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Error Proves Costly For Falcons In 5-3 Loss At Utah
SALT LAKE CITY - A botched pickoff throw helped lead to Air Force baseball's 5-3 loss at Utah in its Mountain West Conference opener Friday night at Spring Mobile Ballpark. The Falcons dropped to 10-12, 0-1 on the season while the Utes improved to 9-9, 3-1. Falcon starting pitcher Evan Abrecht (5-1) took his first loss of the season despite holding Utah to three earned runs. Abrecht went seven innings, allowing eight hits, while striking out five. Ben Bertelson pitched a scoreless ... Full Story
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GOLFERS TIE FOR SEVENTH AT BARONA COLLEGIATE CUP SAN DIEGO — The University of Colorado men's golf team could have gone out there in the rain and wind Friday and tanked things after a disappointing opening two rounds here in the Barona Collegiate Cup. Instead, the Buffaloes gutted it out, posted the second best final round score and finished tied for seventh in the 16-team event. CU was able to zoom up six spots in the standings as fairly heavy rain fell for about three hours ... Full Story
Air Force 5, Hawaii-Hilo 2 in men's tennis
The Air Force men's tennis team halted a three-match losing streak with a 5-2 victory over Hawaii-Hilo Thursday in Waipahu, Hawaii. With the victory, Air Force improved to 9-5 this spring. UHH opened the match by winning the doubles point. Air Force did, however, win the No. 2 doubles match as senior Taylor Soster and freshman Lucas Marin-Salcedo downed Ryan Coffey and Bryan Canavan, 8-4. Soster and Marin-Salcedo joined three other Falcons to win in singles. Soster was the first off the ... Full Story
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Hugh Davidson is an American actor and screenwriter, best known for his work on the Adult Swim television series Robot Chicken.
Davidson made his acting debut in the 2001 film Pledge of Innocence. He later guest starred on television shows such as Reno 911!, Arrested Development, and Will and Grace.
In 2006, Davidson went to work as a writer and voice actor for Robot Chicken. He also worked as a writer and voice actor for the Adult Swim show Saul of the Mole Men. He wrote three episodes of the series, and starred as the voice of Bertrum Burrows. In 2008, Davidson starred as Thomas Jefferson in the Adult Swim special Young Person's Guide to History.[1] He also voiced characters on the TV show MAD as a series regular and one of the principal cast members.
Davidson is an alumnus of The Groundlings, an improvisational and sketch comedy troupe based in Los Angeles, CA.
Davidson voiced additional voices and wrote archives in Poetry Contest: Poems in History.
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As Mother's Day approaches, I'm reminded of the precious gift I already possess: the gift of motherhood.
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From the moment I realized I was having trouble conceiving, my focus shifted from the excitement of adding to our family, to the blues of feeling sorry for myself. Rather than being reminded of the gift of motherhood, I focused on my lack of baby number two. It wasn't until recently that I took a step back and came to a realization that there are many women who would do just about anything to experience the gift of motherhood (even if it's just one child). Although it's a process, given the fact that the need of wanting a second child is there, I'm gaining a new appreciation for my current situation.
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The Doctor2 Reviews
Somebody once asked me why I wanted to be a doctor.
with the skin off
every version of naked in the dictionary and beyond
I think of how fragile people are.
Every link between every bone in a chink in the armor, so
how the hell did we survive?
How did we become the biggest species, considering we are nothing but porcelain
encased in plastiscene?
When I was a kid, I did not know what I wanted to do with myself.
I wanted to adventure. I wanted to be a pirate.
When I found out that being a pirate/dragon slayer was not a viable career choice,
shocked does not even begin to cover it.
But I grew up and out of it like a rebellious flower,
something I, Eliza, am good at.
But when my body betrayed me and made me feel that it was more important than my mind,
that what I could do was more important than what I could think,
I decided
that I did not like being a flower.
And I tried to cut away the leaves and turn myself into a stick,
tried to cut myself down to something that I wasn't.
And it killed me. Choked me.
Trying to replace love with unholy pesticide is not recommended by your family doctor.
Or by me.
And when the chemicals and weed whackers stopped spinning I turned this poison onto others,
because watching them choke was easier than doing it to myself.
But rebellious little flower that I am,
I grew out of that too.
Grew too tall for silver blades,
Sprouted a resistance to this poison.
And grew too tall to see the people that I had hurt.
Beanstalk Eliza did not give a shit.
And she made new friends.
But within myself, I always wondered what made humans work,
and the first time I saw a butterfly pinned to a corkboard in grade eleven
made me smile.
And out of sympathy, Beanstalk Eliza watered the dead plants at the back of the biology classroom.
In hopes that they would get better
despite them being already dead.
But the idea of nursing another
back to health had never appealed to me.
Weakness in others is sickening.
And it's your bloody vomit, you deal with it.
I've got my own demons to exorcise without
having to fend off yours.
Until I noticed that there was somebody online
who called for help.
Just a small yelp. A pathetic SOS.
From choking on the same poison that I had self-administered.
And I did not see them as somebody else.
I saw them as fat and too tall and who always wore camp shirts.
And their vomit was a symptom of an O.D.
Something self-inflicted. Something nasty.
And their demons were far worse than mine were at that time.
So I told them no.
That there was something bigger. Something infinitely more beautiful waiting for them.
That nobody should try to kill themselves at twelve.
But my voice and advice was overcome by others around me who begged that girl
to stay for a little while longer.
And I thought that my words didn't matter.
Because there would always be somebody else to catch.
And I opened a book and learned about where the Parietal Bone is,
where the Lambdoid suture crosses,
and how far the Frontal Bone goes.
And that kept me breathing.
I counted vertebrae in the spinal cord and
I counted how many other called for help
but nobody ever seemed to want my help.
And I tried to pretend I was cool with that.
One night I saw a video of a boy just like the others.
The Yelpers. The ones who called for help.
Trevor was sad. A chubby boy alone in his basement
with lips like a girl and the nicest eyes I had ever seen.
Somewhat self-conscious after shaving off half an eyebrow.
And he listened to a poem.
And he filmed himself.
The poem itself was more poison.
And the taste was too familiar, enough
to reduce me to tears at the memory
of sharp little bites
both to me and to people who mattered.
Trevor knew the taste of the poison too.
But he didn't cry. Stronger than me, certainly.
Braver, perhaps.
But I watched his face. And all I could see was the tears
that ran silently to be wiped away with a kleenex.
And I watched his jaw shake
at the mention of suicide.
And when told to get a better mirror
if he can't find something worth loving,
Trevor started crying.
And then the words ended.
And all you could hear was Trevor.
Alone. And sad.
And crying.
And I was tired of hearing people cry.
My own tears.
The tears of the Yelpers.
And I was sick to my stomach hearing Trevor cry.
I can not hold all this sadness.
So I picked up a book
and learned all the bones in the skull.
And I can find the iliac crest of the hips.
And I'm learning the tendons in a wrist.
Because I am sick of hearing people suffer alone.
I do not want people to feel
as I have felt.
And I don't want them to do it alone.
I will massacre aquatic life
and I will learn the bones
and the muscles
and the organs that make a person
weak and strong.
My own demons are not as powerful as the ones of others.
And I can quiet them by getting the scrubs.
Making sure that nobody has to go this alone.


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Feds approve pioneering SNHU degree
Leblanc received a letter Tuesday from the U.S. Department of Education informing him that SNHU's pioneering competency-based associate's degree program has been approved by federal authorities. The SNHU College for America is now the first degree program in the nation eligible for federal financial aid that does not rely on the traditional credit hour to measure student learning.
"For the first time in the history of American higher education, federal dollars will support a ?degree path based on what you have learned, not how long you have sat in a chair," Leblanc said.
The $153 billion a year pumped into student grants, work-study programs and government-backed loans has enormous power to drive the direction of innovation in education.
"It's the engine of the higher-education economy in many ways," Leblanc said, "and for the first time, we are saying the calculus on which financial aid will be granted is fundamentally different."
Employers lined up
The Education Department approval is the second of two major milestones for the program, which already has employers lined up to enroll their workers.
The New England Association of Schools and Colleges, the regional accrediting agency for all levels (pre-K to doctoral) approved the program in September. That set the stage for the application to the Education Department in October.
"This is an innovation story that New Hampshire has to tell," he said. "There are any number of other institutions in the country now working on competency-based models who are lined up behind us to do something similar."
Two-year degree for $5,000
One of College for America's first offerings will be an associate degree in general studies, with a focus on business administration. The cost is $1,250 every six months, or $5,000 for a student who completes the program in two years. A student who takes longer will pay more; a quick study will pay less.
By comparison, the 2,000-plus traditional students enrolled in the school's brick and mortar, four-year degree programs invest as much as $110,000 in tuition, accommodations and fees.
Students in the school's College of Online and Continuing Education, taking traditional courses offered by faculty online, pay an average $38,000 in tuition for a four-year degree.
The College for America is able to reduce costs substantially because it does not rely on paid faculty for day-to-day instruction.
CFA students work at their own pace, with no set end or start times for semesters or course offerings. They work with instructional materials created by SNHU personnel from a variety of sources and in a variety of media, with peer and mentor support from the online community and in the workplace.
At various points in the learning process, the work of the student is evaluated by an expert in the field known as a "reviewer," who may or may not be an SNHU faculty member. If the work meets the college standards, the student moves on to the next level.
The writing program, for example, starts with this competency: "Can write a paragraph." It moves on to "Can write a five-paragraph essay," and several competencies later ends with "Can write an appropriately researched and documented argumentative text."
A digital portfolio
The university certifies that the student can do those things, and provides online proof in the form of a digital portfolio containing the student's work in text, audio or video formats for review by an incumbent or potential employer.
Each student is assigned an online coach, with a maximum of 100 students per coach. The program already has 275 students, working with 10 reviewers and six coaches.
Employers who have signed up in New Hampshire include Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Manchester, Riverwoods Retirement Community in Exeter, the Moore Center in Manchester, Globe Manufacturing in Pittsfield and Northeast Delta Dental in Concord. The city of Memphis, Federal Express and ConAgra Foods have also signed deals for their employees.
The program will eventually be open to the public, but for now is available only through enrolled employers.
As part of the Education Department approval, SNHU had to develop a method for translating its competencies into a traditional transcript, should a student need one for a job or to apply for transfer of credits to another institution.
"What higher education has historically been able to do with great precision is tell the world how long a student spent on a topic, not what they have actually learned," said Leblanc. "So when an employer gets a transcript in front of them, and sees the student got a "B," all that tells them is that the student did better than a student who got a "C," but they don't know what the student actually learned. When they get a transcript from CFA, they will see 120 competencies that define very precisely what a student knows."
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We hear it all the time, so often that we try to ignore it by reaching for the dial to turn down the TV or radio when it comes on. Instead of alerting us to the danger, we choose to become numb to the harsh sound of its warning: "This has been a test of the Emergency Broadcast System. If this were not a test, you would be instructed where to tune for instructions in case of an emergency."
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It was all the questions about how to talk to kids about sex after our packed workshops and conferences on our book on healthy marital intimacy, Red Hot Monogamy, that put the pressure on Bill and me to finally write the book that has been on our heart for so long. Since our days in youth ministry over thirty years ago, we have wanted to write a comprehensive guide that helps parents answer their kids' relationship questions from the day they bring home their baby from the hospital to the day he or she walks down the aisle in marriage. And kids do have a myriad of questions from "preschool to premarital"!
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We believe every parent needs to read 10 Questions Kids Ask About Sex, or a book like it, when you consider just a few of the more startling statistics:
- Nearly half of U.S. high school students surveyed in 2011 had had sex, a third of them in the previous three months. Of these, almost 40 percent did not use a condom and 77 percent did not use birth control. About 15 percent of these students had had sex with four or more partners.
- Eighty percent of young adults raised in church (ages 18 to 29) say they have had sex before marriage. Of these, 64 percent have done so within the last year and 42 percent are in a current sexual relationship.
- In 2009, more than half of births to American women under 30 occurred outside marriage.
- Worldwide there are approximately 42 million abortions every year. In 2008 there were 2.21 million in the United States alone—that's 3,315 every day.
- One woman in four will be sexually assaulted during her lifetime. Thirty-five percent of college men indicated that they would rape a woman if they could be assured of not getting caught.
- Adolescents and young adults are at the greatest risk for acquiring an STD. Approximately 19 million new infections occur each year, almost half of them among people aged 15 to 24.
- In 2009, young persons accounted for 39 percent of all new HIV infections in the US.
What the outcome of all this? 55 percent of the boys and 70 percent of the girls who had sex now say they wish they had not.
The alarm is sounding, but we, as parents and leaders, can team to help all of our kids! We can rescue them from becoming a statistic. Instead of pretending everything is fine (when it is really in a state of emergency) we can instead fix the cause of that emergency so there becomes no need for the alarm. If we share God's view of love and become the first and primary source of good relationship information for our kids, we can lower the volume of the warning noise. We cannot put off talking because we are uncomfortable with the topic or our own past choices. In 10 Questions Kids Ask About Sex, we share that the answer to stem the moral emergency is three fold:
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To expand slightly on Kev's excellent answer, there is no way to automate normalization starting with a database since proper normalization requires an understanding of dependencies within the data. Determining the dependcies requieres an understanding of the data and the relationship between the fields, this part cannot be automated.
Now, if you can fully specify all functional dependencies within your data then it does become possible to automate the normalization at that point. However, in almost all real world cases precisely specifying the functional dependencies is the hardest part of normalization, and putting it into a form that can be used by the automated tools can be painstaking even when you know what allt he dependencies are.So, it is technically possible to automate it if you are willing and able to specify every functional dependency, but this really only comes up in academic/theoretical situations. As a practical matter, it is generally faster, simpler, and just as effective to do it by hand.
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To add to @Kev Riley's answer, what's even better is that what may be normalized for one table may not be for another. A great example is telephone numbers: supposing that you have just American phone numbers with no extensions, they're in the format (xxx) xxx-xxxx. Is this normalized? It depends... Are you going to analyze area codes and try to derive geographical information? If so, then no, this is not normalized. But if you're just printing the telephone number on an invoice and never doing anything else with it, then you could make an argument that it is normalized.Unfortunately, aside from some really obvious cases (like a table with Field1, Field2, Field3, Field4), normalization is a process, not a formula.
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My requirement as given below:- I have to design database diagram on existing database which have 1000 thousand tables without any foreign key constraint but using referenced column in each other related module tables so how should I start to design the diagram?
Jul 05, 2011 at 10:14 PM Amardeep
@sqlchamp - I should ask that as a different question - you'll get more relevant responses.
Jul 06, 2011 at 01:11 AM ThomasRushton ♦
Normalization is a design consideration, and is based on organizing YOUR data for minimal redundancy and better performance.
Because it is data dependent, there is no automatic process, you have to apply knowledge and rules.Certainly you can use the table metadata and the actual data to find possible areas of un-normalized data, for example nullable fields, null data, repeating data etc.
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Most noticeable of these is the bright cerise of the Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja miniata) which, by its own flagrant beauty, seeks to conceal its lowly character. It is partly parasitic on the roots of other plants--exacting tribute so that it may have its place in the sun. But few of our common flowers are "borne to blush "un seen". In the moist, boggy areas we find rosettes of thick, bright green leaves from which groups of deep purple, distinctively formed flowers are held aloft upon their succulent stems and we recognize it immediately as the Shooting Star--our Dedocatheon jeffreyi--which is sometimes referred to as Lovers Dart or Bird's Bill. Then here and there are large groups of yellow blossoms wherein the Suksdorf's Buttercup and the Potentilla vie for the attention of the passer by. Quite often, too, does their superficial similarity confuse the hiker wherein the identity of one or the other is lost. But look closely and their differences are easily ascertained; for the Potentilla, which owes allegiance to the Rose Family, has strongly notched petals surmounting bright green sepals while the glossy, "varnished" appearance of the Buttercup's petals are sufficient to enable any novice to recognize it for what it really is.
A species of Claytonia, which might be termed Spring Beauty, seems to be particularly abundant this year in these Hudsonian meadows. It is a small white flower--its petals delicately veined with purple.
Heathers are coming on too. The Red (Phyllodoce empetriformis), the yellow, which belongs to the same genus as the Red, and the White, which botanists term Cassiope mertensiana, give evidence of great abundance in their chosen habitats later on.
On the hillsides in moister locations droops the herbacious columns of the Mertensia, its numerous bell-like blue and pink flowers hanging languidly from their stems. "Languid Lady" it is sometimes called--nor is that term far fetched. The most numerously represented family, however, is the Figwort, for this group boasts, at the present time several species of Mimulus, including the well known Red Mimulus or Lewis's Monkey Flower, three or four kinds of pentstemon, most beautiful and striking of which is the Red Penstemon which decorates, in stiking contrast, the harsh rocky locations with compact masses of scarlet. Among others of this family are the Paintbrushes, already mentioned, and the Turtleshead (Chelone) which is found at the lower elevations.
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After being the recipient of quite a bit of bad press, Monster Cable has finally dropped its trademark infringement lawsuit against Monster Mini Golf.
In a letter posted on Monster Mini Golf's web site, owner Christina Vitagliano posted the news that after discussing the issue directly with Monster Cable head and found Noel Lee (and after kicking the lawyers out of the room), an agreement was reached:
We all have the ability to make our own choices. Even though he stepped outside of this battle until recently, Mr. Lee chose to allow it to happen. I do want to state that Mr. Lee, did not legally HAVE to do anything at this point. He did not have to step up to the plate, he could have gone on fighting this but it was his choice to step in. He, not his attorneys, chose to make these new decisions and well, to put it simply, that's big!
Monster Mini Golf is now able to register their trademark without opposition or litigation from Monster Cable, and Lee offered to pay Monster Mini Golf's legal fees.
Click the Read link below to view the full text of Vitagliano's update and Noel Lee's letter to Monster Mini Golf.
I'm glad to see that Noel Lee came to his senses, but I would imagine this was more about putting the bad press behind him than doing what's right. I hope that Monster Cable has learned a lesson through this ordeal, and maybe, just maybe, the power of public opinion has forced the company to re-evaluate its lawyers-first, ask-questions-never approach to everything containing the word "Monster."
Will this change my opinion of Monster Cable, and will it cause me to consider buying their products again? Maybe. We'll see how they do a couple of months down the road when the next issue comes up and they think no one is watching. This whole issue has also brought to light that there are many companies out there producing quality products in the same segments as Monster Cable, and Monster will have to work a little harder to be a choice worth consideration.
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I am very fortunate that at the moment I am unable to afford any new lenses for my 400d When in the future I am able, what type of lens would give me the best results.
I always hear people asking "what type of photograpghy do you plan on doing?" The truth is, I don't have anything in particular in mind, I just want to be able to take pictures everywhere. Outside/inside from bright to dark conditions, both close up and at a distance. I would like a lens which is capable of producing decent low light pics, as with my current 17-55 and 55-200 Canon lenses, I really haven't been able to get anything approaching reasonable quality at music gigs I have attended, though that will largely be down to my lack of skill and knowledge!
In your opinion, for an amatuer pleasure photographer(that will never make money from pics):-
1. What's the best lens for close up pics?
2. What's the best general walk around lens?
3. What's the best telephoto lens?
4. What's the best macro lens?
When making your suggestions, please also consider price, as you would if it were for yourself. Unless I win the lottery, I will never spend thousands on a single lens, though I might be tempted to spend between 1-2K in time, for the right one!
Also, as I am struggling to manage to get a decent indoor low light photo, what type of lens would help me more?
Any suggestions, particularly with a brief(and simple) explanation, would be greatly appreciated.
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Quote: I am very fortunate that at the moment I am unable to afford any new lenses for my 400d
You've lost me already.What's fortunate about that.
Surely you'd be better off asking for recomendation when you can afford a lens.
If money is no problem the f2.8 L lenses are fantastic quality and good in low light. For walk about the Canon 28-105mm and 100-300mm USM lenses cover most needs. The Sigma 50-300mm (I think it was 50 it might have been 28mm!)got good reviews in the current Photography Monthly.
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an open question I am afraid. The honest answer is if you work a bit longer with your current lenses you will start to see what you need and in what priority. But here goes.
close up get a real macro lens. Pick one about 100mm in focal length (zooms are not the best Macro lenses). Pick of the bunch Canon 100mm macro, but Sigma 105 and Tamron 90mm perform well also, so if you get a good deal on one of those be happy.
Low light suits expensive fast lenses, or simple primes. Canons 50mm f1.8 is a budget lens that looks and feels cheep but works well. Great for portraits or low light and only @£65 new these days.
Canons 24-70 is opticaly fast and a decent walk around. I like a wider view on life so I use a 17-40 as a walk around/landscape lens. The 17-85Is is another contender as is Canons 24-105. The choice depends on style etc. Those lenses start at over £300. Sigmas 17-70 may suit. Or there is sigmas 18-50 EX fast at f2.8 and decent quality, if crop camera only.
Telephoto lenses, well 70-200 f4 L has fans in its standard and IS version, then there is an f2.8 version great for sports fans.
The 300 IS is popular for some wildlife togs, as is the 100-400L
And the list is longer................
Thanks guys!
Strawman, I realise I have posed a wide ranging question, but it's great to get some thoughts in all these areas, before as you suggest, I choose one or more to move on in.
I have purchased a Canon 50mm mk11 prime from Amazon for £60.31 delivered, but unfortunately it wouldn't work with my 400d or the camera store's 400d when I took it in for them to look at. I have since returned it and am getting a refund. Another 400d user on here has said he had the same problem with this particular lense and had heard others have too, so I feel there is a compatability issue. It's a shame as it was good value for money.
Think I might nip and see what prices the macro lenses are!
Decide on your budget first and then get a lens to fit the budget. Photography can be a bottomless pit for money to fall into, otherwise!
Also remember the law of diminishing returns, viz. at the upper end, for a tiny improvement in quality you have to spend a great deal of extra money. (The law can reverse at the bottom end of the price range).
Macro - Canon 100mm Macro
Low light - either Canon 50mm prime or Canon 35mm f1.4L - I use the 35mm for concert work - highly recommended.
Standard - Canon 17-55 IS or 24-70 L
Zoom - 70-200L F4
just got the canon 100mm macro for 300 notes - absolute cracker - look no further for macro and very good for portraiture too
If money is no problems then fast L lenses are the way to go.
My 3 basic lenses are as follows:
Canon 16-35 2.8L MKII £1100 (If te budget doesn't go this far then the 17-40 f4 L is a great lens too, at about half thee price.)
Canon 24-70 2.8L £ 900
Canon 70-200 2.8L IS £1250 (Again there is an f4 vesion forabout half the price is ££ is a consideration here)
THese cover 80% of my day to day work just fine, the 70-200 being my fave gig lens ever.
As a walkabout lens I'd go for the 24 - 105 L, although it's slower it's got good glass and unless yo're going for a walk at night it should be fast enough.
As for maco lenses th canon 100mm is supposed to be very good, although I'm not really sure what else is out here.
Just for the record, I have bought recently a 17-85 IS for general use,( they were £100 cashback till recenlty) I think about £429, it is better than the Sigma 17-70 I had previously although that was a good value for money lens.
I did get a 70-300 IS Canon which was excellent optically but build quality was not brilliant.
I have changed that for a 70-200F4L, this is a corker for £430.
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A surge in gold and silver prices has more people looking to invest a portion of their retirement savings in precious metals. Here's how it can be done.
Some owners of individual retirement accounts still have bad vibes about the stock market. However, the safest fixed-income investments are paying microscopic returns, and the risk of inflation remains worrisome. That's why investing some of your IRA money in gold or other precious metals might be appealing.
Here's what you can and can't do when it comes to your IRA and precious metals.
The Internal Revenue Code allows IRAs to own certain gold, silver and platinum coins, as well as gold, silver, platinum and palladium bullion that meet applicable fineness standards.
For example, an IRA can own American Gold Eagle coins, Canadian Gold Maple Leaf coins, American Silver Eagle coins, American Platinum Eagle coins and gold and silver bars (bullion) that are 99.9% pure or better.
Some well-known gold coins, including the South African Krugerrand, are off limits, as are bullion bars that are not sufficiently pure. The coins or bullion must be held by the IRA trustee rather than the IRA owner. In other words, you can't have your IRA buy coins or bullion and then stash them in your safe deposit box or bury them in your backyard.
These tax rules apply equally to traditional IRAs, Roth IRAs, simplified employee pension accounts and Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees (Simple) IRAs. No problems so far.
The big issue with IRA ownership of precious metal assets is finding a trustee willing to set up a self-directed IRA, handle the transfer of funds to the precious metals dealer and facilitate the physical transfer and storage of the coins or bullion.
None of the major brokerage firms is willing to play, leaving only a handful of outfits in the game, including Sterling Trust, American Estate & Trust, GoldStar Trust and the Entrust Group. Most trustees will arrange for the physical storage of coins and bullion with the Delaware Depository Service in Wilmington, Del.
The trustee will typically charge a one-time IRA set-up fee ($25 to $50), an annual management fee for producing account statements and handling other paperwork ($75 to $250) and an annual fee for storing and insuring the coins or bullion ($125 to $250). Additional fees may be charged for various transactions, including account contributions and distributions and purchases and sales of coins or bullion.
IRA owners are usually on their own when it comes to finding a precious metals dealer to sell coins or bullion to the IRA or to buy coins or bullion from the account. Examples of such dealers include USAGOLD-Centennial Precious Metals and Goldline International.
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Physical ownership of precious metal assets by IRAs is not for everyone, although it has become more popular in recent years as the price of gold has surged. Still, only 2% to 5% of IRAs own precious metal coins or bullion, according to George Cooper with USAGOLD-Centennial Precious Metals.
An alternative to putting coins or bullion in your IRA is buying shares of an exchange-traded fund that tracks the value of particular precious metals.
A few years ago, tax advisers worried that having your IRA acquire such shares might be treated, for tax purposes, the same as buying collectibles (coins and metals are generally treated as collectibles under the tax law). Because IRAs are not allowed to own collectibles, that would have resulted in a deemed taxable distribution from the IRA with the investor then using the money to buy the prohibited ETF shares.
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