Musser's Ozark Tavern / Resort (El Rancho Junction, Miller County, Missouri) In the 1930s, Hwys. 54 and 52 ran together from Eldon to the point where, three miles south of Eldon, at the junction of Hwys. 54-52, Hwy. 52 peeled off and headed east to Tuscumbia.
Charlie spent several summers in the Ozark region of Missouri, and possibly played more gigs there than has previously been thought*. It was during one summer that he underwent a radical change as a musician. Little is known of this period in Charlie's life but Musser's Ozark Tavern/Resort has been cited as one of, possibly several establishments that hired the youthful Charlie.
Clarence Musser is on the left wearing a tie.
This chapter gives a clear and valuable impression of the society Charlie entered and goes someway to explaining how Charlie was able to develop his ability and musical knowledge.
*Charlie was probably on his way to the opening of Musser's Ozark Tavern at Thanksgiving 1936 when he was involved in the car crash that killed George Wilkerson and assigned Charlie to bed for the following three months. As his saxophone was destroyed in the accident, Musser apparently bought him a brand new replacement.
Clarence W. Musser, an Eldon resident for several years and an employee of the Rock Island Railroad Company, teamed up with Attorney L. N. Musser of Kansas City, and purchased Cahill's gas station and property for $8,000. Later, Musser would also purchase Gay's Tavern.
Clarence Musser hired Marshall Harrison, a contractor who had built an elaborate tourist camp at Excelsior Springs, Missouri, to build his tourist camp. What arose over the next two years was an elaborate layout of fine English-style brick buildings and various recreational facilities. Musser named the business Musser's Ozark Tavern and would use the word "tavern" for several years before replacing it with the word "resort." The original two-story brick building was large, containing a café and coffee shop, cocktail room, dining room, amusement room, and the Crystal Ballroom with dimensions of 34 x 60 feet where live orchestra's and big bands performed. For a time even a radio station broadcast special events from Musser's place.
Musser's Ozark Tavern Resort opened to the public on Thanksgiving Day 1936. He soon added a 15-room hotel, a filling station next to the main building and eight steam-heated, air-conditioned brick rental cottages in the triangle of the junction facing both highways. He built a modern bath house with washrooms for men and women, a golf driving range, a double tennis court, and had plans for two swimming pools. "One pool will be 120 feet long and 80 feet wide, while the other will be 40 feet long and 20 feet wide," said a news story. The large swimming pool, when completed, had a lighted waterfall at one end.
The groups that performed at Musser's Ozark Tavern were largely from Kansas City and some were noted black jazz bands. In the 1930s and 40s, Eldon was a "sundown town" where blacks were not welcome, particularly after dark. But Clarence Musser had grown up on the rough side of life in Kansas City. He didn't take kindly to being told who he could and could not do business with or associatewith. He was rumored to have had ties with Big Tom and the House of Pendergast in Kansas City.
Musser was short of stature, somewhat hot headed and often armed. He paid no attention to local racial attitudes. Musser didn't recognize the color of a person's skin. He was only interested in the color of a person's money or a person's talent. He put the blacks up at his resort and drew huge crowds of people who appreciated good music and food and liked to dance and party.
"Musser's Tavern is now the popular place to spend an enjoyable evening. An excellent colored orchestra coupled with what many have pronounced 'the smoothest floor near Eldon' have continued to draw bigger crowds each night," said the Lake of the Ozarks News on Dec. 15, 1936. "The orchestra plays until one o'clock each evening and with some encouragement has played much longer.
During the last half of the 1930s, Musser's Tavern gave the Lakeside Casino Restaurant and the White House Hotel, which were the hot spots on the Bagnell Dam Strip, stiff competition. Musser also tended to pirate good employees from other businesses on The Strip.
The quality of Musser's establishment and the entertainment that Musser was able to get from Kansas City drew the attention of politicians, both state and local, and their supporters. The year 1938 was a banner year for political shindigs at Musser's and kicking things off was the Miller County Republican Committee who sponsored a "Washington's Birthday Banquet" at Musser's Tavern on Feb. 22, 1938.
"The banquet is being sponsored by the Miller County Republican Committee, and is one of several similar meetings to be held throughout the State of Missouri and other states," said the Miller County Autogram. "Mrs. Geo. B. Simmons, a speaker of national importance, has been engaged as the principal speaker of the evening. Mrs. Simmons is a Missouri woman whose fame has spread throughout the nation, as a forceful and interesting speaker on the issues now confronting the American people… Chas. R. Hawkins of Brumley, is Chairman of the Republican Committee.
"Judge Billings will be the honored guest and the principal speakers will be Hon. Howard Hannah, secretary of the Young Democratic Club of Missouri, and Judge J. M. Boyd, former Chief Counsel for the Missouri Public Service Commission.
"There will be delegates from every county of the State, and those in charge of the demonstration are expecting the largest crowd ever to assemble in Miller County.
"James W. Miller, of Eldon, a well-known Rock Island engineer, will speak in behalf of the people of Miller County.
The crowd was estimated at 2,500, which was certainly beyond the holding capacity of the Crystal Ballroom at Musser's Ozark Tavern.
Musser's Ozark Tavern Resort prospered until January 1941 when a disastrous fire occurred.
Musser promptly rebuilt but on a smaller scale and reopened in 1943. Then in March 1945, trouble struck again when Musser was involved in an altercation with William E. Buckhart in Eldon. The two men exchanged gunfire and Buckhart was killed.
Musser was charged with second degree murder but on a change of venue to Jefferson City, he was acquitted. During the trial period, Musser sold the resort and all of its associated properties to Mr. & Mrs. Jefferson W. Mitchell. Mitchell was a veteran in the business of building and operating oil refineries. He had been superintendent of the Phillips Refinery in Kansas City, Kansas, from 1928 to 1940 when he went to Bartlesville, Oklahoma, where he was assistant manager of the refinery department of the Phillips Company. He was elevated to manager of that department in 1943 and resigned in 1945 when he and his wife purchased Musser's Ozark Resort.
It should be noted that the Phillips Oil Company has a financial investment in the property at El Rancho Junction. Phillips Oil Company products have been sold on the property for nearly 70 years.
The Mitchells had the business for one year and then sold to Jim Hannaford, Jim Lawrence and Francis Biselx who renamed it El Rancho of the Ozarks [see El Rancho of the Ozarks]. From: History & Geography of Lake of the Ozarks, Volume One by H. Dwight Weaver, 2005, pages 143-146.
El Rancho Resort in 1958.
El Ranco Motel in the 60's?
There are some images from the Miller Country Museum website who host a page about Musser's Tavern also.
Website where you can contact Dwight and/or buy his books.


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Dinagat belongs to Surigao-SC says with finality, ordered COMELEC to conduct Special Elections without delay…
bySurigaonon Ako - Saturday, February 26, 2011
After showing its most diplomatic gesture on the embattled Dinagat Case deliberation, the Supreme Court (SC) finally ended up the long political agony after issuing an En Banc Notice dated January 11, 2011 signed and released on January 26, 2011 by Enriqueta E. Vidal, Clerk of Court of the Supreme Court granting the Motion for Execution of Judgment declaring R.A. 9355 or an Act creating the Province of Dinagat Islands unconstitutional.
The High Tribunal also grant under paragraph (g) on that same en banc notice directing the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) to conduct a "Special Elections" as soon as possible for all affected positions in the Province of Surigao del Norte and enjoining the respondents and other respective counsels from further submitting new and/or additional pleadings under pain of contempt of court, in view of the finality of its decision.
The same statement under paragraph (a), the Supreme Court noting without action the motion for Entry of Judgment dated August 20, 2010 filed by Counsel of the Petitioners considering that the Entry of Judgment was already made on May 18, 2010 and further GRANT the prayer for an immediate Motion for Execution.
Atty. Victor Bernal, counsel for the petitioners in a telephone interview with this writer, said that he felt so vindicated with the Supreme Court's finality in resolving the prolonged court debate on their petition filed under G.R. No.180050 (Rodolfo Navarro, et.al. vs. Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita, et.al.)
"All the discussions on these case is over and no other further pleadings and discussions will be entertained as Supreme Court declares its finality", Bernal said.
"We are all vindicated and happy with this decision", he added.
Bernal disclosed "it is clearly stated in this En Banc Notice that the Supreme Court also made a direct order to the COMELEC to conduct a Special Election as soon as possible."
Bernal also stressed further that it is also logical and precise for the DILG to appoint new officials in acting capacity to serve as caretakers while waiting for the schedule of the special elections.
It was provided earlier in COMELEC Resolutions 8790 which was issued prior to the May 10 Elections that "if the final decision of the Supreme Court will come out after May 10, 2010 Elections, the result of the elections in affected areas will be considered Null and Void and a Special Elections shall have to be conducted for the positions of Governor, Vice Governor, Member of House of Representative including Members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan in District 1 Surigao del Norte and Dinagat Islands".
Jade's reaction
Dinagat Islands Vice Governor Geraldine "Jade" Ecleo, in an exclusive interview with this writer, said "I was very disappointed upon hearing Supreme Court's notice…but we are still hoping for a miracle to happen, but if it's really final then we can do nothing but to accept it".
Lately, Vice Governor Ecleo made a one-on one dialogue with DBM Secretary Florencio Abad in Butuan City on the matter of withheld Internal Revenue Allotment for Dinagat Province.
Ecleo felt dismayed on Abad's statement informing her that the Budget Department was no longer considering the release of IRA intended for Dinagat following the last year's Entry of Judgment issued by the High Court nullifying Dinagat Province.
Reports bared that Dinagat IRA was not even included in the National Budget of 2011 because of the impending court order.
However, the vice governor really need to have a written order coming from the department's concerned for their perusal on the actual status of their IRA.
I still win
Surigao del Norte Governor Sol Matugas refrained from giving direct statements on the possibility of special elections, however, she simply dismissed speculations that there might have change of political landscape in the days to come.
In reaction to the text message sent to a radio anchor by Dinagat Mayor Gwendolyn Ecleo-Durano stating the latter's declaration of ECLEO's strong alliance with the Matugases,
"It is my deep privilege hearing that declaration…I really wanted to reach out with people to join my administration", she disclosed.
Well if special elections will take place, "I WILL SURELY WIN" and there's no doubt about that…My foes should be vigilant…WIN NA WIN" Sol's jubilant note in an interview with the local media recently.
The Divided Ecleo's
Vice Gov. Ecleo made it clear that as of now, the Ecleos are divided in two separate groups. "It is a public knowledge that the Ecleo's are divided…They have their own group and I have my own camp…I am standing alone with the help of God and my father Ruben Sr.", she said.
On the possibility of reconciliation with her siblings in the future days, the lady vice governor stressed, she has never hated her mother Dinagat Governor Glenda Ecleo and her kin's.
"I have never hated them, I always loved them and they're always in my heart…We only argue on our principles", Jade said.
But on the context of letting her swallow her principles in the name of reconciliation, that she cannot do, Jade Ecleo vehemently disclosed.
"For as long as I think that it is not good and right in accordance to what I believed to be the dictates of my conscience, I will not swallow my principles", V-Gov. Jade said.
Ace compassion
Distancing himself in the light of the issue, former Governor Ace Barbers had conveyed compassion with the Ecleo's on the turn of events happening these days.
Former Gov. Ace Barbers
He said that he felt so sad upon hearing the news that Dinagat Islands lone Representative Ruben Ecleo Jr. is facing expulsion from the House after the Sandiganbayan ruled with finality on his convictions of three graft cases.
Though privy on the issuing statements on Supreme Court's latest en banc notice on Dinagat case, the former governor said he will just observe what happens next.
The Barbers family is considered a traditional political ally of the Ecleo's since time immemorial. Record speaks well that Barbers helped the Ecleo's much in all their previous court battles. It was even the late Senator Bobby Barbers who was then instrumental for Bobong Ecleo's temporary liberty after court granted him to post bail bond on the parricide case filed against him nine years ago. (Natz Corbeta, Editor/Publisher, Karaga News Central)
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Q: Google App Engine - Spring Security Issue (java.security.AccessControlException) I'm currently getting the AccessControlException below when I deploy to app engine (I don't see it when I run in my local environment). I'm using GAE 1.3.1, Spring 3.0.1, and Spring Security 3.0.2. Any ideas how to get around this issue? It appears to be an issue with Spring Security trying to get the system class loader, but I'm not sure how to work around this.
Nested in org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'org.springframework.security.filterChainProxy': Initialization of bean failed; nested exception is java.security.AccessControlException: access denied (java.lang.RuntimePermission getClassLoader):
java.security.AccessControlException: access denied (java.lang.RuntimePermission getClassLoader)
    at java.security.AccessControlContext.checkPermission(AccessControlContext.java:355)
    at java.security.AccessController.checkPermission(AccessController.java:567)
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    at java.lang.ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader(Unknown Source)
    at org.springframework.beans.BeanUtils.findEditorByConvention(BeanUtils.java:392)
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A: I had this exact same problem.  This doesn't have to do with Spring Security.  The cause of this is using Spring form tags on the app engine.  See http://www.answercow.com/2010/02/spring-forms-on-google-app-engine.html for more info and how to fix it.  I followed those directions and now everything works fine.

A: The latest versions I've been able to get to work together are Spring 3.0.1 and Spring Security 3.0.1. Using Spring Security 3.0.2 gives the exception described in the question. I've opened a bug against Spring Security here. Please vote for it if you are facing this issue.
Update: Based on the feedback from Luke Taylor in the referenced bug this will be fixed in the 3.0.3 release and the 3.1 branch.

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Bryan Stevenson was a young lawyer when he founded the Equal Justice Initiative, a legal practice dedicated to defending those most desperate and in need: the poor, the wrongly condemned, and women and children trapped in the farthest reaches of our criminal justice system. One of his first cases was that of Walter McMillian, a young man who was sentenced to die for a notorious murder he insisted he didn't commit. The case drew Bryan into a tangle of conspiracy, political machination, and legal brinksmanship—and transformed his understanding of mercy and justice forever.
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The pound was flat on the day around US$1.25, some way off last week's five-week high of US$1.2674. For the month, though, it was up around 1.4%, benefiting from a broad fall in the US dollar, leaving it on track for its first January rise agains the US dollar since 2012.
British Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit bill is expected to survive weeks of intense parliamentary scrutiny that begin in the House of Commons on Tuesday, despite pro-EU lawmakers' attempts to force the government to rethink its strategy.
May's government is seeking approval for a law giving her the right to trigger Article 50 — the legal starting point for leaving the EU — after the Supreme Court ruled last week she could not take that decision unilaterally. It is expected to use its majority to resist any substantial amendments to the bill.
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Against the euro, the pound was flat at 85.67 pence.
As well as the parliamentary Brexit debate, currency traders have their eyes on this week's Bank of England "Super Thursday", with the central bank expected to keep interest rates at their current record lows, but to increase its growth and inflation forecasts.
"We stay of the view that sterling upside is limited and rallies should be sold," wrote Credit Agricole currency strategists in a research note.
"This is especially true as long-term uncertainty with respect to Brexit should stay intact and as... (the) BoE monetary policy announcement and inflation report is unlikely to surprise on the hawkish side. This is regardless of BoE Governor Carney not long back having stressed that Brexit is not regarded as the primary downside risk to the economy any longer."
Data released earlier on Tuesday showed Britain's consumers turned a little less gloomy in January, though there were signs that they might be starting to scale back on spending as last year's Brexit vote pushes up inflation.
Britain's economy grew more strongly than its rich-country peers last year, confounding forecasts from the Bank of England and almost all private economists that the referendum decision to leave the European Union would quickly hit growth.


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Is this the ultimate DIY roach motel?
Meaty, dead cockroaches in the unintended empty beer can trap, after I cut it open.
They crawled into an empty beer can and couldn't get out!
Last night I had a nightmare that's too disturbing to recount. Apparently my subconscious doesn't shy away from exploring the most horrible scenarios on occasion. But the clincher is that the bad dream arose in response to a sound being produced by roaches.
I woke up from the bad dream to a sound like something dripping on metal. I worried that rainwater could be leaking onto my computer or something, so got up to investigate. I reached out and touched the computer in the dark and it felt dry, and a bit dusty. Obviously not wet. The sound stopped, so I went back to lie in bed. But then the sounds started up again. Definitely metal and tinny. It was coming from a shelf beside my table where I could see I'd set an empty beer can the night before. "Oh no," I thought, "This is going to have something to do with an enormous flying roach."
When I flipped on the light I discovered I was correct (there are so many times being right sucks). A giant, flying roach had got caught trying to get into the top of the can, and all the sound was it's spiky legs clamoring against the can. Yuck! This wasn't as bad as the giant roach in the mug of tea I found weeks ago, but it wasn't like finding a fragrant, blossoming flower either.
Oh what the hell, here he is in case you missed him: the ugly @#$%^ in the cup of tea I left out overnight.
I didn't wana' touch the detestable little beast, so I put it under the tap and used full-force water to propel it into the can. I, again correctly, predicted it wouldn't be able to make any sounds in a water-filled can and would probably drown. I went back to sleep. It's to my credit that I was less determined to kill the critter than to just silence it so I could get some rest, sans horrendous nightmares.
In the morning I shook the can and, yap, there was something sodden and hefty in there. But I had a suspicion, because there had been quite a lot of clattering, that there were perhaps two moistened corpses inside. I cup open the can with scissors, and, low and behold, two giant, repulsive cockroach cadavers.
Before judging me as a slob or something – and in so doing cursing yourself with a plague of roaches – remember that I live in a guesthouse in tropical Thailand, and the roaches can come under the door or up through the drains regardless of how clean my apartment is (in fact it just had a thorough cleaning a day ago from the staff). For the first six months I lived here I never saw a roach, and rejoiced that it wasn't like the apartment I had in Bangkok where I could usually see antennae peaking out of the drain in the shower if I cared to look, and they traveled in packs. But in the last couple months the roaches have made themselves known as they've established their new territory. In the neighborhood, locals tried to squelch the local entrenched cockroach population by implementing an insect fogger that took down some of the natural predators (like geckos), made some fish go belly up, and gave me a bit of a headache, but apparently only gave the resident roaches a pleasantly enticing social buzz.
The tail end of the fogging of about a week ago. Earlier it plumed ominously over my balcony rail, but I didn't have the camera ready to film it.
Seems like setting out some beer traps might have worked better. The key might just be putting the can alongside something the insects could surely climb up. No poison. No killing the local predators. No sickening the tenants. No accidentally getting it on the food we eat…
I'm kind of torn on trying to repeat the unintended experiment in order to rid my room of any possible lingering roaches. YES, I do realize I shouldn't have left out a can of beer with a sip left in it, or a half-finished cup of tea overnight the other time. I must be more vigilant! And that brings me to the problem of repeating the experiment. I was looking at the corpses of the roaches, and they are rather fascinating. Objectively speaking, the form is exceedingly complex and even elegantly engineered. The heads aren't really any worse than those of a grasshopper or cricket. Their color, movement and odor are what's so ghastly. It's a personality, style, and hygiene question. And the antennae are super long. These specimens had antenna about 2 inches, and the bodies an inch and a half (yes, I just measured one). With that kind of radar, they might be able to smell the beer or tea or whatever from outside the room and be lured in by it.
Might try the experiment on my balcony – because the little guests can't make their way through the sliding glass door – just to see how effective the beer-can trap is. Could be the ultimate DIY roach motel.
OK, you're right, it's just an excuse to have a beer tonight.
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For organizations considering using public cloud-based services, asking tough security questions of the vendor is an essential first step, says Eric Chiu, president of HyTrust.
Organizations "should really ask about all the same requirements of that public cloud provider that they would ask themselves," Chiu recommends. "What sort of role-based access control is being put into that environment? How are they securing their own cloud administrators in terms of accessing and getting to data?"
In this video interview at Information Security Media Group's recent Healthcare Security Summit in New York, Chiu also recommends asking cloud vendors about:
Their policies on encrypting data and managing the keys;
Their logging and auditing activities;
Their configuration best practices.
Chiu co-founded HyTrust Inc. in 2007 and also serves as its president. He served as the CEO of the company until 2011. Chiu has more than 13 years of experience in high-tech management and finance. He formerly served as vice president of sales and business development at Cemaphore Systems and led business development activities at MailFrontier and mySimon, which was acquired by CNET Networks.
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I wanted to share this lovely chocolate figure picture. It was given to me by one of my students on Valentine's Day 2012. Most of the young girls made chocolates from kits they bought at the local accessory and stationary shops for young'uns (although I was quite partial to shopping there myself for cute Korean goodies). The kits contained molds, sprinkles and chocolate to melt, plus individual bags for the chocolate gifts to be wrapped in. It is common for kids to give their teachers little gifts on Valentine's Day, something I found strange at first but that now seems completely normal!


The first iteration of the LG Gram laptop series was rightly panned for its poor battery life. But now? They've fixed that and made it even lighter.
There might be a such thing as too thin, but LG's engineering innovation is making sure that as we approach that point that we have to deal with as few compromises along the way. The first generation of the LG Gram compromised too much, sacrificing battery life in the pursuit of thinness and lightness.
For the 2017 edition, LG buckled down and reduced those compromises, producing a laptop that is impressively thin and light. For the 13-inch variety we're looking at 980 grams, or 2.13 pounds. That's absurdly light in a market of increasingly light laptops. LG accomplishes this in a few ways, but a lot of it comes down to slimming down the case — the bezels around the screen have been significantly reduced and the aluminum alloy case itself is also quite thin in construction. It doesn't take much force at all to flex the display, but it still felt solid enough.
But for all that lightness you get a laptop that's still remarkably functional. Inside you'll find Intel Core i5 or i7 processors (the low-power Y-series chips, as you might expect), up to 8GB of RAM, and up to a 256GB SSD. The screen, which comes in 13-, 14-, and 15-inch varieties, is an IPS panel available in Full HD or 4K resolutions and with or without touch. LG will also offer the option of a fingerprint reader embedded into the top left corner of the trackpad, and without Windows Hello camera support we'd recommend you take it.
All of that is powered by a battery pack that has practically doubled in density, providing up to 17 hours of life from the 14-inch Gram. That is, again, in a laptop that weighs 980 grams and measures just 0.61 inches thick — that's actually a hair thicker than last year, because being able to pack in more battery cells is that important. I wouldn't expect that real world use will be close to that, but even 10-12 hours from a laptop this slim would be impressive.
The Gram is remarkably thin and light, and with fewer compromises than before. Heck, they even managed to squeeze in a backlit keyboard this time. LG's not offering a release date or price for the Gram updated Gram, but if the 2016 edition is any guide then we're probably looking at around $1,000 for a starting price.


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Informa's MWC Round Up – Day Two
Written by Thomas Wehmeier
28 February 2012 @ 20:16
Thomas Wehmeier, Principal Analyst at Informa Telecoms & Media comments on all the major news from day two of Mobile World Congress.
Neelie calls Vittorio's bluff as war of words between operators and regulators intensifies
Neelie Kroes today issued a stern warning to Vittorio Colao, Vodafone and the wider European operator community with an unexpectedly personal riposte to Vodafone complaints about "auto-pilot regulation" in the European telecoms marketplace. Vittorio Colao used his presentation during yesterday's keynote session to deliver strong criticism of the European regulatory approach and followed up with a clear threat to withhold future investment without greater clarity and predictability from regulators.
Colao's comments will have resonated amongst the operator-dominated audience at Mobile World Congress, but it is hard to sympathise with the operators whilst data roaming prices continue at their current levels. Kroes response was to call the operators' bluff. She promises to deliver much-demanded spectrum, but only if operators move faster to align roaming prices with the levels that prevail in domestic markets.
It's clear that Kroes has grown tired and frustrated at waiting for the operators to act and has now publicly revealed her hand. The regulation of wholesale rates that operators imposed by Kroes have helped to lower prices, the price of using data overseas remains excessively high and consumers perception remains very much that data pricing is extortion.
There is a distinct irony that whilst data prices have lowered at glacial speeds in the roaming market, the operators have dropped allowed domestic data pricing to drop too quickly and too sharply. The stark contrast between the price of a megabyte at home and abroad only serves to intensify customer frustration.
Same old, same old
The focus of the morning's keynotes switched to emerging markets with a session involving senior executives from Bharti Airtel, Telenor and Telefonica. The microscope may have moved away from developed markets today, but the operators' messages remained very much in line with those from yesterday. There's a huge appetite for data, but operators are struggling to meet the demand because they don't have not enough spectrum and they suffer from unpredictable regulation.
In contrast to yesterday's session though, there was more insight to keep the audience engaged today. In fact, there was a refreshing degree of honesty in the session as the operators underscored the challenges of operating in ultra-low ARPU markets. Most interestingly, the CEO of Bharti Airtel, Sunil Mittal, laid bare the difficulties it has faced in making a success of its acquisition of Zain's African subsidiaries. The acquisition had been built on the promise of transposing Bharti's industry-leading cost base from India into Africa, but it has found that the practice is much harder than the theory. The unique characteristics of operating in the tough African environment inflate OPEX and African markets have not typically seen the expansion of the middle class that has so helped to fuel growth in India. The operators has also struggled with price inelasticity meaning that even when prices have dropped, there's been little or no resultant increase in usage. Any costs saving made from falling prices is not spent on additional voice minutes, but on the more basic necessity of putting food in mouths, Mittal explained.
"We have to be able to tax the highways"
The announcement of a partnership between Telenor and Wikipedia is just the latest in a growing list of partnerships between operators and high-profile content players, but today's keynote also highlighted the fact that relationships between industry giants are still fraught. In a repeat of discussions from the past couple of years, Mittal raised the prospect of a "Google Tax". The quote speaks for itself: "If we have to build the highways, we have to be able to tax the highways". What form such a "tax" would take and how it would be implemented was not clearly articulated, but the discussion itself leaves us all in no doubt that the operator community still hasn't fully got its head around how best to build balanced relationships with large content players.
We want (really) cheap smartphones
The emerging markets players also used the platform of the keynote session to issue a call to arms to the GSMA to proactively accelerate the decline in smartphone costs by resurrecting the ultra low-cost handset initiatives of previous years for the smartphone market. Smartphone penetration may be approaching the 50% in the US and developed European markets, but in India and across many African markets, it's lagging far behind. Indeed, 5% penetration was the level mentioned by the operator panel. The operators believe that whilst the networks are ready and deployed to support future smartphone growth, the device prices are still too high. To general agreement from fellow panellists, Bharti outlined the fact that whilst smartphone prices are indeed falling, it's not happening nearly quickly enough to drive rapid smartphone adoption. According to Qualcomm, every $10 drop in the price of smartphones can open up an addressable market of 100 million new potential smartphone users and it's exactly that sort of market opportunity that's likely to attract a lot of potential bidders to any new tender the GSMA may initiate on the operators' behalf.
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Summer is here and it is time to play! The weather is warm, people are getting outside, the kids are out of school and as a teacher I also have some time for recreation. I've told you about my grandkids, especially the rambunctious three year old, Jacob. Trying to keep up with him is a challenge, but a fun one.
Of course, we don't have to wait for summer to play. You can, and should, engage in play in any season or on given any day. Life can get stressful. Work is hard. Projects and deadlines loom and responsibilities must be met. I get that. But if you don't enjoy the ride you can miss out on a big part of living your story.
For this issue I am bringing back an article I wrote in October, 2005. There is still plenty of truth in it for me and I hope you enjoy it. Plus, I have included a featured resource about finding balance in the areas of your life from Judy H. Wright, who also goes by the name Auntie Artichoke.
There's plenty of truth in both those statements. You really can't enjoy life, at least not fully, if all you do is work. Unfortunately, for too many of us we have to work more than we want. It's tough making a living and it's hard to make enough money to pay the bills. I'm not telling you anything you don't already know.
There are times when it is crunch time with work. If you have a project with a deadline then you've got to get it done or suffer the consequences. The key is good planning, discipline and also knowing when to say, "enough is enough". The last thing any of us needs to do is drop dead from the stress of working too much.
Whether or not you have a job you love you can always make time to play.
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She'll Be Thankful for the Memory
By MATT RICHTEL DEC. 20, 2012
FLASH memory drives come in many odd forms — disguised as plastic sushi pieces, Swiss Army knives and Hello Kitty figures. Now, a contender for the oddest: a vibrator.
An erotic toy with built-in flash memory is the latest addition to a growing, evolving industry. The toy's maker is Crave, a new San Francisco company begun by a Stanford University designer-engineer whose Duet vibrator started showing up this year in stores like Good Vibrations in San Francisco and Babeland in New York and recently hit a handful of boutique retailers around the country.
The Duet Lux looks like a sleek tuning fork, with a silicone tip and a gold-plated band. Open it up and discover a USB port with 8 gigabytes of memory (for $219), or pay $349 for 16 gigs and a gold-plated base.
The obvious question: Why computer memory? Has multitasking jumped the shark?
Including memory was not Crave's original intent. The idea was simply that the device's USB port would be chargeable by computer, eliminating the need for cords or batteries.
But "a bunch of the testers asked: 'Can we store stuff on this?' " said Michael Topolovac, a co-founder of Crave and a Stanford graduate who has founded two previous start-ups, one building underwater cameras and the other cloud computing software.
The Duet Lux is an erotic toy with built-in flash memory.
Mr. Topolovac said testers and others explained that they would like to use vibrator memory to store private material — not just erotic files, but documents. Users can remove the vibrating part at the top, he said, and be left with what might pass at a Starbucks as just a fancy flash memory stick. "I use it for my V.C. presentations," he added.
More broadly, the Duet looks to be an exception that proves the rule. The exception: Mr. Topolovac said there do not appear to be other vibrators on the market with a built-in computer memory, though there are a growing number that can be charged through via USB ports.
The rule proved by the exception: a lot of design and innovation is coming to the vibrator category, reflecting a growing mainstream retail market. Last year, for instance, Walgreens began carrying Trojan-made vibrators, alongside other personal items like lubricant. In the third quarter of 2012, Trojan said, it sold 273,000 vibrators at food, drug and mass retailers (like Walgreens, CVS and Duane Reade), citing Nielsen, a market research firm.
Last year, Brookstone started selling a line of Pleasure Objects, vibrators made by a company called Lelo. It, and other companies, have been pushing luxury and design-centric vibrators, hoping to keep moving the business from one with a reputation for novelty toys toward lifestyle brands.
In the case of Crave, adding computer memory to a sex toy is just the beginning of the innovation.
"Next year, we'll be introducing products with memory and wireless capability," Mr. Topolovac said. Wireless? "To control the device," he said vaguely, but declined to elaborate as to exactly how that might work or why it would be useful, citing that Silicon Valley standby: fear of divulging intellectual property secrets before their time.
Crave draws not just its ethos but its heroes from Silicon Valley. Crave's other co-founder, Ti Chang, is a woman with an industrial design background who Mr. Topolovac insists can become to vibrators what Jonathan Ive, the design guru at Apple, is to user-friendly computing.
"On my best day, I'm a mediocre Steve Jobs," he said, "and her regular day, she's a Jony Ive."
A version of this article appears in print on December 23, 2012, on Page ST11 of the New York edition with the headline: She'll Be Thankful for the Memory. Order Reprints| Today's Paper|Subscribe
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The President – No response. I really wasn't expecting one, even though I did enclose a photo of me with my arm around a cardboard cutout of The Donald.
Senator Lamar Alexander – The standard auto reply – I'm happy you contacted me. I'm very concerned. You'll hear from me shortly. Blah, blah, blah. Someone from his office did contact me. When I told her I might have solved the problem, she couldn't get off the phone quick enough. Just a "great to hear, if you ever need us just call". Didn't care how I solved the problem, or if there was anything else they could do to help.
Senator Bob Corker – The Standard auto reply as above. Haven't heard from him since.
Congressman Scott DesJarlais – The Standard auto reply as above. Haven't heard from him since. I've learned from experience, if you ever need a problem solved quickly, don't bother to call Congressman DesJarlais. It is a minimum of 45 days after the auto reply that you might hear from him. If you can wait that long, he's pretty good at getting things done.
My frustration was mounting. I felt completely helpless. Then I remember a friend of mine who might be able to point me in the right direction. He would know who I could contact that would actually take action. That is coming up in the next post.


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The concept of cultural heritage and identity includes a multitude of tangible as well as intangible components. The project has to focus mainly on tangible components, such as cultural landscapes, sites, monuments, cultural facilities, but also on more intangible components, such as events, identity, cultural jobs, intellectual productions, which are all considered as key assets for territorial development.
Apart from presenting main spatial patterns of cultural heritage and identity, the project also aims at proposing a classification of regions based on their cultural components, and their cultural "orientation" in the provision and fruition of cultural elements (e.g. conservation / production / diffusion of culture). The project also investigates spatial effects of culture on territorial development, by crossing some of the basic cultural indicators with other ESPON territorial indicators, like e.g. accessibility and other regional performance indicators. Another interesting aspect also lies in the production of a wide range of case studies looking upon management practices and territorial effects of cultural heritage at a more local level.
On the basis of these analytical elements, the project will develop a set of policy recommendations supporting a more efficient and sustainable use of cultural resources, and addressing protection, planning and management policies and actions.
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James Bond: Blood Stone
Licence to drive as well as kill.
Preview by	Christian Donlan, Features Editor
Updated on 14 September 2010
Apparently, Daniel Craig quite likes videogames. So far, however, videogames don't seem to like him very much in return. Part of the problem, aside from the fact tthe last Bond game was a quiet stinker, is that handsome face.
On a cinema screen, those hard blue eyes glint with a cold intensity. Seen through the lens of a game engine, though, they don't do their job quite so well. CGI Craig often looks grumpy or bemused, the slightly thuggish quality of his bone structure offset by a dreamy, glassy look. It's the kind of expression you might assume when trying to recall an obscure 1980s crisp brand.
By those standards, Blood Stone is definitely getting there. Bizarre Creation's Craig looks a bit like Craig, a bit like Christian Bale, and a bit - this was a surprise - like my old friend Dwayne, who used to wear a suit and tie every day even though he was a grocery clerk at Safeways, and who suddenly moved to Seattle in the early nineties because he heard that something big was going to go down there.
It's more important than usual that Bizarre gets Bond looking right because you're going to be seeing a lot of him in Blood Stone. The developer of PGR, Blur, and The Club is taking 007 third-person, opting for a game that splits the action between cover-based shooting, driving sections and bits where you zip about on speedboats. (Is it still called driving when you're on a boat? I wish my grandfather were still with us: he would have known.)
Gadgets will be present, but the team is suggesting they'll be believable extensions of present day technology.
All three elements are looking entirely adequate, if the glimpse of Blood Stone revealed at a recent Activision press event is anything to go by. While the game's main narrative sees Bond and his new lady Joss Stone tracking down a missing scientist against a backdrop that involves the diamond trade and suicide bombers, the pre-credit sequence, taking a nod from the films, is entirely self-contained: an explosive ramble through Athens that allows the developers to present a perfectly formed vertical slice.
On the trail of a sinister man with a sweater daringly knotted around his neck, Bond skydives out of a passing airplane, shoots his way into a fancy yacht, gets involved in a little motorboat chase, switches to an Aston Martin, and finally rams his nemesis off the road and right into a theme tune that, I'm sorry to report, was co-written by Joss Stone and Dave Stewart - clearly one of the most villainous double-acts since Thomas Midgley created both leaded petrol and CFCs.
Such as a mobile phone that uses augmented-reality to let Bond spot enemies through walls. That kind of thing is really on the way?
Tackling these elements in the reverse order, Blood Stone's driving looks suitably solid, given the fact that Bizarre Creations is, you know, quite good at this kind of thing. Bond pursues his rival through miles of stylishly rendered terrain, threading through oncoming traffic stacked up across breezy bridges, zipping down twisting mountain lanes, and even leaving the tarmac to take the chase into the countryside for a few hectic moments.
Enemies fire back at Bond's speeding motor, day-trippers are shunted aside at bottlenecks, lens flare winks prettily on the horizon. While it's yet to be revealed how deep the car combat goes, the final smash-up as secret agent fatally tail-gates swarthy terrorist type looks like a lot of fun - particularly if you're not counting on the swarthy terrorist making it home for a clam bake in the evening.
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Christian Donlan is a features editor for Eurogamer. He is the author of The Unmapped Mind, published as The Inward Empire in the US.
Xbox boss keen to revive dormant Activision franchises
"I was looking at the IP list, I mean, let's go!"
Game developers aren't interested in NFTs and cryptocurrency, report suggests
According to the GDC State Of The Game Industry survey.
Bobby Kotick frustrates Activision Blizzard employees at internal meeting
He failed to address concerns.
Final Fantasy 7 looks glorious in 60fps
Slum it no longer.
Blizzard boss lays out plan to "rebuild trust"
"2021 was challenging for all of us."
Original plan for Assassin's Creed series was for it all to end on a spaceship
Would you Adam and Eve it.
My Friend Peppa Pig gets the next-gen upgrade it deserves
Chatter, chatter, chatter!
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GTA: Trilogy physical version coming to Switch next month
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The maudlin litany of boomer reminiscence for "how it used to be" manipulates many people, because it implies that most jobs are lost to trade, when in reality they are lost to automation, and gives lazy thinkers the illusion that the jobs are "coming back." The jobs are never coming back. The 1960s ended a long time ago.
Worse than the political manipulation is the cultural misdirection of focus away from imperatives of the future. Young people are not longing for the reopening of textile mills. They want debt-free education, job training, and easier access to home ownership and entrepreneurship. Pathetic and sentimental weeping over manufacturing gets them exactly nothing, and betrays the future in service of the past.
I write in greater detail on the subject for Salon.
Does the Right Wing Hate America?
Hostile opposition to immigration, mockery of diversity, advocacy of theocracy, and now the nomination of a man who routinely calls America an "embarrassment" and "hellhole," has led me to wonder if the right wing hates the America that actually exists – a secular republic and nation of immigrants.
I offer my conclusions in my newest essay for Salon.
New Essay at Salon: Who The Hell Are These Trump Supporters?
In my new essay at Salon, which caught hell from conservatives and liberals, I review the data, and draw some logical and reasonable conclusions about Donald Trump's supporters.
The conclusions are not pretty, but given what Trump has already done, and promises to do, to the United States, they are deservedly hideous.


Though the Sound would not be described as green, it does at times take on this hue depending upon the time of day and level of light. My palette is very accurate…one need only look a bit closer and frequent the beaches more often, to notice the changes. This is one of several "holistic" pieces, where I treat the entire canvas the same. There is no specific focus. It is a study of color and design.


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A convenient and secure way to save for your child's university education in the USA, UK, South Africa, Ghana and Nigeria.
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Education advice, which is restricted to universities in the USA, UK, South Africa, Ghana and Nigeria.


Welcome to the Milton Keynes East First Class Learning Centre. We support children and adults in the local community with both maths and English tuition.
Students aged 4 - 16 attend our study centre at Broughton Pavilion in Milton Keynes East. We cater for learners from Early Years and primary through to GCSE.


From 2018 Thameslink services have offered new journey opportunities on an expanded network and better connections to airports. Passengers from Cambridge and Peterborough now have direct access to Gatwick for the first time. Passengers from Sussex, Surrey and Kent can access the Great Northern and East Coast routes, and international rail services form St Pancras International. These better rail connections will ensure that London and the South East continue to generate growth and opportunities in the decades ahead.
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It is important and ethical to understand where food and animals products we buy come from. Most of the cruelty experienced by animals is hidden behind facades of respectability and business. It is the shopper that completes the cycle. Please ensure you shop ethically and shop for cruelty-free products. Consumer power is a wonderful and powerful tool, for it can make or break a company and they know it. Companies spend billions on advertising to give a product the right spin. Do not be hoodwinked by flowery statements.
An animal deserves a decent life and a decent death. The prices we pay for the meat and products that we consume directly impacts on the condition the animals are kept in. With chickens ranging from £3.50 to £15.00 for the same weight, we have to ask ourselves... What is the difference?
The price of £3.50 for a whole chicken includes everything that has happened to that bird from chick to a full grown chicken including it's food, it's accommodation and the delivery and packaging until you buy it. So you must ask yourself what life you think the animal had?
By buying, you decide whether to complete the cycle so it can start again. Consumers have the power.
Some of the pictures below are disturbing, and some of the information is too, but this is the reality of the situation. The buyer has the power to change this. YOU have the power to change this.
WHERE DOES YOUR FOOD COME FROM? DO YOU KNOW?
Cattle are kept in cramped conditions. They never stand or see grass. They are given antibiotics as a matter of course as disease is commonplace. They live a short and tragic life so that we can eat cheaply. As with humans, sick and weak cows are more susceptible to TB.
Kept in cages, unable to turn around, laying eggs all day, fed by a conveyor belt, standing on a wire so their faeces drops through for easy clean. They never see the light of day. Fed to get so fat they can't stand on their legs. Their short life is miserable and then we eat them.
Kept in cages unable to turn around. Force fed by a pump to eat constantly in order to swell their livers. They never see the light of day or feel the ground under their feet. They stand on wire. Their short life is miserable and then we eat them.
Pigs are kept in very cramped conditions. Never see the light of day. They can't turn around. They are given antibiotics as a matter of course as disease is commonplace. Sows can't stand or get near their piglets. They live a short and tragic life so that we can eat them.
YOU CAN CHANGE THIS! SHOP ETHICALLY! YOU HAVE THE POWER! SAY NO TO CRUELTY IN YOUR SHOPPING BASKET!.
Do you know the real source of your food. These videos show the effects of intensive farming.
Runoff from large farms leaks into our water table and contaminates the soil.
Antibiotics are routinely used to stop diseases.
Factory farming isn't good for animals or consumers. Shop ethically.


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Мілфорд-Сквер () — переписна місцевість (CDP) в США, в окрузі Бакс штату Пенсільванія. Населення — 897 осіб (2010).

Географія
Мілфорд-Сквер розташований за координатами  (40.433182, -75.405024).  За даними Бюро перепису населення США в 2010 році переписна місцевість мала площу 2,39 км², з яких 2,38 км² — суходіл та 0,00 км² — водойми.

Демографія
Згідно з переписом 2010 року, у переписній місцевості мешкало 897 осіб у 331 домогосподарстві у складі 242 родин. Густота населення становила 376 осіб/км².  Було 342 помешкання (143/км²).

Расовий склад населення:

До двох чи більше рас належало 1,7 %. Частка іспаномовних становила 1,6 % від усіх жителів.

За віковим діапазоном населення розподілялося таким чином: 24,3 % — особи молодші 18 років, 65,3 % — особи у віці 18—64 років, 10,4 % — особи у віці 65 років та старші. Медіана віку мешканця становила 36,9 року. На 100 осіб жіночої статі у переписній місцевості припадало 102,9 чоловіків;  на 100 жінок у віці від 18 років та старших — 97,4 чоловіків також старших 18 років.

Середній дохід на одне домашнє господарство  становив  долари США (медіана — ), а середній дохід на одну сім'ю —  доларів (медіана — ).
Цивільне працевлаштоване населення становило 900 осіб. Основні галузі зайнятості: роздрібна торгівля — 25,6 %, освіта, охорона здоров'я та соціальна допомога — 15,8 %, виробництво — 15,4 %.

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Переписні місцевості Пенсільванії
Населені пункти округу Бакс (Пенсільванія)

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ElDorado Chamber of Commerce issued the following announcement on.The search is continuing for a new chief of the El Dorado Police Department.
ElDorado Chamber of Commerce issued the following announcement on.PotlatchDeltic Corp. is selling its Del-Tin Fiber LLC business, including its medium density fiberboard (MDF) plant in El Dorado.
Returning or exchanging gifts received during the holidays can be stressful and difficult if consumers do not educate themselves on company return policies before making purchases.
Nine local students joined forces to create a trailer for The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical, coming to Walton Arts Center for one performance on Friday, Jan. 4 and two performances on Saturday, Jan. 5.
After a successful 27-year run, the Rogers-Lowell Area Chamber of Commerce has announced that its annual Bradford Marine & ATV Buddy Bass Tournament will be discontinued effective this year.
Arkansas residents who took itemized deductions for charitable deductions on their federal income tax forms in 2016 donated $10,935 on average, according to an analysis released this month by the Washington-based Tax Foundation.
Arkansas ranked No. 17 in a study of the state's ability to pay all of its bills, including public employers' pension benefits, according to a new ranking of the states' fiscal health by Truth in Accounting (TIA).
Arkansas issued 707 building permits for privately owned housing during October, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Arkansas ranked No. 15 for its top individual income tax rate, according to a Tax Foundation analysis of 2018 tax numbers that tracked the District of Columbia and the 43 states that levy such taxes.
Among the District of Columbia and the 44 states that levy corporate income taxes, Arkansas ranked No. 25 for the top tax rate on business revenues, according to a Tax Foundation analysis of 2018 tax numbers.
Arkansans risk higher costs when using refund anticipation loans as a resource to plan for a tax refund this year.
The Emerald Piano Quintet, which includes members of the South Arkansas Symphony, will come together for a special concert of chamber music for piano and strings in January.
Renew your wedding vows on TITANIC's Grand Staircase and become a part of history.
After several months, the El Dorado Planning and Zoning Commission could soon be back to full capacity — a favorable condition that would allow the seven-member body able to handle its business, old and new, with all hands on deck.
The United Way of Union County celebrated a seventh consecutive year of reaching its $1 million fundraising mark Tuesday.
Among the 45 states that levy sales taxes, Arkansas ranked No. 8 for its per-capita sales tax collections, according to a Tax Foundation analysis of 2018 tax numbers.
Falsettos recently announced the Tony, Drama Desk and Grammy award-winning cast for their national tour which includes Nick Adams, Eden Espinosa and Max Von Essen.
With great excitement, we announce the 2019 Agriculture Appreciation Expo will be held on February 15th at the BRTC Development Center.


Yumi, Sachi and World Famous Slam Dunker Brandon Matano race the Sky Viper Streaming Drone in Hawaii. Comment below who you think will win, and who will crash the most. #TeamUnicorn #TeamPanda or #TeamBrandon.
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Kimi and Sachi are so excited to be at the Shopkins World Vacation Summit in Hawaii. They have a Sushi picnic at the beach and are surprised with Sara Sushi Shoppie dolls. Then the girls go on a catamaran and sail around Waikiki with Sara Sushi! Are you in this weeks shoutouts? Leave us a comment and we might add to you our next video!
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The good thing about this source is that there is no middleman involved. So you get to save some money on commissions paid. But the inspection of the car will entirely be your responsibility. The owner may or may not be honest about the condition of the car.
There are many reputed dealers who act as an intermediary between the buyer and the seller. They have multiple cars available of multiple brands. So you as a buyer can have multiple options available to choose from. However, make sure that the dealer has not got the car transferred to his name. If that has happened then you are buying a third hand car and its value will reduce further in coming years.
You can buy a used car directly from the car company itself. The cars that you can buy from here will be thoroughly checked and serviced. You will also get warranty on the parts that are replaced. But these cars will come at a higher cost than the market because of the service and warranty.
There are several web aggregators who collect information of used cars available on other platforms and present it in comparative manner. The cars are inspected for quality and security. You can compare different aspects of pre-used cars and purchase from here.
The choice of source should depend on the parameter that is most important for you as a buyer. If service matters then OEMs are ideal option. But if you are looking at price then direct owners are a good option.


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Grants honour Wide Bay's military heroes
Published On: 9 August, 2019
Member for Wide Bay Llew O'Brien today announced three Wide Bay veterans organisations will share in more than $10,000 to honour Australia's military heroes.
Mr O'Brien said the funding was made available through the Australian Government's Saluting Their Service program which supports projects that honour Australia's armed forces and preserve military history.
The Mary Valley RSL Sub-Branch will receive $3,235 to restore the Mary Valley First World War honour boards and update the Imbil Memorial Cross to include the recognition of First World War service personnel.
Maryborough Military Aviation Museum Association will receive $3,900 to commission an honour board at the Maryborough military Aviation Museum to commemorate Second World War Royal Australian Air Force personnel.
Tin Can Bay RSL Sub-Branch will receive $3,300 to install plaques dedicated to the Army, Navy and Air Force at Memorial Hall in Tin Can Bay.
"These grants ensure the names of our fallen heroes will not be forgotten, and ensure younger generations can learn about the role Wide Bay's men and women have played in our Anzac history," Mr O'Brien said.
"As proud Australians, we must keep alive the Anzac spirit and ensure future generations are taught about our military history so that they understand the value of our freedom, and the price we have paid to maintain it."
Mr O'Brien encouraged any local community organisations interested in applying for funding under the Saluting Their Service grants program to contact the Department of Veterans' Affairs' Commemorative Grants team on 1800 026 185 or email [email protected]
The Saluting Their Service Community Commemorative Grants program provides up to $4,000 for an individual project. It is a rolling grants program, so applications are accepted at any time.
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Лаконо́с () — род многолетних растений семейства . В садоводстве известен под названием фитола́кка, у американцев — .

Общие сведения
Многолетние травы, редко кустарники и древовидные формы с очерёдными цельными листьями.

Цветки мелкие, большей частью обоеполые, в кистевидном соцветии, реже двудомные, с 5 чашелистиками, 10—20 тычинками, 4—10 плодолистиками, свободными или сращенными. Каждый плодолистик с одной семяпочкой. Околоцветник простой, большей частью 5-членный.

Плод — сочный, ягодообразный.

Распространение
На территории России, Украины и Белоруссии произрастают два вида —  и .

Виды
Около 20 видов в тропических и субтропических областях, главным образом в Америке.

 , дерево произрастающее в Южной Америке, Аргентине.

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Ссылки

 Лаконос на сайте USDA NRCS Проверено 28 октября 2008 г.

Лаконосовые
Флора Северной Америки