer some degree of diversification, depending on their investment objective. Diversification is an approach to help manage investment risk. It does not eliminate the risk of loss if security prices decline.
Structural Differences
Mutual funds accumulate a pool of money that is then invested to pursue the objectives stated in the fund's prospectus. The resulting collection of stocks, bonds, and other securities is professionally managed by an investment company.
ETFs work in reverse. An investment company creates a new company, into which it moves a block of shares to pursue a specific investment objective. For example, an investment company may move a block of shares to track the performance of the Standard & Poor's 500. The investment company then sells shares in this new company.2
ETFs trade like stocks and are listed on stock exchanges and sold by broker-dealers. Mutual funds, on the other hand, are not listed on stock exchanges and can be bought and sold through a variety of other channels — including financial professionals, brokerage firms, and directly from fund companies.
The price of an ETF is determined continuously throughout the day. It fluctuates based on investor interest in the security and may trade at a "premium" or a "discount" to the underlying assets that comprise the ETF. Most mutual funds are priced at the end of the trading day. So, no matter when you buy a share during the trading day, its price will be determined when most U.S. stock exchanges typically close.
Tax Differences
There are tax differences, as well. Since most mutual funds are allowed to trade securities, the fund may incur a capital gain or loss and generate dividend or interest income for its shareholders. With an ETF, you may only owe taxes on any capital gains when you sell the security. (An ETF also may distribute a capital gain if the makeup of the underlying assets is adjusted).3
Determining whether an ETF or a mutual fund is appropriate for your portfolio may require an in-depth knowledge of how both investments operate. In fact, you may benefit from including both investment tools in your portfolio.
Amounts in mutual funds and ETFs are subject to fluctuation in value and market risk. Shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.
Mutual funds and exchange-traded funds are sold only by prospectus. Please consider the charges, risks, expenses, and investment objectives carefully before investing. A prospectus containing this and other information about the investment company can be obtained from your financial professional. Read it carefully before you invest or send money.
At a Glance
Mutual funds and exchange-traded funds have similarities — and many differences. The chart below gives a quick rundown.
1. ETFGI.com, January 12, 2023
2. The Standard & Poor's 500 Composite Index is an unmanaged index that is generally considered representative of the U.S. stock market. Index performance is not indicative of the past performance of a particular investment. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Individuals cannot invest directly in an index.
3. Investopedia.com, May 24, 2023
The content is developed from sources believed to be providing accurate information. The information in this material is not intended as tax or legal advice. It may not be used for the purpose of avoiding any federal tax penalties. Please consult legal or tax professionals for specific information regarding your individual situation. This material was developed and produced by FMG Suite to provide information on a topic that may be of interest. FMG Suite is not affiliated with the named broker-dealer, state- or SEC-registered investment advisory firm. The opinions expressed and material provided are for general information, and should not be considered a solicitation for the purchase or sale of any security. Copyright FMG Suite.


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{Established in 1984}
It all began with Gina's love of stationery and pretty paper, which she discovered as a young girl, having her own set of personalized note cards. Several years later, while doing house portraits in ink, she reproduced the illustrations on note cards for her clients. Soon after, her artistic interest turned to florals, which she drew, printed on card stock and spot painted each by hand with watercolor. She sold them to local gift shops. With encouragement from family and friends, Gina started her greeting card company with 12 designs.
Now, 40 years later, Gina enjoys working with freelance artists from around the country and abroad. Each contributes a unique talent, bringing a broad range of art styles to Gina B Designs.
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NEW YORK (AP) — A provocative new study suggests a connection between the BPA chemical used in food packaging and childhood obesity, but the researchers say their findings don't prove it's the cause.
While most people have traces of the plastics chemical in their bodies, the study found that children with the highest levels in their urine were twice as likely to be obese as those with the lowest.
There are other factors that could explain the results, and many reasons why children gain too much weight, the researchers said.
"Clearly unhealthy diet and poor physical activity are the leading factors contributing to obesity in the United States, especially in children," said lead author Dr. Leonardo Trasande of New York University.
But the study does hint that causes of childhood obesity may be more complicated, he added. He said it is the first national research to tie a chemical from the environment to childhood obesity, and seems to echo what some studies have seen in adults.
One puzzling result: Significant differences were detected only in white children. For black and Hispanic kids, obesity rates were similar for those with the lowest levels of BPA as those with the largest amount. The researchers couldn't explain that finding.
The study was released Tuesday and is in Wednesday's issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
BPA, or bisphenol A, has been used since the 1960s and become so widespread that it's found in virtually all Americans. Government health officials have deemed low levels of it to be safe, but haven't been able to decide what amount of BPA — if any — would be a health concern.
BPA is used to make hard plastics for food and beverage containers and many consumer goods and for metal can linings. Environmental groups have worried it interferes with children's development. Makers of baby bottles and sippy cups stopped using it, and this year the Food and Drug Administration announced it could no longer be used in those baby products.
Some experimental studies on animals have found that BPA can aid obesity by disrupting metabolism and helping to make fat cells larger. And studies have suggested a possible tie between urinary BPA levels and obesity-related illnesses in adults, including diabetes and heart disease.
In the new study, Trasande and his colleagues used information from an annual federal health survey, which includes weighing and measuring participants and taking blood and urine samples.
Their study involved more than 2,800 children ages 6 through 19, who took the survey in the years 2003 through 2008. They compared BPA levels in their urine to their weight, and divided them into four groups based on BPA amounts.
The key finding: About 22 percent of the children with highest levels of BPA were obese, compared to just 10 percent of kids with the lowest levels.
Was the reverse true? Did the heaviest kids have more BPA in their urine, and the thinnest kids less? Yes, Trasande said. But he did not include those numbers in his study, and declined to provide them.
The study raised more questions than it answered:
—The body excretes the chemical in a matter of hours. It's possible that the study is simply indicating that heavier kids are more likely to have recently consumed something from a BPA container.
—Only one urine sample was taken from each child, and the youngest children in the study were 6. What isn't known is how much BPA they were exposed to when they were infants — the time in life when the chemical theoretically could have had the greatest effect in triggering weight gain.
All this means is that the study raises some interesting questions, but at this point it's impossible to say BPA causes childhood obesity, said Linda Birnbaum, director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, a federal agency involved in research on BPA.
"It's a hypothesis that needs further exploration," she said.
The American Chemistry Council, which represents chemical manufacturers, called the study speculative and noted lab animal studies that found no evidence that BPA causes obesity.
"Attempts to link our national obesity problem to minute exposures to chemicals found in common, everyday products are a distraction from the real efforts under way to address this important national health issue," the organization said in a statement.


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Generally, title loans are type collateral loans provided for a short time. Title loans are completely legal and trustworthy. There are several leading Maury City title loans. They are the best choice if you need money but want to avoid the burden of bank loans or the hard-hitting loan sharks from your bank. Customers of Maury City title loans can make use of their car as collateral. In this case, they have to surrender their vehicle's title to the lender and give him the ownership of the vehicle until the loan is cleared.
People who have the experience of applying for loans know how difficult it is to convince the bank and pass the interviews. On top of that, the banks would ask you to provide hundreds of documents, which is a very lengthy process. For this reason, in several cases, people who are avoided by large banks see Maury City title loans as a safe, secure, and quick option.
People prefer and trust title loan companies in Maury City TN for financial security because they understand the difficulties people face and the stress it results in. They try to help customers in every possible manner. They understand how consumers, after getting avoided by big banks, search for alternative sources of money. Another considerable advantage of this provider is that they ask you for no credit check.
If you ever had the question "Is there any good loan provider near me?" then title loans are the best answer. It is an easy and advanced way to apply for title loans online. Most of the American title loans Maury City in Tennessee provide the customer with a simple application form that can be filled up very quickly within minutes. Title loans, in general, also ask you to submit up to 15 pictures of your cars.
In simple words, it is the easiest and fastest method to get an auto title loan. Here all you need to do is cooperate with a lender who will help you get the approval online. Once that is done, all you need to do is accept the cash at any physical location. Title loans are preferred heavily because here, you do not have to spend too much time filling up the application.
But, it should be mentioned that many online lenders of title loans depend on wire transfers. Thus, sometimes you might have to wait for a day or two to get your money.
To talk more about its workings, American title loans Maury City in Tennessee TN works under the Maury City Title Loan Act and has two regulatory acts. One in chapter 516, and the other in section 537.
Here are a few things that you should be aware of and take care of if you want to get an instant approval for the loan,
By taking care of the mentioned things, you can get easy title loans Maury City approval.
As far as the question of time is concerned about auto title loans' approval, you should be happy to know that most of the title loans are now accessible on online mode, and you can apply for cash loans online. They provide you a simple form that takes minutes to fill up and can be submitted online. Hence, the process of application has become swift and instant. As a result, the process of approval has also shortened.
To get instant approval, you must have some things cleared such as
If you have all these three things cleared, you can get approval to get a loan online within six hours or one day.
If you plan to take title loans, but you do not know how many title loans you can get at a time, then here is a detailed answer. First of all, the simple rule is one title loan per person.
You will be happy to know that the number of title loans depends on the number of people and the number of cars. If you have three vehicles in your home, you apply for a title loan on each vehicle. The same goes for individuals in a house. Three people in a house can apply for three title loans in their car.
If you have only one car in the house, you have to wait for the first loan's instalment and then apply for a new auto title loan in most of the states, including Maury City auto title loans.
It has been seen that most of the auto title loans in Maury City of Tennessee cost a little more money than the general bank loans. The interest rates are different in different states, but generally, the price is anywhere between 25% a month, or around 300% a year. These rates mean that a person who gets the loan suppose 1,000 dollars will eventually repay 1,250 at the end of a month.
The process of getting title loans in Maury City is now fast and straightforward. To have the best experience of instant service and approval, you must take care of some things. They are,
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In Maury City car title loans and other similar types of short-term loans, the rate that you get generally depends on factors like the total amount of the loan, the total term, and sometimes also Maury City title loans locations, because the cost may vary from state to state. For this reason, you can not solely depend on your credit rating for the cost.
In general, lenders across the US change an average of 25 percent per month to finance a title loan. That means a minimum APR of 300 percent. But this amount can vary depending on the additional charges. For example, today, many title loan lenders ask their customers to pay various types of other fees that include crucial fees, processing fees, origination fees, and document fees.
Many people get nervous after taking a title loan because they do not know how to pay it off. Here are three tips you can follow to pay off your car title loans Maury City more easily to solve this.
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450 gram taro/yam, cleaned, peeled and thinly sliced
170 gram tapioca starch
½ tsp salt
1. Steam taro until soft and mashed while it is hot.
2. Add the tapioca starch and salt in a bowl and add the hot taro paste to it. Stir well and when it cools down a bit knead it to form into smooth dough. (If the dough is too dry add a bit of water and if the dough is too soft add a bit more tapioca starch)
3. Pinch a piece of the dough (size of a marble) and roll into a ball and gently press in the centre with your thumb to make a deep dimple. Do the same to the rest of the dough.
4. Bring a pot of water to boil. Drop in the beads and once it floats, let it boil for another 30 seconds. Remove the beads with a slotted spoon. Set it aside for further use.
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2 shallots – thinly sliced
2 cloves garlic – chopped
1 chicken breast – cut into small cubes
1 small carrot - peel and cut into small cubes
4 Chinese mushroom – soaked till soft and sliced
2 pieces of dried wood ears or black fungus, soaked and thinly sliced
Some spring onions – cut small for garnish
1 tbsp of oyster sauce
3 tbsp of soy sauce
1 tsp dark soy sauce
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½ tsp sugar
Salt and pepper to taste
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3. Add in the abacus beads, all the seasonings and chicken stock. Stir-fry for a minute until well mixed. Check seasoning.
4. Dish out and sprinkle with spring onions. Served warm.


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This tree's fruit is attractive, medium to large sized, light greenish-yellow blushed with pink, tender, and flavorful. Good for cooking and eating. Harvest time is midseason. Careful early training, annual pruning and shaping are required to insure healthy and productive trees. Apple trees are susceptible to a variety of pests and diseases but are very rewarding when properly cared for.
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Cultivar: Winter PearmainFamily: Rosaceae
Size: Height: 10 ft. to 30 ft.
Width: 10 ft. to 15 ft.
Plant Category: fruits, trees,
Plant Characteristics: high maintenance,
Foliage Characteristics: medium leaves, deciduous,
Flower Characteristics: long lasting,
Flower Color: pinks, whites,
Bloomtime Range: Mid Spring to Late Spring
USDA Hardiness Zone: 5 to 8
AHS Heat Zone: Not defined for this plant
Light Range: Sun to Full Sun
pH Range: 5.5 to 7.5
Soil Range: Sandy Loam to Clay Loam
Water Range: Normal to Moist
Plant Care
How-to : Fertilization for Established PlantsEstablished plants can benefit from fertilization. Take a visual inventory of your landscape. Trees need to be fertilized every few years. Shrubs and other plants in the landscape can be fertilized yearly. A soil test can determine existing nutrient levels in the soil. If one or more nutrients is low, a specific instead of an all-purpose fertilizer may be required. Fertilizers that are high in N, nitrogen, will promote green leafy growth. Excess nitrogen in the soil can cause excessive vegetative growth on plants at the expense of flower bud development. It is best to avoid fertilizing late in the growing season. Applications made at that time can force lush, vegetative growth that will not have a chance to harden off before the onset of cold weather.
Conditions : Full to Partial SunFull sunlight is needed for many plants to assume their full potential. Many of these plants will do fine with a little less sunlight, although they may not flower as heavily or their foliage as vibrant. Areas on the southern and western sides of buildings usually are the sunniest. The only exception is when houses or buildings are so close together, shadows are cast from neighboring properties. Full sun usually means 6 or more hours of direct unobstructed sunlight on a sunny day. Partial sun receives less than 6 hours of sun, but more than 3 hours. Plants able to take full sun in some climates may only be able to tolerate part sun in other climates. Know the culture of the plant before you buy and plant it!
Conditions : Full Sun
Full Sun is defined as exposure to more than 6 hours of continuous, direct sun per day.
Problems : Creating a Water RingA water ring, sometimes called a water well, is a mound of compacted soil that is built around the circumference of a planting hole once a plant has been installed. The water ring helps to direct water to the outer edges of a planting hole, encouraging new roots to grow outward, in search of moisture. The height of the mound of soil will vary from a couple of inches for 3 gallon shrubs, to almost a foot for balled and burlapped trees, especially those planted on a slope. Mulch over the ring will help to further conserve moisture and prevent deterioration of the ring itself. Once a plant is established, the water ring may be leveled, but you should continue to mulch beneath the plant.
Conditions : Normal Watering for Outdoor Plants
Normal watering means that soil should be kept evenly moist and watered regularly, as conditions require. Most plants like 1 inch of water a week during the growing season, but take care not to over water. The first two years after a plant is installed, regular watering is important for establishment. The first year is critical. It is better to water once a week and water deeply, than to water frequently for a few minutes.
How-to : Planting a TreeDig out an area for the tree that is about 3 or 4 times the diameter of the container or rootball and the same depth as the container or rootball. Use a pitchfork or shovel to scarify the sides of the hole.
If container-grown, lay the tree on its side and remove the container. Loosen the roots around the edges without breaking up the root ball too much. Position tree in center of hole so that the best side faces forward. You are ready to begin filling in with soil.
If planting a balled and burlaped tree, position it in hole so that the best side faces forward. Untie or remove nails from burlap at top of ball and pull burlap back, so it does not stick out of hole when soil is replaced. Synthetic burlap should be removed as it will not decompose like natural burlap. Larger trees often come in wire baskets. Plant as you would a b&b plant, but cut as much of the wire away as possible without actually removing the basket. Chances are, you would do more damage to the rootball by removing the basket. Simply cut away wires to leave several large openings for roots.
Fill both holes with soil the same way. Never amend with less than half original soil. Recent studies show that if your soil is loose enough, you are better off adding little or no soil amendments.
Create a water ring around the outer edge of the hole. Not only will this conseve water, but will direct moisture to perimeter roots, encouraging outer growth. Once tree is established, water ring may be leveled. Studies show that mulched trees grow faster than those unmulched, so add a 3"" layer of pinestraw, compost, or pulverized bark over backfilled area. Remove any damaged limbs.
Pest : AphidsAphids are small, soft-bodied, slow-moving insects that suck fluids from plants. Aphids come in many colors, ranging from green to brown to black, and they may have wings. They attack a wide range of plant species causing stunting, deformed leaves and buds. They can transmit harmful plant viruses with their piercing/sucking mouthparts. Aphids, generally, are merely a nuisance, since it takes many of them to cause serious plant damage. However aphids do produce a sweet substance called honeydew (coveted by ants) which can lead to an unattractive black surface growth called sooty mold.
Aphids can increase quickly in numbers and each female can produce up to 250 live nymphs in the course of a month without mating. Aphids often appear when the environment changes - spring & fall. They're often massed at the tips of branches feeding on succulent tissue. Aphids are attracted to the color yellow and will often hitchhike on yellow clothing.
Prevention and Control: Keep weeds to an absolute minimum, especially around desirable plants. On edibles, wash off infected area of plant. Lady bugs and lacewings will feed on aphids in the garden. There are various products - organic and inorganic - that can be used to control aphids. Seek the recommendation of a professional and follow all label procedures to a tee.
Pest : Caterpillars
Caterpillars are the immature form of moths and butterflies. They are voracious feeders attacking a wide variety of plants. They can be highly destructive and are characterized as leaf feeders, stem borers, leaf rollers, cutworms and tent-formers.
Prevention and Control: keep weeds down, scout individual plants and remove caterpillars, apply labeled insecticides such as soaps and oils, take advantage of natural enemies such as parasitic wasps in the garden and use Bacillus thuringiensis (biological warfare) for some caterpillar species.
Diseases : Blight
Blights are cause by fungi or bacteria that kill plant tissue. Symptoms often show up as the rapid spotting or wilting of foliage. There are many different blights, specific to various plants, each requiring a varied method of control.
Diseases : Apple Scab
Apple Scab fungus thrives in cool, moist areas and overwinters in infected leaves that have fallen to the ground. In spring, spores infect new leaves, stems, flowers and fruit. If conditions are right (wet and 70 degrees), the fungus can infect the fruit around the bloom in just 6 hours, though visible signs may not be noticed for a couple of weeks.
Infection first appears as a dark green or black irregular patch on leaf surfaces. It is not uncommon for leaves to pucker and become discolored and eventually fall of the tree. Scab on fruit shows up as a brownish patch with a white halo. Older lesions will not have the halo.
Prevention and Control: Plant resistant varieties whenever possible. Remember, resistant does not mean immune. Keep trees properly pruned to promote good air circulation and always rake up and destroy fallen leaves. If you have a known problem from previous years, treat with an appropriate fungicide early on. Follow all directions on the label - make sure the fungicide you select is labelled for use on that plant to control apple scab It is too late to treat if you see scab on fruit and trees.
Fungi : Cedar Apple Rust
Cedar Apple Rust requires two alternate hosts each year: cedar or juniper type plants and apples, crabapples or hawthorn. Between spring and early summer, infected juniper or cedar leaves and stems may swell with greenish-brown galls. By fall, the galls have developed dimples. Though these do no immediate harm to the plant, by the following spring, when weather is wet and warm, the galls swell and develop jelly-like horn protrusions. Spores produced by these horns then infect apple trees. Wind carried spores are capable of infecting trees up to 4 miles away. On apples, cedar apple rust appears as rusty orange spots, having a ring-like appearance. Fruit drop is also common.
Prevention and Control Plant resistant varieties and eliminate hosts from the area. Chinese and Savin Junipers seem to be resistant as are apple varieties Freedom, Liberty, and Priscilla. Always rake-up and destroy diseased or damaged fruit and leaves. There are no chemicals available labeled for home gardener use.
Glossary : SpecimenA specimen can be a tree, shrub, ground cover, annual, or perennial that is unique in comparison to the surrounding plants. Uniqueness may be in color, form, texture, or size. By using only one specimen plant in a visual area, it can be showcased. Specimen plants are accents in the landscape, just as statues, water features, or arbors.
Glossary : Tree
Tree: a woody perennial with a crown of branches that begin atop a single stem or trunk. The exception to this rule is multi-trunk trees, which some may argue are really very large shrubs.
Glossary : U. S. Natives
Native plants require lower maintenance and usually have less pest problems. They are key components in the xeriphytic landscape and backyard wildlife habitat. Select your region and the search will look for all plants in the database that are native to your area.


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