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Elixirbaby

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  1. I agree. There's billions waisted in all sectors of our government. Unfortunately it's business as usual in Washington.
  2. No matter where the truth lies. We should all do our part to reduce, reuse and recycle.
  3. Don't you hate it when IMDB describes you as old cop. That's just not right. LolHow's the band going BTW
  4. To happy B day Thug. Now quit clowning arounding and get back to work.
  5. http://www.13wmaz.com/story/news/local/dublin/2014/02/12/lower-oconee-hospital-closing/5437017/ Lower Oconee Community Hospital in Wheeler County has closed while it restructures, according to a statement from its CEO. The statement from Karen O'Neal says they have laid off some of their approximately 100 staff members. Reached by telephone Wednesday, O'Neal said the privately owned hospital had been in "dire financial straits" for years. She said the owners are trying to arrange "some kind of urgent-care center, and that's all I'm really at liberty to say." "It's a terrible situation, and it's tragic, the loss of jobs and the economic impact," said O'Neal, who said she'd been CEO since October. The hospital in Glenwood has 25 beds, according to online reports. O'Neal said that, for several years, the federal government has designated Lower Oconee as a critical-access hospital. That program provided extra funding and fewer restrictions for small remote hospitals, often in rural areas, to help them stay afloat. "We just did not have sufficient volume to support the expenses," she said. We contacted Glenwood City Hall and the Wheeler County commissioners office; staffers in both places said they heard the hospital had closed but they had not been notified officially. O'Neal's written statement: Lower Oconee Community Hospital located in Glenwood, GA has suspended operations during a period of restructuring. The restructuring has been ongoing for several months now; we have approximately 100 staff members, some of which have been laid off as part of the restructuring. This restructuring is being done to provide sustainable medical services in the Glenwood area.
  6. Hi doc31 Would you happen to know something. Good new maybe?
  7. You can turn it off in settings if you choose.
  8. http://news.yahoo.com/national-clown-shortage-trade-groups-161400196.html
  9. Lol. That could be a problem in your line if work.
  10. Taxes should be far across the board for everyone. Not just the ones who have means to hirer lawyers and CPA s to find loopholes.
  11. From 2009 http://abcnews.go.com/m/story?id=7376547 Iraq Stock Exchange goes electronic By Aamer Madhani, USA TODAY Apr 19, 2009, 9:13 PM The Iraq Stock Exchange is switching from writing on a big board to computers. The ISX launched electronic trading on Sunday, raising hopes the faster method will attract foreign investment to this burgeoning but cash-strapped economy. Since the exchange opened in 2004, all trading has been done by brokers crowding around large erasable boards to buy and sell stock — akin to watching a professor scribbling on the board in a college classroom. Trading under Iraq's system has been colorful, as dapper men dressed in suits scream sale prices to their clients over cellphones, but it locked out all but a few foreign investors willing to take a chance on Iraq as it emerges from a longtime dictatorship and years of war. "This is an important step to opening ourselves up to foreign investment," said Taha Ahmed Abdul Salam, chief executive of the exchange. "We are starting to create the transparency and systems that will make Iraq attractive to investors outside of Iraq." In the first day of electronic trading, three banks and two Baghdad hotels had their shares bought and sold under the new system, as traders monitored prices on 46-inch LCD television screens. The other 86 companies listed on the ISX will gradually switch by the end of the year. Iraq's fledgling stock exchange, which traded $270 million last year, is dwarfed when compared to the New York Stock Exchange's 8,500 listings of companies valued at $16.7 trillion through the end of 2008. Under the computerized system, transactions will clear almost instantly. Sales that took as long as two weeks to be certified can now be completed in a matter of minutes, said Abdul Razaq al-Saadi, chairman of the Iraq Securities Commission. Foreign investors accounted for about $21.5 million of trading last year, or 8% of the ISX's volume, al-Saadi said. But he is confident that foreign and local investment will grow as it becomes easier to access the market. Bartle Bull, a New York-based portfolio manager who recently helped launch a hedge fund that focuses on ISX stocks, said Iraq has great growth potential, even though the nation's security, while improved, will remain a long-term concern. He and his partners are trying to raise up to $20 million to invest in Iraqi stocks. He said the market is undervalued: The entire ISX worth about $2.5 billion. "Other emerging markets have proven things don't have to be perfect for enormous wealth to be created," Bull said. On the trading floor Sunday, brokers crowded around the TV screen to monitor sales. Although most of the traders said they were glad the exchange is finally going modern, many said they are cautious about wading into the electronic market. "It's supposed to be faster and easier, but for today I'm just watching and waiting," said Moysen al-Amali, a trader on the floor of the exchange. "I want to see what happens before I test it with my own money."
  12. Forgot what mine looked like. Decided to whip it out to refresh my memory. Yep. Still the same.
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