![]() ![]() You’re not a special little snowflake, Lissa. James CD at lunch and she says “Whether the other students knew it or not, Christian music was filtering into their subconscious.” Believe it or not, I have several Christian artists in my iTunes library, and there are Christian bands who are pretty mainstream. Like, Lissa mentions that Gillian is playing a Rebecca St. ![]() (There’s even moments where it gets really snide at times too. I knew people in high school who went to my church who did go regularly, and went to parties and probably did things that a so-called good Christian teenager would never ever ever do, and they were still faithful. And aside from the constant dilemma of “BUT I HAVE TO STAY PURE OR GOD WON’T LOVE ME!” (which really if you can quote chapter and verse, I’d take a closer look at the New Testament sometime), there’s really nothing here to outright suggest that Lissa and her friends are hardcore born again Christians. I know this takes place in the den of sin that is San Francisco, but I’m very certain there’s a good concentration of Christian churches there. Also, apparently nobody aside from a small handful of characters know what Christianity is all about-resident mean girl Vanessa even says “What are Christians all about?” like it’s some sort of minority sect. Lissa’s Christian friends seem to think that missing Bible study or church is automatically backsliding, and that spending ONE NIGHT ALONE WITH A GUY is the path to self-destruction and hell. (Always invoke scary mean girl Mandy Moore.) But the problem with All About Us is that the brand of Christianity they’re selling feels like the kind that‘s mocked in Saved!-wherein praying to God will totally help you land that hot boy and you two can have purity rings and you can shut down the bitchy mean girl who’s not a believer. I like that if it’s well done and not preachy. Now, I’m not harping on it for having Christian themes or having characters struggle with their faith. Unfortunately, the fact that this was a Christian YA book is why I didn’t like it. And even the Christian angle could have been a lot worse than it actually was. At the very worst, it’s fluff with contemporary Christian themes set in it, but not too much to scare away those atheist teenagers. ![]() Let’s give it a shot.”Īnd I’ll say this-this is not a terrible book, nor hilariously awful. Status Report of U.S.So, here was my literal thought process when I bought this book: Browsing around the used bookstore “OH LOOK SHELLEY ADINA! I like Shelley Adina! It’s not her steampunk books, but eh, it’s two dollars, no big deal. The gold reserve held by the Department of the Treasury is partially offset by a liability for gold certificates issued to the Federal Reserve Banks at the statutory rate, which Treasury may redeem at any time. Government gold reserve which the Mint uses as the raw material for minting congressionally authorized coins and consists of bars, blanks, unsold coins and condemned coins. The market value of the gold reserves based on the London Gold Fixing as of Septemwas $493.4 billion.ĭeep Storage: That portion of the U.S.Government-owned gold bullion reserve which the Mint secures in sealed vaults that are examined annually by the Treasury Department's Office of the Inspector General and consists primarily of gold bars. Government owned gold reserve at the values stated in 31 USC § 5116-5117 (statutory rate) which is $42.2222 per Fine Troy Ounce of gold. Government Gold ReserveĪll locations - Coins, blanks, miscellaneousīook Value: The Department of the Treasury records U.S. Table may scroll on smaller screens Department of the Treasury This data is moving to where it is available for download in multiple machine-readable formats with complete metadata! Please enable JavaScript to use all features. Some features of this site will not work with JavaScript disabled. ![]()
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