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Rock&Gem Magazine | August 2025 Collecting Light Green & White Fluorite Fluorite Ridge, approximately ten miles north of Deming, New Mexico, has several accessible former fluorite mines and prospects. Most of the area is administered by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, and any unclaimed lands are generally open to collecting.
Mat Maneri with Louis Sclavis, Sophia Domancich and more bring innovation and excitement to D’Jazz Nevers, France
Review Mat Maneri with Louis Sclavis, Sophia Domancich and more bring innovation and excitement to D’Jazz Nevers, France Robert Beard After a previous evening packed for the ever-present Henri Texier, a full house on Monday 11 November (the Armistice Day public holiday) saw the first of this year’s innovations – a fascinating and contrasting exchange programme with the equally innovative festival Jazz Sous Les Pommiers from Coutances in Normandy.
Next gen jazz talents shine at 12 Points Festival at GLiveLab, Tampere, Finland
While it’s well known that in recent years the Finnish jazz scene has emerged, as if from a musical sauna, glowing with health and fresh energy, it might still come as a delightful surprise in this sparsely populated land of lakes and forests to stumble upon an intimate four day event packed tight with a dozen of Europe’s most interesting new bands.
John Surman brings Words Unspoken band to Manchester Jazz Fest
On ECM’s website the note about John Surman’s most recent ECM album suggests that the title Words Unspoken – “alludes to the instant musical understanding found by the members of this nimble quartet.” The quartet certainly turned out to embody that understanding and, amongst many other things, respond to each other nimbly on this first (and sadly rather rare) British date at the estimable Manchester Jazz Festival.
Nikki Iles Jazz Orchestra soar and roar at RNCM Manchester
This could be a very short review: “Say no more!” For a big band, Nikki Iles’ compositions, arrangements and, indeed, choice of personnel and instrumentation, gave maximum pleasure and satisfaction, along with admiration for the quality and detail of every moment. Big bands can so often be dull and formulaic.
Finnish Tongue Twisters
Yksikseskös yskiskelet, itsekseskös itkeskelet, yksikseskös istuskelet, itkeskellen yskiskelet. Are you coughing alone, crying by yourself, sitting alone, coughing while crying? (Thanks to Anca Hienola) Epäjärjestelmällistyttämättömyydelläänsäkäänköhan With one's unorganised ways (Thanks to Merita Meritako) Käkkärämännystä tehty mäntypöytä Pine table made of curly pine. Thanks to (Hannu-Pekka) Kielivoimistelua Epäjärjestelmällistyttämättömyydelläänsäkäänköhan.
Greek Tongue Twisters
Της καρέκλας το ποδαρι εξεκαρεκλοποδαροθηκε από την ξεκαρεκλοποδαροθηκη του. Tis kareklas to podari exekareklopodarothike apo tin xekareklopodarothiki toi. The chair leg fell off its place on the chair. Ευχαριστο, Δήμος Μαδιc Τρείς τίγρεις, τρία τιγράκια Tris tigris, tria tigrakia Three tigers, three cubs (Thank you. Emily Voniati) Ο παπάς ο παχύς έφαγε παχιά φακή; γιατί παπά παχύ έφαγες παχιά φακή? O papas o pahis efage paxia faki; yiati papa pahi efages pahia faki?
alphaDictionary - Dr. Goodword's Word of the Day is "tump"
Pronunciation: têmp • Hear it! Part of Speech: Verb Meaning: (Transitive) To knock or tip over, overturn; (intransitive) To fall over. Notes: This word, according to most dictionaries that carry it, is supposed to be limited to the southern US states, originating in black dialects. I'm from North Carolina and I've never heard or read it there, so it must reside in the dialects of states farther south. It is a lexical orphan, wherever it is used.
Immigration the answer to labor shortage
America has traditionally solved shortages in the labor force by increasing immigration. With the country's low birth rate, that's even more important now. Migrant workers harvest Vidalia onions from a field in Lyons, Georgia. (Ben Gray/Atlanta Journal-Constitution) Among the effects of the COVID pandemic on the U.S. is a serious labor shortage. It contributes to the delivery problem which adds to price inflation. It contributes to production shortages which also aggravate inflation.
Issue Highlights: October 2020
Below is a snapshot of some of the topics and interests you can expect to see in the pages of the October 2020 issue of Rock & Gem. Plus, we've included some sample pages for you to enjoy. • Turning to the "Other" Tourmaline Crystals: Complex, Plentiful and Affordable. By Bob Jones • Nevada's Carlin Trend: America's Greatest Gold-Mining District. By Steve Voynick • 10 Fascinating Facts About Opal: Celebrating October's Captivating Birthstone.
Opinion: When will we ever learn?
Robert Beard, Pennlive.com (TNS) Tuesday Mar 3, 2020 at 2:31 PM A Republican administration led us to a major economic crisis in 2007, to the brink of a depression. Now, another Republican administration has led us to a political crisis in 2020, to the brink of an autocracy. When will the American electorate ever learn that the reactionary Republicans are experts at leading America to the brink of catastrophe but know nothing about governing?
How to pronounce "GHOTI" and why * alphaDictionary
Did you ever wonder why we spell some words in English in ways which bear no resemblance to the way they are pronounced? Here are some prime examples. laugh sigh sight enough nigh night tough high might rough thigh height cough sleigh light To emphasize the problem, Bernard Shaw once proposed the spelling ghoti for "fish", with the [gh] from "laugh", the [o] from "women" and the [ti] from "nation".
alphaDictionary * Free English Online Dictionary * Grammar * Word Fun
Search All Online English Dictionaries at Once! (Powered by OneLook® Dictionary Search) Valid wildcards are "* (matches multiple letters) and "?" (matches one letter). What's the Good Word?
IRS Rules that Oil and Gas Infrastructure Assets Yield Good REIT Income | JD Supra
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A massive amount of evidence points to Trump’s collusion with Russians | Opinion
Since the emergence of the Mueller report, President Trump has been proclaiming that it proves him innocent of collusion with Russian intelligence agencies to subvert the American electoral system. The bar for proof in an impeachment hearing is slightly lower than in a court of law. But even in a court of law, the burden on the prosecution is not proof beyond the shadow of a doubt, but beyond reasonable doubt.
IRS and Treasury Release Second Round of Qualified Opportunity Zone Guidance | JD Supra
On April 17th, the IRS and Treasury issued the next (and long-awaited) package of proposed regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”) under the “qualified opportunity zone” provisions of Section 1400Z-2 of the Code (collectively with the Proposed Regulations and the proposed regulations issued on October 19, 2018 (the “Initial Proposed Regulations”), the “QOZ Rules”) enacted as part of the 2017 tax reform bill.
Should socialism be an issue in the 21st century?
Now that three new Democratic Socialists have joined Bernie Sanders in Congress and several more elected to various state legislatures, isn't it time we dropped socialism as a campaign issue? Republicans have already raised the specter of socialists like Stalin and Castro gaining control of the US government so that they can control the lives of all Americans. This leads to despair of the US government for fear of that potential tightening control. Those named above were never socialists.
alphaDictionary - Dr. Goodword's Word of the Day is "shanghai"
• shanghai • Pronunciation: shæng-hai • Hear it! Part of Speech: Verb, transitive Meaning: To kidnap, steal, or forcibly remove in the most egregious manner, especially by drugging or force. Notes: We don't have many verbs ending on I, so the forms of this word might be of interest. They are: (he/she) shanghais, shanghaied, (are) shanghaiing. A person who shanghais would be a shanghaier.
IRS Issues Guidance on Treatment of Certain Foreign Income Inclusions for REIT Income Test Purposes | JD Supra
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Ares Checked the Box – Should I? Entity Choice After Tax Reform | JD Supra
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IRS Provides Safe Harbor Valuation Methods for Tax-Free Reorganizations
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Early Takeaways for REITs from Tax Reform Season
After months of being communicated through vague frameworks and political talking points, Republican tax reform proposals have finally been unveiled in legislative language. Earlier this month, H.R.1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, was introduced in the House and moved quickly through committee to passage by the full House of Representatives on November 16.
Keeping our communities strong via localization - standard-journal.com : Letters To Editor
We started out buying our home heating oil from Beyer & Fortner. When Beyer & Fortner was sold to a Rochester corporation, soon the price of heating oil went up. Klose & Sons in nearby Mifflinburg was selling it for less. Since I owed considerably less to the state of New York than to Mifflinburg, I switched fuel companies and put my oil payments to work locally. When Buffalo Valley Telephone Company was bought by Windstream Holdings of Arkansas, the Lewisburg office was closed.
REIT Implications of the New “Big Six” Tax Reform Framework
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Anti-Inversion Regulations Held to Violate Administrative Procedure Act
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Should REITs Worry About Section 1031 Repeal?
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An Historical Look Back at Plastic Game-Changing Technologies
The industry is faced with another game-changing technology, conformal cooling for injection molds, blow molds and die cast mold components. And, there is a lot to learn about how to optimize design of the conformal channels. Last year, I achieved 50 years of continuous membership in SPE. This experience affords me a historical perspective of the game-changing technologies that has formed the plastic industry. For example, in the mid-1960's the screw injection molding machine entered the market.
The Next Game-Changing Technology in Tools and Dies
The first conformal-cooled tools entered the European market 25 years ago; a new conference aims to determine what the next 25 years could hold. Last year, I achieved 50 years of continuous membership in the Society of Plastics Engineers. This experience affords me a historical perspective of the game-changing technologies that have formed the plastic industry.
At its origin, ACA was a Republican proposal
Now that Republicans have shown us their health care plan, we see that it looks very much like an article-by-article revision of “Obamacare,” the ACA (the American Patient Protection and Health Care Act), rather than something new. Not only have the Republicans developed no plan to replace the ACA with, they never will. Why? Because the ACA itself is fundamentally a Republican plan.Thank you for reading some of our articles, please login or subscribe if you would like to read more. Return to top
How I Met my Wife
by Jack Winter, the New Yorker, July 25, 1994 (A Tale in Undone Orphan Negatives) It had been a rough day, so when I walked into the party I was very chalant, despite my efforts to appear gruntled and consolate. I was furling my weildy umbrella for the coat check when I saw her standing alone in a corner. She was a descript person, a woman in a state of total array. Her hair was kempt, her clothing shevelled, and she moved in a gainly way.
Historical Dictionary of American Slang
bash ( n ) A drunken spree. He went out on a bash last night and is pretty sick today. 1900s bonehead ( n ) A stupid or foolish person. That bonehead let the air out of his own tires!. 1900s bunk ( n ) Nonsense. He said he aced the chem exam. That's bunk! 1900s butterflies in the stomach ( n ) Fearfulness, stage fright. Every time I talk to her I have butterflies in my stomach. 1900s call on the carpet ( vp ) To scold, chastise.
alphaDictionary * The 100 Most Beautiful Words in English
The 100 Most Beautiful in English ere are the 100 most beautiful words in English. How do we know we have the most beautiful? They were chosen by Robert Beard, who has been making dictionaries, creating word lists, and writing poetry for 40 years. For five years he wrote the Word of the Day at yourDictionary.com and since 2004 he has written up 1500 words in the series, So, What's the Good Word? here at alphaDictionary.
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