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reed moved to Bhutan when Thimphu was a quaint town of 30,000.
"A sacred cow since the late '80s, now it's run its course," reed said.
It started when Waddell reed, a large mutual fund, hit a button to sell about $4.1 billion in stock futures contracts.
Look at Steve Jobs, who dropped out of reed College within the first six months.
"The budgets I manage come in on budget at the end of the year," reed said.
reed flutes or pipes and a species of guitar are among the principal of these instruments.
Ariston says that he took the poison out of a reed, as we have shown before.
Scott Brenton, on the other hand, had totally dismissed reed Opdyke from his mind.
And, like a reed, he was ever ready to bend to difficulties he could not control.
In all of this, however, she had been made to feel aware that she herself stood first to reed, his work stood second.
"tall, broad-leafed grass growing in wet places," Old English hreod "reed, rush," from Proto-Germanic *kreut- "reed" (cf. Old Saxon hraid, Old Frisian hriad, Middle Dutch ried, Dutch riet, Old High German hriot, German Ried), with no known cognates beyond Germanic.
Meaning "musical pipe made from a reed stem" is from late 14c. (reed-pipe is from c.1300). As part of the mouthpiece of a musical instrument it is attested from 1520s. Meaning "a reed instrument" is from 1838.
Reed (rēd), Walter. 1851-1902.
American surgeon who led the commission that proved experimentally that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes.
American physician and army surgeon who proved in 1900 that yellow fever was transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito. His research led to the mosquito eradication programs carried out by William Gorgas that virtually eradicated yellow fever from Havana, Cuba, and from the Panama Canal Zone.
A thin piece of wood or plastic used in many woodwind instruments. It vibrates when the player holds it in the mouth and blows over it (as with a single reed) or through it (as with a double reed). Clarinets and saxophones use a single reed; bassoons and oboes use a double reed.
(1.) "Paper reeds" (Isa. 19:7; R.V., "reeds"). Heb. 'aroth, properly green herbage growing in marshy places. (2.) Heb. kaneh (1 Kings 14:15; Job 40:21; Isa. 19:6), whence the Gr. kanna, a "cane," a generic name for a reed of any kind. The reed of Egypt and Palestine is the Arundo donax, which grows to the height of 12 feet, its stalk jointed like the bamboo, "with a magnificent panicle of blossom at the top, and so slender and yielding that it will lie perfectly flat under a gust of wind, and immediately resume its upright position." It is used to illustrate weakness (2 Kings 18:21; Ezek. 29:6), also fickleness or instability (Matt. 11:7; comp. Eph. 4:14). A "bruised reed" (Isa. 42:3; Matt. 12:20) is an emblem of a believer weak in grace. A reed was put into our Lord's hands in derision (Matt. 27:29); and "they took the reed and smote him on the head" (30). The "reed" on which they put the sponge filled with vinegar (Matt. 27:48) was, according to John (19:29), a hyssop stalk, which must have been of some length, or perhaps a bunch of hyssop twigs fastened to a rod with the sponge. (See CANE.)


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Adventure Quest of the Quad Cities is the perfect for fun-filled outdoor adventures. This 54-acre facility is located just off 1-80 & I-88 near East Moline IL. Make your reservations today and enjoy zip lines, panning for gems, hay rack rides, and wonderful hiking trails. This facility is also available for parties and corporate team building. An elegantly decorated 8,000 square foot banquet facility with an extensive menu is available. The facility also offers interactive games, inflatables, dunk tanks, water slides, laser tag, and more. Check out these annual fall events that include Pumpkin Festival the last weekend in September and the QC Haunted Forest every Friday & Saturday in October. Call (309) 523-3619 for reservations or more information.
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All Veterans Memorial Park of Stephenson County
This park honors all of the veterans from Stephenson County. It contains large era stones from all conflicts. Benches surround concrete walkways, and a large brick memorial garden if featured. A Gold Star Family Memorial is dedicated to all who gave given their lives for our freedoms. Open: Daily: Dawn to Dusk.
Allerton Park & Retreat Center
Allerton Park was the private estate of Robert Henry Allerton, who donated it to the University of Illinois in 1946. It features 1,500 acres of woodlands, formal gardens and more than 100 sculptures. The park is open to the public for hiking, picnicking, cross-country skiing and leisurely garden strolls.
Anderson Japanese Gardens has been named one of the highest quality Japanese gardens in North America by Sukiya Living Magazine since 2004. Inspired by calm and tranquility, this 12 acre award winning landscape is comprised of koi-filled ponds, winding paths, gentle streams, cascading waterfalls, raked gravel gardens, beautifully trained pines, and more. Master craftsmanship and 16th century traditional architecture is found throughout the garden.
Located at the north end of Crystal Lake Park, this environmental education facility is a natural resource to individuals, families and groups interested in learning more about the outdoors. The Nature Center features four multi-purpose rooms, an exhibit field station, an Observation Room, the Audubon Nature Shop and an Educator Resource Room. The adjacent Busey Woods is perfect for hiking and bird watching.
Anna Bethel Fisher Rock Garden
Created in 1927 from an old sand pit across the road from Lake Decatur, the city's oldest garden was extensively renovated in 1992. Its resurrected look features secluded paths leading through rocky terraces planted with unusual trees, and landscapes brimming with colorful perennials. Towering bald Cypress trees, planted in the 1920s, still reign over these delightful grounds.
Apple River Canyon State Park is in the hilly northwest corner of Illinois in Jo Daviess County near the Wisconsin border. Limestone bluffs, deep ravines, springs, streams and wildlife characterize this area. Once a part of a vast sea bottom that stretched from the Alleghenies to the Rockies, the scenic canyon area was formed by the action of the winding waters of the Apple River. The park offers hiking, day use, camping and fishing, plus Millville, a National Historic Register site.
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Apple River Canyon State Park - Thompson/Salem Units
This 1,150 acre area allows hunting, fishing; no boating/biking. See postings/fact sheets at registration. Sign in/out at lots #1 or #2. The vegetative cover at the site is a mixture of steep timbered slopes and bluffs with grassland, row crops and hay fields predominate on ridge tops. The topography can be severe especially bordering the Apple River.
Apple River Fort State Historic Site
Apple River Fort State Historic Site, located in Elizabeth, Illinois, is the site of one of the battles fought during the Black Hawk War. Black Hawk and his 200 warriors attacked the hastily erected fort on June 24, 1832. His story and that of the early settlers are told.
Splash around at the Aquatic Center. Climb up four stories and launch down your choice of two water slides with more than 320 feet of winding turns and diving wells, or take a dip in the pool.
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Aquatic Zoo Waterpark - Mt. Vernon
The Aquatic Zoo Waterpark is fun for all ages. The facility features two 30-ft. tall slides; one 112-ft. body slide; one 266-ft. dual rider tube slide; two diving boards; a children's splash pad; interactive voice and light features; lazy river; zero depth entry leisure pool and concessions.
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Find serenity at this beautiful 1700-acre wooded park situated along an old stagecoach route between Galena and Beardstown. Featuring 95-acre Argyle Lake, the park is home to countless beaver dams and more than 200 bird species and 5 miles of hiking and biking trails.
Artesian Well at Paradise Cove
Nestled along Indian Creek is a natural artesian well where thousands of gallons of pure water flow each day - as it has since 1927. A ten foot water wheel is turned continually by the flowing water. The site, which is accessed by Stephenson County's only covered bridge, includes a waterfall, large flower beds and gazebo to enjoy while sipping the bubbling water. Open: 7 am - 8 pm.
All new tropical-themed water park with water slides, wading pool, unique circular drop slide, children's spray ground, locker rooms, concession stands, and more!
Atkinson Motorsport Campground
Enjoy your stay at the state of the art campground. There are 28 sites that will easily accommodate a 40' motor-home and then some! All sites have electricity and water, while some have sewer. A dump station is at the east end of the campground. There are 6 total shower houses also available: Each room has a shower, toilet, sink and hooks to hang your towel. Enjoy your evenings with a fire in the public use area. This is a great place for getting to know your neighbors and sharing stories about your day of riding and fun!
Aurora's Zagster Bike-Share Program
The City of Aurora and Zagster, Inc. launched a new bike-share program that will provide Aurora visitors with a convenient, affordable and healthy way to get around town. 18 cruiser bikes are available at three downtown stations for riders to use for on-demand, local trips. Stations are located at RiverEdge Park - 360 Broadway Ave., Aurora City Hall - 44 E. Downer Place and Santori Public Library of Aurora - 101 S. River Street. This initiative creates new opportunities for visitors to experience the Aurora Area from a different vantage point and see it in a whole new light.
Affordable family lodging, cabins, campers and primitive camping. One cabin has kitchenette, covered shelter, air, tv/vcr, wood burning stove, electric and water shower available. One cabin has sleeping for six or more, electric, water, grill and shaded area. We have excellent walking and riding trails, 40 acres. Horses welcome. Lots of shaded areas for tent camping and fishing pond. We are minutes away from Ohio River, Tower Rock Park boat ramp, Elizabethtown boat ramp, good eating places, LakeTucumseh and Woopie Cat, Iron Furnace, Stone Face, Garden of the Gods, Rim Rock, Cave-in-Rock and lots of scenic views. Children and pets welcome.
Baker Park offers a par 71, 18 hole golf course. The front nine is all flat holes, while the back 9 offers a little more of a challenge with the hills. Need to warm up before your round? Or just need to perfect your swing? Then take some practice balls at our driving range. Tokens can be purchased at the clubhouse. And be sure to try out the small par 3 practice course located at the far end of the driving range. Stop in to the 19th Hole Clubhouse for snacks and refreshments.
Just minutes away from the city but a world away, Ballard Nature Center is home to dozens of species of birds and wildlife. Natural prairie, wetlands, butterfly and hummingbird gardens, ponds and creeks round out the outdoor experience.
An 18-hole championship course cut thru 10,000 oak trees, with water hazards on 9 of 18 holes, complete clubhouse bar and restaurant. Chicagoland Golf 5 Star rated facility.
A 32-acre park built in cooperation with Batavia Park District, the city of Batavia and the Batavia Riverwalk Committee. Park your bikes by the Depot Museum and stroll the boardwalks through the wildflower garden.
As the centerpiece of downtown Batavia, the Riverwalk extends along the Depot Pond and Fox River to a north point pavilion, where grand views of the Fox River are available.
Downtown park on the banks of the Rock River. Site of several Native American "Effigy Mounds," which have been preserved.
The Belvidere Park District spans stretches of the Kishwaukee River and Mill Race. It's a great place for fishing, biking and playing tennis, and includes a playground, picnic shelters, pool, swinging bridge and the historic Baltic Mill.

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Jack Albanese has been named a mortgage loan officer at Coastway Community Bank. In his new role, he will specialize in purchases and refinances. Albanese has 12 years of mortgage banking experience, most recently with CBC National Bank. He is a Narragansett resident and a volunteer for the Rhode Island Organ Donor and the New England Donor Bank. •
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The Gospel according to Matthew 6:1-13
The Lord said, "Beware of practicing your piety before men in order to be seen by them; for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.
"Thus, when you give alms, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by men. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your alms may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
"And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by men. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
"And in praying do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do; for they think they will be heard for their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. Pray then like this:
Our Father who are in heaven,
Hallowed be your name,
Your kingdom come,
Your will be done,
On earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
And forgive us our trespasses,
As we forgive those who trespass against us;
And lead us not into temptation,
But deliver us from evil.
For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory, for ever.
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According to an annual survey from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the teen and young adult unemployment rate is surging.
The survey shows 16 to 24 year olds are still struggling to get even entry level jobs due to the lingering effects of the recession and competition from older workers.
"It's so hard to find a job nowadays. I've been looking for a job for over 3 months. I can't find anything. So my options are either job corp, military and school. School seems like such a far opportunity now. It's so expensive, I don't want to go in debt, and I don't even think I can pay it off."
The youth unemployment rate has more than doubled since 2000. In 2011, the last year of the survey, 1 in 7 young adults in Massachusetts was actively looking for work but couldn't find it.
Noah Berger, the president of the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center, which worked with the Casey foundation on the report, says lack of work experience in the early years reduces future employability and salary earnings:
Over the past decade, the Commonwealth has invested more in youth jobs programs. But the funding has fluctuated year to year depending on the economy. Nationally, 6.5 million young people are both out of school and out of work.


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Brea Olinda looks at new school bond
BREA With the defeat of a multi-million-dollar bond still fresh, Brea Olinda Unified officials might soon again ask voters to pass a new measure to generate revenue for the district's high-performing schools.
Planning for a potential bond election is in the early stages. It is not yet clear how much the school district would seek from property owners, school district officials said, likely for upgrading school facilities and classroom technology.
If approved by the school board, the measure could be put before voters in June or November next year, said board member Alicia Maciel.
"With state funding as it is, we find ourselves in a place where we need to continue to bring revenue into our district to keep our schools moving forward and keep up with 21st-century demands," Maciel said. "We're looking at the best approach and learning from our experience with Measure E."
In June 2012, officials put Measure E, a $54 million bond aimed at upgrading facilities, in front of voters. The measure failed, with 51.6 percent of voters striking it down. School district bond measures in California need 55 percent to pass.
Brea Olinda, which has nine campuses and serves students in kindergarten through high school, will embark on a communication campaign with residents before placing any bond on a ballot, Maciel said.
"It's very important to align with what you're proposing to do with the interest of the community," Maciel said. "Communication is going to be very critical."
Board President Rod Todd did not respond to requests for comment.
The school board discussed election planning at a Feb 25 meeting and interviewed election consultants at a special meeting on March 26. Once a consultant has been selected, random polling to gauge support of a potential bond could start within several months.
"It's still early and we're at a very, very preliminary stage," said Brea Olinda Superintendent A.J. "Skip" Rowland.
Community surveys would likely determine what projects the district will earmark for funding, Rowland added.
In 2000, California voters lowered the voting percentage required for approval of school bonds from 67 percent to 55 percent. Last year, voters passed 113 of 140 California school bonds.
Although it is not yet clear what a bond measure would fund if approved by voters, a 20-year master plan published by the district last year detailed potential projects. They included replacing modular classrooms with permanent buildings, upgrading school-security systems, remodeling aging classrooms and improving internet access.
The 5,900-student district's last school bond, for $27 million, was passed in 1999. Under that measure, due to expire in 2029, property owners pay up to $28 per $100,000 assessed valuation. By the start of the 2011-2012 school year, all proceeds generated from the bond had been used or earmarked for projects.
"The board is taking this opportunity very seriously," Maciel said. "We want to get it right, and we're doing our due diligence."
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10-13-2011 03:48 PM - edited 10-13-2011 04:02 PM
Mark - I would just like to mention that after only a week and a half the USB on my 183827U became so loose that I could no longer use the Lenovo USB cord because it wouldn't charge. I am now nearly a month in and I am very afraid for the future of my ThinkPad. I am uber careful with my electronics and this is very distressing.
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After escalation to EU managers Lenovo have agreed now to do this under warranty. This does show that they are prepared to stand behind their brand for business users. It gives me faith that their units will be ones we can rely on not to have a consumer level TCO in the company.
Credit to the company for stepping up to it.
I too have ran into this issue and believe it to be a problem with poor quality USB ports. We recently rolled out 31 of these tablets to our service techs to use. Within the first week I had a tech come to me and say his tablet wouldnt charge. After looking at it the connectors in the USB port had just broken off and were hanging by the wires. I called support and got someone in Atlanta and finally after explaining everything to them they agreed to let me send it in for depot repair. The very next day another tech came to me with the same issue. Of course I am having to wait to call his in since I gave the first tech my spare tablet to get him by and now I dont have a spare to give the second tech and they said it would take 5-6 days to repair. I really hope I do not end up having to send all 31 tablets in for repair as we spent way too much money to be running into an issue like this. I wouldnt be as concerned if there was another way to power but this is it and our techs have to have their tablets up and running at all times because we use a custom Android app for dispatching.
Hmm ... a tad concerned after reading your comments SBSSC. We need to give this tablet to journalists who are not known for their gentle touch with technology. Our Thinkpads get frequent abuse and dousing in wine/beer/G&Ts - they don't fail.
If there is a defect in the USB part's spec, I am worried about letting this device out into their hands.
It's good to see Lenovo are making good on the warranty. To give them credit they have honoured a DOA on my bricked device too.
However, to get this took a number of phone calls, some persistence and a refusal to take no for an answer. To start with they tried to give me the run around, but we put a stop to that very quickly. Fortunately in Aus, they are bound by some robust consumer protection legislation.


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Skip to comments.New Video Purports to Show Bigfoot
Posted on 07/29/2013 7:33:22 PM PDT by therightliveswithus
Something was caught on tape in Mission, British Columbia, not far from Vancouver. The video appears to show a hominid in the distance, although not many details can be seen.
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(Excerpt) Read more at punditpress.com ...
What is she doing so far from DC?
Anybody know where Moochelle is vacationing this week?
Was there recently, and from that distance could easily be a bear or Janet Reno.
seems like there's never any detailed images.
Dang, how unusual.
"Bring me a hair and feces sample or shut the hell up".
Professor Farnsworth - 3002
I read somewhere that they have some sort of cosmic cloaking mechanism that makes them invisible to crisp, clear, high resolution imagry.
What's that coming over the hill...
Coneheads do.
They should have thrown out some Jack Link's Beef Jerky, always works!
The legend of Horseface, alas, has been debunked. She is currently married to Anthony Weiner.
I stand corrected. I had denied they exist. Boy, do I feel foolish.
There have been hair samples. You just don't hear about it.
"Bring me a hair and feces sample or shut the hell up."
Got doubts the Sasquatch lives? Did you watch the Marsupial Magistrate befouling the bench in the Zimmerman trial?
Ever seen a picture of FloriDUH's Angela Corey?
Hmmm has anyone seen or heard from the Wookie lately?
Is it eating lobster and Wagyu beef?
Same old M O.
I believe that is supposed to be the real deal back in 1967.
i looked - omg - hysterical - youre killin me LOL
Move along people, nothing to see here. Just another out of focus, too far away picture of someone in a gorilla suit. Bring me a carcass to autopsy and/or shoot, shovel and shut up about this whole damn, I mean darn thing.
All kidding aside....I would not be surprised in the lest if one day we did find a Bigfoot...
North America has huge areas of land basically unexplored and wild...
That's why I posted it. The perpetrator confessed to the hoax on his deathbed, IIRC.
Moochelle taking dinner out for a walk?
This clip cracks me up: Sasquatch is something I haven't seen before!!!
The painting reveal: Say goodbye to Sasquatch.
my son watches it - though Im fond of Dr Steve Brule
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GetRight  6.3B+2
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Anybody who isn't installing a brand new install (likely everybody here in the forum) can see it by running GetRight with the /NEWUSER command line item.
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Macedonia is a landlocked state in the heart of the Balkans and is slightly smaller than the state of Vermont. It is a mountainous country with small basins of agricultural land. The Vardar is the largest and most important river.
Parliamentary democracy.
The Republic of Macedonia occupies the western half of the ancient Kingdom of Macedonia. Historic Macedonia was defeated by Rome and became a Roman province in 148 B.C. After the Roman Empire was divided in A.D. 395, Macedonia was intermittently ruled by the Byzantine Empire until Turkey took possession of the land in 1371. The Ottoman Turks dominated Macedonia for the next five centuries, until 1913. During the 19th and 20th centuries, there was a constant struggle by the Balkan powers to possess Macedonia for its economic wealth and its strategic military corridors. The Treaty of San Stefano in 1878, ending the Russo-Turkish War, gave the largest part of Macedonia to Bulgaria. Bulgaria lost much of its Macedonian territory when it was defeated by the Greeks and Serbs in the Second Balkan War of 1913. Most of Macedonia went to Serbia and the remainder was divided among Greece and Bulgaria.


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Umbro Kits On Show This Summer by Aaron› 18 May 2012
With the domestic football season almost over and the squads announced for this summer's big tournament, the excitement is really starting to build for the European Championships. With three teams wearing Umbro football kits at the tournament, there's going to be a lot of smart shirts on display – here's our complete guide to the shirts that'll be worn by players and fans this summer….
Competing in Group C at the tournament, the Republic Of Ireland will be looking smart in a traditional green home shirt, while their away shirt is white with a stylish green stripe down the chest.


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(April 17) Today we're observing . . . Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday (Christian)
As Jesus made his entry into Jerusalem, the crowds lined his path with palm fronds. In churches today, observances include the blessing and distribution of Palm leaves to their congregants.
Today is also the beginning of Holy Week, the countdown to Christ's crucifixion and his resurrection on Easter Sunday.
Note: This years extra palm leaves will be used for the ashes on Ash Wednesday 2012.
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Boston, Massachusetts is a uniquely divided city, consisting not of amorphously defined neighborhoods like the ones that make up Manhattan, but small, semi-autonomous villages with names like Allston, Dorchester, Roxbury, and Jamaica Plain. Similarly, Boston's music scene has traditionally been equally insular, with little communication between the punk, indie rock, hip-hop, metal, folk, and Celtic scenes. One of the first bands to overlap some of these fiefdoms was the ska-punk-metal hybrid the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, which included drummer Joe Sirois for most of their performing career. About a half-decade later, the Dropkick Murphys formed in predominantly Irish South Boston, fusing hardcore street punk with an ever-increasing amount of Celtic folk influences, like a harder-edged and more street version of the Pogues. The Dropkick Murphys' lead singer was the fierce, gravelly Mike McColgan. Following that band's first album in 1998, Do or Die, McColgan (a veteran of the first Gulf War) left the Dropkick Murphys to join the Boston Fire Department. Ties between the Boston Irish community and the local fire department run deep, and being a fireman has long been one of the most prestigious jobs in South Boston, but by 2002, McColgan returned to music, forming the Street Dogs with guitarist Rob Guidotti, bassist Johnny Rioux (both formerly of local street punk band the Bruisers), and a fellow ex-Dropkick Murphys member, drummer Jeff Erna.
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Hatley seniors Russ Johnson and Hunter Schrock have been so close to Jackson the last two seasons they could smell it. But the Tigers two chances at a Class 2A state championship series came up just short.
The duo is finally going to the capital city, for Saturday's D.M. Howie Crossroads Diamond Club All-Star Game at Smith-Wills Stadium.
"It is a big deal for them, a good reward they've earned," Hatley coach John Harris said. "It's good for them to get that opportunity. They have worked really hard to get to Jackson to play for a championship, but didn't get that chance. I think it's bittersweet. "
Johnson, a Itawamba CC signee, is one of 14 Journal area players making up the 18-man Class 1A/2A/3A North roster. Alcorn Central's Jeff Wood and Kossuth's Daniel Threadgill are coaching the small-schools team.
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Wait, didn't we just have the American Country Awards several weeks back? Oh, that was the Country Music Awards? Well what about last week…oh, that was the American Music Awards, that's right. Thank god for Google Calendar or I'd never get any of this straight.
Though this ceremony did distinguish itself in ways the CMAs failed to. Sure, there was the usual amount of tassels masquerading as the bottom parts of dresses, and men wearing inappropriately casual Ed Hardy shirts. But did the other music award shows have both Carrot Top and famed illusionist Criss Angel? I rest my case, good sir. Sir, I said I rest my case! Now be a good lad at fetch me some of those Uncle Krackers.
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So Jura is already the 5th strongest wizard... I guess Laxus will need to pull a Fusion mode or something, because it doesn't look too good for him... wait a minute, does this mean that Jellal is stronger anyway ? I guess half of him was the leader (?) of the 10 Saints, so he was pretty powerful.
Deities eh ? They probably have some creation magic in that case. Hmmm, the one on the left swirls a little like that Shadow...
Did Laxus just do the Shoryuken lol
Looks like he can hold his own and he still has his ace so it's not all bad.
I was really hoping Mashima wouldn't write about the power of feelings in that last pannel, and there it was again... -.-
And now we have 5 unknown, non-human powerhouses? Where did they come from?
Laxus still has his dragon-force, so he should be a decent opponent.
They might very well be Demons, since those supposedly appear at Dragon King's Festival as well. In some legends Dragon's are considered Gods, so likely those that aren't called humans anymore, but Deities, would be the ones that will challenge them. Not to mention this would explain why suddenly so many GodSlayers have appeared in the span of the years that FT was missing.
What do you mean by 5 anyway ? There 4 Deity Wizards above Jura. Are you counting the Shadow with them (it's possible that one of them is the Shadow) ?
Yeah, I had the shadow in mind. It's obviously inhuman but u may still be right, perhaps there are only four and that the Shadow may be or more likely, originate from one of them?
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i dont get it. i have played Aion, i've played WoW, I've played Tera, I've played SWTOR. i should be used to "busy" spell effects, and yet somehow in GW2 i just can't see anything. you get 5 to 10 people in one place and it's a complete clusterfart or spell effects.
i dont know if they are just too fast, or too many, or too elaborate but every time i pvp and get into a fight it's a gigantic tsunami of lights/explosions/circles/colors/numbers.....and i just can't see crap or follow the flow of a fight, i can't even see animations or even characters.
this i just not enjoyable. did they just over do it, or am i getting too old for this type of games?
Originally posted by GreenishBlue
i don't find nothing wrong and I play the game at max settings; spell FX doesn't last long, but I understand if you are around a couple of mesmers
Yeah mesmers are pretty dazzling, when you are in a zerg with 5 of them it's like vegas, 4th of Fire works, and x-mas lights all at the same time.
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All of my posts are either intelligent, thought provoking, funny, satirical, sarcastic or intentionally disrespectful. Take your pick.
I get banned in the forums for games I love, so lets see if I do better in the forums for games I hate.
I enjoy the serenity of not caring what your opinion is.
I don't hate much, but I hate Apple© with a passion. If Steve Jobs was alive, I would punch him in the face.
Playing devil's advocate:
Could it be deliberate? I mean, think about it. In a battle with a dozen elementalists and mesmers hurling magic all over the place, creating illusions and raining fire from the skies, wouldn't it make sense that everyone is dazzled/blinded/can't see?
Just to add something: I am partially colorblind and I have a 79 guardian: I still have to see the first red circle on the ground because of all the effects. Even managed to finish a couple of dungeonruns with my children despite that.
Have no problems in other games.
Not a big fan of the combat; the effects just add to the chaos.
I am with you OP. GW2 have some visibility issues and spell effects is one of the bigger ones.
My favourite classes used to be melee but they are not enjoyable in GW2. Not because of class mechanics but because targets losing focus, random camera weirdness depending on your race and height and the major one: Spell effect overload!
I would love checkbox options to select spell visuals:
But I guess the camera/FoV discussions have shown us that Anet are pretty stubborn about their games presentation so I will just stick to being a caster and add to the "problem" while I wish for some kind of visual relief ingame.
We dont need casuals in our games!!! Errm... Well we DO need casuals to fund and populate our games - But the games should be all about "hardcore" because: We dont need casuals in our games!!!
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Because it seems more like filler for the simplistic combat, like the devs thought it would spice things up. Korean F2P games have been doing it for years.
Lets face it "action" and "flash" has replaced deep and complex game mechanics.
I had the same problems while playing my warrior. Any group content and I lose sight of my target as well as use of my mouse cursor. It's difficult to even see if I'm in melee range without staring at the hotbar.
It should n't be like that. Spell effects should be to enhance gameplay, not hinder it...
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I often lose track of the cursor due to all the spell effects in a zerg. I doubt that's really deliberate. While I don't find the spell effects on their own all that overwhelming, not seeing the cursor is a hampering gameplay from time to time.
Same here, lol I thought that was just me.
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What you see is about as good as this game gets, which isn't saying much.
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Originally posted by GreenishBlue
i don't find nothing wrong and I play the game at max settings; spell FX doesn't last long, but I understand if you are around a couple of mesmers
The problem is usually more prominent with melee based classes, when the various effect explosions cover your target entirely and you can't tell what's happening.
Originally posted by JoeyMMO
I often lose track of the cursor due to all the spell effects in a zerg. I doubt that's really deliberate. While I don't find the spell effects on their own all that overwhelming, not seeing the cursor is a hampering gameplay from time to time.
I loose track of it even during calm times. It both disappears which is annoying AND it is just the wrong color. It sucks because you need it to target spells.
A nice high contrast (black border, white center) cursor would be nice. Not in theme perhaps but at least you can see it.


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The contest caused quite a stir in several industries -- in fact, the FBI contacted the contest's organizers to discuss concerns that sensitive, personal information would be targeted.
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that's what would have made it even more spectacular when he did win and he would have at some point. if he wins in Cle, even if it's only 2 or 3 I think a good argument could be made he's up there w/ Michael. Now he has no shot even if he wins 7 or 8.
Stop making everything about rings.
I loved what Tomlinson said about winning a ring or having a Hall of Fame career.
Take the Hall of Fame career easily. Rings doesn't make you great. A ring just means you played on a damn good team.
Dickey Simpkins has three rings. Charles Barkley has zero.
LeBron goes down as one of the five greatest NBA superstars with or without a ring. This league hasn't seen anything like him.
His size and athleticism combined with a complete game. It's incredible to watch. Jordan didn't have the complete game like LeBron does. Jordan is the greatest offensive player in league history. But LeBron is a better passer and a better rebounder and right there with Jordan defensively.
He'll go down as an all time great regardless but he's not going to get into the discussion of greatest of allt ime. lebron is a better passer than Michael, he's not close to the better offensive player and Jordan was a significantly better defender.
That alone sets LeBron in a class by himself. Jordan never did that because Jordan COULDN'T do that.
How did Jordan do against Magic or Bird? How did Jordan do against Iverson?
Stars get their points. Dirk is gonna get his. Same for Pierce.
LeBron's defensive game was out of this world this year. He's grown defensively. Same thing happened to Jordan.
LeBron can't guard Howard or Bynum. They're about the only two in the league that LeBron really can't defend.
But he can defend everyone else. That's a tall order. Have to defend speedy point guards and low post big guys. He's able to do that because of his rare mix of size and speed.
The NBA has never seen a guy like LeBron James.
Hey LeBron "earned" it as he earned making it as far as 6 games into the ultimate series last season. No question the 2 best teams made the big dance. Compare that to the mediocre in-season 09 jest who if not for the kindness and charity of strangers, would have been sitting home munching tacos while watching the post season. Hell, playing 12 post season games to get into the finals in 06-07 with the personnel equivalent that compares unfavorably even to the 09 jest, Lebron with less managed to take his team further.


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From all over the country, women pregnant with more than one baby move to metro Phoenix to receive care from Dr. John Elliott, who has gained a worldwide reputation for saving infants in multiple births.
He has delivered multiples from Russia, Mexico and Greece and has published 24 articles and book chapters about his work with triplets and above.
Elliott has delivered two sets of sextuplets, 102 sets of quadruplets and more than 700 sets of triplets.
Rebecca Armendariz, a spokeswoman for Banner Desert Medical Center in Mesa, said Elliott's nickname is "the quad god."
On Sept. 26, he delivered his 14th set of quintuplets to Meryl Ferraro, a nurse, and her husband, John, a car-sales manager from Fullerton, Calif.
Ferraro quintuplets press conference at Banner
Banner Desert in Mesa sees first birth of quintuplets
The babies constitute the second set of quints to be delivered at Banner Desert in Mesa; the mother of the first set, who gave birth about a month ago, also was a patient of Elliott's who had relocated first to California and then to the Valley to remain under his care.
The Ferraros' three girls and two boys, who are doing well in the neonatal intensive-care unit at Cardon Children's Medical Center, were born at 32 weeks and five days. Normal gestation for a single baby is 40 weeks. These babies beat the national average gestation for quints, which is less than 28 weeks.
Meryl Ferraro had started her care with Elliott in California when she was 16 weeks along and then relocated to Phoenix when he moved back here.
The Scottsdale physician practiced in Phoenix for 27 years before moving to California two years ago, and he returned Aug. 1 to resume his practice here.
"We knew we'd have the best chance if we'd keep the care with Dr. Elliott,"Ferraro said at a news conference at the hospital Monday. "When you're faced with this, you're looking for someone to give you hope."
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Elliott attributes his success to experience, medical instinct, determination, a good team, help from God and his aggressive approach -- doing things other doctors won't do, as long as those things are safe.
Knowing that 95 percent of women pregnant with quints go into early labor, he said, "I don't believe in waiting and reacting. If I can prevent a problem, I'll go that route."
Magnesium sulfate given intravenously is effective at stopping premature labor, he said, adding, "I'll keep them on it weeks or months."
In Ferraro's case, Elliott became alarmed when she was 17 weeks along and he discovered that her cervix, the opening to the womb, was dilated 4 centimeters and membranes were exposed, threatening the babies' lives.
"I was horrified and thought she would lose the pregnancy," he said.
But he decided to do something very few other doctors would do: He put a stitch in to tighten the cervix.
He said he thought to himself, "If God is on our side, we may salvage the pregnancy." He didn't voice his concerns to the mother.
"I couldn't take hope away from her," he said, adding that lots of rest and "significant help from above" helped, too.
"There's no way these babies should be here today," Elliott said. "These five babies are truly miracles, and I don't use the term 'miracle' loosely."
One of the Ferraro babies is named in his honor: Cooper Elliott.
Over the years, other babies have been named for the doctor, often given the name John as a middle name. As they grow up, some babies he has delivered keep in touch.
He had dinner with a set of 7-year-old quints from Colorado who were in California on a trip to Disneyland, for example.
"They were well-mannered, asked intelligent questions, and they wanted a picture," he said. "They were climbing all over me. It was fantastic."
Elliott received his medical degree from the University of Colorado in 1972, and from 1978 to 1980, he completed a fellowship in perinatology at the University of California-Irvine. He's now with Southwest Contemporary Women's Care, which has branches in Mesa, Ahwatukee Foothills, Chandler and Gilbert.
His interest in medicine was piqued as a child. At 12, he baby-sat a neighbor girl and was devastated when she died of leukemia. "It was very traumatic for me. ... I made a promise I'd find a cure for leukemia; it started my interest in medicine."
During a residency, he realized he loved handling problem pregnancies.
"Delivering babies is such an honor," he said.
If a woman pregnant with multiples can't afford to have her babies, Elliott has worked for free.
"I don't turn anybody down, whether they can pay or not," he said. "It doesn't matter to me."
Elliott said he doesn't give up on a problem pregnancy. "If a patient wants to have a shot, I'll try anything that's safe."
Among his most memorable patients is a surrogate mother who carried quints for an adoptive couple and a woman who became pregnant with quadruplets with sperm saved before her husband underwent chemotherapy for lymphoma.
The latter pregnancy was touch and go.
"At 23 weeks, she was 6 centimeters dilated, and I had her on four drugs to stop her labor," Elliott said. Delivery at 24 weeks would have been a disaster. She said, 'Do what you have to do to save my babies.' ... I got her to 291/2 weeks. ... She has four perfectly healthy babies now."
Elliott doesn't take all the credit, attributing much of his success to his team of physicians and nurses and others, including the cleaning staff.
"I watch the cleaning crew, and they're being very upbeat and positive," he said. "When they change the trash cans, they say (to the mother), "How are you doing? Keep up the good work.' It really translates to everybody on the team having a positive attitude."
The mother's attitude is vital too, Elliott said.
"I ask the patient to gain 75 to 100 pounds ... and I provide them with a plan for success that has worked before to help them understand," he said. "I tell them how difficult it's going to be. ... They think they can't go further and want delivery. I ask them to go another minute, another hour, another day. They come back to the frame of mind to continue."
Meryl Ferraro, with her husband John Ferraro and 2-year-old daughter Gianna, talk about their quintuplets at a news conference with Dr. John Elliott (second from right) and Dr. Glen Waterkotte at Banner Desert Medical Center in Mesa.
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You Gotta Have Hart(ikainen)
March 01 2011 05:40PM
The deadline deal that sent Dustin Penner away and brought Colton Teubert to the Oilers organization has a ripple effect throughout the roster and beyond. Good news for some.
Teemu Hartikainen has had an excellent season in Oklahoma City. The big 20-year old Finn started slowly and then kicked into another gear this season. Here are his numbers by month:
- Oct: 12gp, 4-1-5 (.417) -8
- Nov: 11gp, 3-3-6 (.545) -3
- Dec: 12gp, 3-4-7 (.583) +2
- Jan: 15gp, 4-10-14 (.933) +8
- Feb: 10gp, 2-2-4 (.400) -3
His January numbers were very good and around that time we started discussing the possibility of his being recalled to the big club. A "cup of coffee" in the NHL might help the young Finn ready himself for the fall and there is an opening at the big league level with Dustin Penner out the door. He's big, has a nice range of skills and has done more in the second half than the first. Arrows going in the right direction.
Will Hartikainen get a look at the NHL level before season's end? Maybe. Either way, the LW depth chart as it stands for 11-12 would appear to have some holes:
- Taylor Hall (25-30 goal man)
- Magnus Pääjärvi (he'll get his chance)
- Ryan Jones (will he be back?)
- JF Jacques (will he be back?)
- Liam Reddox (will he be back?)
- Teemu Hartikainen (AHL prospect)
- Phil Cornet (AHL prospect)
Curtis Hamilton may turn pro this coming fall, but it looks like there's a window of opportunity to the big Finn. If Ryan Jones doesn't sign (and you know he will) then the opportunity is huge. Even with that, a 4th line role seems like a reasonable possibility.
Can the kid deliver enough offense? He compares well against the last number of 20-year old AHL players in the Oiler system:
- Rob Schremp (06-07 SWB Penguins) 69gp, 17-36-53 .768ppg
- Jarret Stoll (02-03 Hamilton Bulldogs) 76gp, 21-33-54 .711ppg
- Marc Pouliot (05-06 Hamilton Bulldogs) 65gp, 15-30-45 .692ppg
- Jean Francois Jacques (05-06 Hamilton Bulldogs) 65gp, 24-20-44 .677ppg
- Teemu Hartikainen (10-11 OKC Barons) 60gp, 16-20-36 .600ppg
- Kyle Brodziak (04-05 Edmonton Roadrunners) 56gp, 6-26-32 .571ppg
- Jani Rita (01-02 Hamilton Bulldgos) 76gp, 25-17-42 .553ppg
- Slava Trukhno (07-08 Springfield Falcons) 64gp, 14-21-35 .547ppg
- Ryan O'Marra (07-08 Springfield Falcons) 31gp, 2-7-9 .290ppg
- Zack Stortini (05-06 Iowa/Milwaukee) 64gp, 2-8-10 .156ppg
Pouliot and Jacques had injury problems and were lost along the way, and Schremp remains an enigma. From the list, Stoll and Brodziak stand as useful NHL players. Part of the reason is their wide range of skills and that should bode well for Hartikainen. He's a big kid who can stand in front of the net on the PP and work like a demon along the wall.
He could be here soon.
FIST! yeah!
i just hope he doesnt skate with his head down like that all the time, cause his time up here could get pretty ugly ;)
Well he's no JF Jacques, but he's got good comparables with Jani Rita.
Usually when you say, "...shouldn't be mentioned in the same sentece as MA Pouliot" it's a good thing.
I loved Hartikienen during rookie camp and a little less for main training camp.
LT: What do you think was his main short coming that kept him from moving up the depth chart sooner?
i just hope he doesnt skate with his head down like that all the time, cause his time up here could get pretty ugly ;)
When I saw that picture, that's the very first thing that popped into my head too.
A shoulder might be popping into his.
This is the time to call everyone up. Rest the starters for the playoff run (in 2012)
March 01 2011, 06:29PM
C'mon in kid, we have a 4-6 yr window, no pressure here.
March 01 2011, 08:58PM
Saw him in Abbotsford play the Heat. I thought he was one of (if not) the best players on the ice. If only you could put Petry's skating in him. I didn't thinkof him as slow...Plante has that in the bag..but he isn't fast either. He has a lot of grit - not afraid of anything and goes to the net hard. I guess I "Saw him good" for one game :)
March 01 2011, 09:26PM
I hope to see him next year in the NHL. He's too important to OK this year with their playoff push.
I expect Linus, Chorney, Reddox will be sent down for at least a day so they can be on the clear day roster. Petiot, Gerber should be gone by then.
March 02 2011, 12:32AM
So two Finns, two Don Cherry pansies and a third Euro Cherry (Trukhno should just give up now), plus a slew of the Good Canadians, and he comes out top of the non-Canadians at this point. Would be an interesting case study if gets called and brings along more offence than Jacques.
I'm sure January totally can't be an anomaly.
March 02 2011, 07:36AM
Arrows in the right direction? Looks like he had a brutal February.
How has he's two-way game been? Because outside of him getting a look on the 4th line I don't know that he gets a call to come play an offensive role on this club this year.
March 02 2011, 08:42AM
this summers' ufa list is tragically poor. The cap is going up and there ain't much to spend it on. Someone is going to overpay for Glencross and guys like Jones.
With Jones being able to play both wings, and Reddox with the ability to slide in at center, even if they're both kept on for next year, it could still put Hartikainen in the NHL for the 2011/12 season. Especially if they don't bring back Jacques.
That said, I hope the Oilers take a run at Upshall in the offseason to really solidify that LW. He's probably as good a 3rd line LW as you can ask for, but he's also able to jump into the top 6 if you get an injury or a sophomore slump from one of Hall/Paajarvi.
I think Hartikainen is progressing very nicely and is an underrated asset in the Oilers system. He is looking like a steal with him being a 6th round pick.
Being named AHL rookie of the month in January would defiantly point to his arrows going in the upwards direction.
From what I hear ( http://www.okchockey.com/showthread.php?2167-Teemu-Hartikainen-s-progression ) Teemu possesses a tremendous forcheck, and can chip in offensively in a 3rd or fourth line role. Impressively enough he is producing ( 10th amoung rookies in AHL point scoring) despite playing with not the most offensively minded linemates down in OKC.
I am all for giving Teemu an eye opening few games in the bigs this year followed by about 20 games(provided he earns it) next season and then giving him NHL games based on his performance from then on out.


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Skip to comments.McCain urges Obama to resolve sequestration
Posted on 02/10/2013 6:58:52 PM PST by SkyPilot
Sen. John McCain, a top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, is calling on President Barack Obama to provide leadership to end the standoff over sequestration and the looming budget cuts for the Pentagon.
"What I would like to see is the president call the [party] leaders over to the White House and say, 'Look, we've got to solve this problem,'" McCain said on "Fox News Sunday." "All he does is go out and make speeches."
Tens of billions of dollars of spending cuts under sequestration will kick in on March 1 unless Obama and Congress act to prevent them. And Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and other Pentagon leaders have warned those cuts could seriously harm U.S. national security.
"Republicans and Democrats are responsible for this new 'cliff,' and I'll take responsibility for it for the Republicans. But we've got to avoid it, we've got t\o stop it," McCain added. "The president is the same one that during the campaign said, 'It's not going to happen.' He just dismissed it."
"The world is very dangerous," McCain said. "The men and women in the military deserve better than what we're giving them."
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McCain basically saying to Obama that he should act like a President who exhibits leadership. Reagan would have solved this self-imposed DC crisis in a matter of days.
Basically, all parties involved (including the Republicans) are holding the military hostage.
Lock them all in a room until they agree to reform entitlements, and let's move on.
Is he senile, clueless or suffering the ill effects of all those years in captivity? Does he think Mr. Obama is a Democrat in the same way that JFK, Harry Truman or Hubert Humphrey was? Does he not understand what type of individual he's dealing with?
McCain asks Obama to do what he has no capability of doing - employ leadership.
Maybe John forgot that "sequestration" was Obama's concept all along?
Who is the brighest of these two dimwits
Juan McCain
Chuckles Hagel
McCain and Grahamnesty can go screw themselves. They had well over 16 months since this bill was passed to recommend sensible cuts to the military. They cant because every project is someones pet project, so this is the only way anything will get cut.
Forget entitlements. Most voters will support higher taxes before they will changes to entitlements.
Besides, GOP proposals on entitlements don't save a dime for ~ 10 years so changing that is hardly an emergency.. In fact, I don't like the idea of today's congress cutting spending many years in the future, then claiming an accomplishment.
I mean why give themselves an ultimatum if they are just going to ignore it when the time comes.
They said if they didn't have a deal they would cut spending across the board- they don't have a deal so CUT SPENDING ACROSS THE BOARD!
There is not one single department that could not survive a 10% cute- AND I am guessing most of them could do the same work with a 70% cut.(from a lifetime of experience working for diff govt)
Just keep the 3 out of 10 who do actual work and fire the 7 out of 10 who read the paper or back-stab each other or make alliances to get promotions (the government version of the TV show 'survivor')
Obama needs a way out now. If Sequestration is implemented he loses. The Republicans need a way out too, because if they let it happen they must accept blame for abandoning the military. It is DC politics at its worst right now.
Just have a press conference saying that on January 1 Obama got his tax increases. Now is time to pay for it with cuts.
Entitlements are the real problem. The military is only 17% of the budget. Moreover, entitlements (as voracious as they are now) are about to explode in the next decade to nightmarish proportions. You just can't say "forget" them. That is madness.
" they don't have a deal so CUT SPENDING ACROSS THE BOARD!"
I suspect that was Obama's plan, he set up this sequestration/mandatory cut plan. All that has to happen is nothing, and it will take place, and the blame will go to the Republicans, which was, I think, the intent of the whole charade.
If only you were correct.
He's provided leadership to drive us far down the path of progressive tyranny.
Madness is McCain and Grahamnesty claiming that entitlements are fully funded by trust funds (IOUS the gubment gave itself) for 10 years just because those over 55 are the GOPs most loyal voting base..
If this is all about cutting them in 10 years then just wait 10 years to do it.
Meanwhile Defense spending has grown gigantic, Maryland and N Virginia need some budget cuts so they can understand what the rest of the country is going through.
Here in Maryland they are still building new housing developments as if the housing boom never crashed.
Why? This was agreed upon by both sides. Let it happen.
I don't want to hear the whining now. If this is all Obama let it be so. If this is the stupidity of Republicans, let it be so.
America, hold somebody accountable for something.
He's "reaching across the aisle" again, no matter how many times he gets bit. i think his brain is fried.
What could go wrong?
This was agreed upon many months ago. Did you hear it?
What do you propose now to break that bill?
No one is going to cut entitlements anytime soon. Its a fact of life. There is no tooth fairy either.
Speaking of the military, you misunderstand its purpose. Its main purpose now is social experimentation : gays, wimmin, illegals (coming in McCain/Grahamnesty amnesty) not any real purpose.
Hell, drones are cheap. They do all the real fighting now. They can survive some cuts, and the military can still be effectively used to destroy this country morally.
This old fossil needs to shut up and go play shuffleboard already.
It was agreed to in 2011, and both sides say it was so lousy that it should not have been implemented. The Democrats would not reform entitlements, so Jack Lew at OMB in the White House dreamed up the "Super Committee" which was supposed to reform entitlements, and the Democrats walked out of the meetings and it all collapsed.
What do you propose now to break that bill?
"Break" the bill? You make it sound like stopping the evisceration of the military is akin to "breaking" the Covenant of Abraham. Well, to "break" this bill there should be modest entitlement reform. Raise the Medicare age to 67 and change the Cost of Living calculation for Social Security. That will take dollars out of my wallet as I am retired military, but it has to done.
The problem with this action is, if Obama injects himself into the decision process he can be blamed,he would have to LEAD,and what we know about Mr.voting PRESENT,that is an anathema to him.
MR.MCCain save your breath,the thing you are good for in Obama's world is an object for blame,nothing more
Did you see him at the Benghazi and Hagel hearings?
John McCain: The grand inquisitor
He sure ran a terrible campaign against Obama, but most in DC would argue that he probably one of the toughest negotiators around.
God bless the hapless Boehner, but if the GOP was smart enough to send McCain to these negotiations, the White House would think he was Kurt Russell in "Tombstone" compared to Boehner.
Our national will is being sapped because of: Entitlements
The "Super Committee" would not act because of: Entitlements
Our debt is exploding because of: Entitlements
The military was cut by $487 Billion (over ten years) starting in 2011. They are trying to absorb that cut (that was real dollar cuts, not baseline budgeting), on top of a Continuing Resolution that has sapped the DoD budget. Sequestration is the final knife that will cut 25% in Operations and Maintenance (at least) and has to be cut between March and September.
my: 78% Of Combat Brigades Will Skip Training Due To Sequester, CR
Navy: Lincoln Refueling Delayed, Will Hurt Carrier Readiness
Obama had actually agreed to a chained CPI COLA reduction for Social Security back in December. It was Harry Reid that who was so angry he actually burned the proposal in his Senate fireplace (true story). The media reported that.
Obama just hinted at the Democrat retreat in Leesburg VA that they might be "angry at him" very soon, but they had to stick together.
I think an Entitlement reform compromise is closer than most people thing. I agree, it is going to be very, very, very difficult. But there is hope. If we don't do anything, we are going to become Greece (or worse) very soon. The problem is not the military budget - it is entitlements.
It is difficult to say the least. I would not change any age qualifier and COLA should be tied to food and transportation costs. (yeah right).
Entitlement reform would start with reduction of numerous fed agencies. NEA, EPA, TSA, etc.
Pipe Dreams I know
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Integrated Payables
BBVA Compass' Integrated Payables solution enables your company to transition from printing and mailing checks and paper remittances to generating ACH payments and electronic remittances, without requiring changes to your existing accounts payable processes. Integrated Payables facilitates straight-through-processing of your accounts payable expenditures by allowing you to combine all your payments into a single file.
Integrated Payables helps break down traditional barriers to ACH electronic payment adoption by providing an effective mechanism to enroll your vendors and other payees, manage their bank account information, and deliver remittance information electronically. When notifying the payee of an electronic payment, BBVA Compass provides the payee with their choice of remittance advice in a PDF image or data that can be downloaded directly into their accounts receivable system.
Recognizing that not all payees can be converted overnight, Integrated Payables supports paper check printing and mailing.
We provide a consultative approach with a dedicated technical implementation manager and project team. During the implementation process, we will assist in assessing your company's particular needs and make recommendations to improve productivity and better manage cash flows.
Cost Effective
Your Company: The Payer
- Migrates check payments to ACH
- Eliminates printing and postage costs
- Does not sacrifice float
- Reduces A/P task load, errors
- Reduces payment disputes
- Reduces risk of check fraud
Your Vendor: The Payee
- Could speed payment delivery
- Improves reconciliation processes
- Provides remittance data in A/R system format for direct import
- Reduces A/R work load
- Reduces data entry errors
- Reduces collection issues
Shared Benefits
- Quick payment issue resolution
- Automates payment recon
- Archives data for up to 7 years
- No capital equipment to buy
- Easily managed
- Reduces costs of doing business
We process payments based on existing data, eliminating the need to redesign your current accounting system to handle electronic payments.
Integrated Payables provides a secure, online archive of payment transactions, allowing both you and your vendors to access payment history to resolve disputes quickly. This will accelerate information flow through robust reporting of data by direct file transmission, the Internet, secure email, or U.S. mail.
Get Started
By Phone 1-888-558-7568
By Email Online contact form