Posted on August 16th, 2010 by Linda
This is Au, element 79 on the Periodic Table, gold. I slip a pinky inside one of the cages, through the layer of steel netting that forms a final barrier between the bullion and the streams of tourists who come to see it. I have seen bling, but I have never beheld gold en masse; it is pretty intoxicating.
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Posted on August 3rd, 2010 by Linda
In the Humane Society’s mid-term report on the 111th Congress, which runs from January 2009 through December 2010, blue states outperformed red states by hefty margins and, predictably, states whose economies rely heavily on animal husbandry came in the lowest.
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