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69. And recite to them the story of Ibrahim (Abraham).
70. When he said to his father and his people: "What do you worship?"
71. They said: "We worship idols, and to them we are ever devoted."
72. He said: "Do they hear you, when you call (on them)?
73. "Or do they benefit you or do they harm (you)?"
74. They said: "Nay, but we found our fathers doing so."
75. He said: "Do you observe that which you h***e been worshipping,
76. "You and your ancient fathers?
77. "Verily! They are enemies to me, s***e the Lord of the 'Alamin (mankind, jinns and all that exists);
78. "Who has created me, and it is He Who guides me;
79. "And it is He Who feeds me and gives me to drink.
80. "And when I am ill, it is He who cures me;
81. "And Who will cause me to die, and then will bring me to life (again);
82. "And Who, I hope will forgive me my faults on the Day of Recompense, (the Day of Resurrection),"
83. My Lord! Bestow Hukman (religious knowledge, right judgement of the affairs and Prophethood) on me, and join me with the righteous;
84. And grant me an honourable mention in later generations;
85. And make me one of the inheritors of the Paradise of Delight;
86. And forgive my father, verily he is of the erring;
87. And disgrace me not on the Day when (all the creatures) will be resurrected;
88. The Day whereon neither wealth nor sons will ***ail,
89. Except him who brings to Allah a clean heart [clean from Shirk (polytheism) and Nifaq (hypocrisy)].
90. And Paradise will be brought near to the Muttaqun (pious - see V.2:2).
91. And the (Hell) Fire will be placed in full view of the erring.
92. And it will be said to them: "Where are those (the false gods whom you used to set up as rivals with Allah) that you used to worship
93. "Instead of Allah? Can they help you or (even) help themselves?"
94. Then they will be thrown on their faces into the (Fire), They and the Ghawun (devils, and those who were in error).
95. And the whole hosts of Iblis (Satan) together.
96. They will say while contending therein,
97. By Allah, we were truly in a manifest error,
98. When We held you (false gods) as equals (in worship) with the Lord of the 'Alamin (mankind, jinns and all that exists);
99. And none has brought us into error except the Mujrimun [Iblis (Satan) and those of human beings who commit crimes, murderers, polytheists, oppressors, etc.].
100. Now we h***e no intercessors,
101. Nor a close friend (to help us).
102. (Alas!) If we only had a chance to return (to the world), we shall truly be among the believers!
103. Verily! In this is indeed a sign, yet most of them are not believers.
104. And verily, your Lord! He is truly the All-Mighty, the Most Merciful. (Ch:26).
123. 'Ad (people) belied the Messengers.
124. When their brother Hud said to them: "Will you not fear Allah and obey Him?
125. "Verily! I am a trustworthy Messenger to you.
126. "So fear Allah, keep your duty to Him, and obey me.
127. "No reward do I ask of you for it (my Message of Islamic Monotheism), my reward is only from the Lord of the 'Alamin (mankind, jinns, and all that exists).
128. "Do you build high palaces on every high place, while you do not live in them?
129. "And do you get for yourselves palaces (fine buildings) as if you will live therein for ever.
130. "And when you seize, seize you as tyrants?
131. "So fear Allah, keep your duty to Him, and obey me.
132. "And keep your duty to Him, fear Him Who has aided you with all (good things) that you know.
133. "He has aided you with cattle and children.
134. "And gardens and springs.
135. "Verily, I fear for you the torment of a Great Day."
136. They said: "It is the same to us whether you preach or be not of those who preach.
137. "This is no other than the false-tales and religion of the ancients, [Tafsir At-Tabari, Vol.19, Page 97] 138. "And we are not going to be punished."
139. So they belied him, and We destroyed them. Verily! In this is indeed a sign, yet most of them are not believers.
140. And verily! Your Lord, He is indeed the All-Mighty, the Most Merciful. (Ch:26).


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Hey all,
Just wanted to show off my lifesize collection that I've been building since '06. I started off a FX Stormtrooper, but have since been bit by the accuracy (or near accuracy :p) bug and I have been constantly upgrading my displays. I started on Boba Fett in '07, but was pretty discouraged by a dealer in particular I dealt with (starts with R and ends with uffkin) so I dropped out.
But, I'm back on to Fett thanks to my friend Zane (Zanenigma) and accurate looking parts from Fettpride, Man of War, etc...
Anyhow, here's what I've done with my Star Wars collection since then (everythings still a WIP):
And here's a size comparison of me and Yoda next to Vader (Yoda's cheating by standing on a small table, BTW :lol):

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My name is Ed Chynoweth and I have recently become interested in TEFL. I was wondering if you could give me some advice on accredited courses that would be right for me.
I am 20 years old and currently in full time employment. The highest level qualification I hold is the international baccalaureate and even though I achieved high English grades my scores for science and maths meant that I was unable to attend university. I used to live in Malaysia and while I was there I spent my summer holidays working in hotels in both China and Tibet. While I was there I would often hold English classes with the staff and sometimes their families which sparked my interest in teaching. Ultimately I would love to return to China with a qualification like TEFL in order to teach properly and, owing to my work, would probably find it easier to do this via an online course.
I have been looking at the group called teflengland, is this a good course to do?
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The Canisius baseball team dropped its second consecutive MAAC series by dropping the rubber game in a 6-3 loss to Siena College at the Demske Sports Complex on Sunday afternoon. The Golden Griffins are now 20-13 overall and 8-4 in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.
Sophomore Brett Siddall went 3-for-4 while junior Jesse Puscheck and sophomore Anthony Massicci each had two hits for the Golden Griffins.
Canisius scored the first two runs of the game on opposite-field homers. In the first inning, junior Connor Panas hit a ball off the top of the fence in left-center and it bounced over the fence for his third homer of the season. In the second inning, Puscheck went the other way to left field to put the Griffs up 2-0 with his third homer of the year.
Siena (8-24, 6-2 MAAC) tied the game in the top of the fourth by putting together three hits off Canisius starter Devon Stewart. A one-out, two-RBI single up the middle from John Rooney knotted the score at 2-2.
The Griffs loaded the bases with nobody out in the fourth, but were unable to re-take the lead. The inning started with a single up the middle from Puscheck and a flare to right field from senior Jose Torralba. Siddall followed with a bunt single to the left side of the mound that got past starting pitcher Bryan Goosens and loaded the bases with nobody out. Freshman Christ Conley lined out to short for the first out of the inning, and Goosens induced senior Ronnie Bernick to hit into a 1-2-3 double play to end the inning and keep the game tied.
Siena scored four runs in the top of the seventh, getting a two-out, bases-clearing double down the left-field line from Javier Esquerra and a perfectly placed fly ball down the right-field line from Andres Ortiz that scored another run to give the Saints a 6-2 lead.
The Griffs loaded the bases in the bottom of the iinning, with senior Shane Zimmer working a bases-loaded walk to force home a run. Reliever Kyano Cummings got Puscheck to hit a groundball to first base, with Citro stepping on the bag and then firing home with Dave Hoffman applying the tag on Massicci. The Griffs hit into a double play with the bases loaded for the second time in the game and left 11 runners on base in the game.
Stewart (3-4) took the loss for the Griffs, allowing six runs on 10 hits in 6.2 innings while striking out six. Junior Eric Stolzenburg threw 1.2 scoreless innings of relief while sophomore Iannick Remillard got the final two outs in the ninth.
Canisius continues its eight-game homestand with a mid-week game against St. Bonaventure on Tuesday. First pitch at the Demske Sports Complex is set for 4 p.m.
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When it cools down, I am temped to buy one of those semi-auto pellet guns, and buy a pellet trap for it. That way, I can satisfy my shooting urge in between range trips. Since I am in a neighborhood in the city limits, this is about all I can do...
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When it cools down, I am temped to buy one of those semi-auto pellet guns, and buy a pellet trap for it. That way, I can satisfy my shooting urge in between range trips. Since I am in a neighborhood in the city limits, this is about all I can do...
Sounds like a good way to have a little practice. You can make a pellet trap for almost nothing.
yea, but they have ones w/ little targets on them for cheap at Cheaper than Dirt...
I'm sure, no matter what, my wife will put a crimp into my plan some how :rolleyes:
That's a great idea! I was thinking about how I could get in some training with a pellet gun, but didn't think the neighbors would like me setting up targets in the back yard of my sub-division. A mini-garage range is just the answer! You da man Shipwreck!
If you're interested in making one let me know.Quote:
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Why would she do that?
Well, it's an inferno in there now... Maybe this winter.
Knowing how my wife feels about guns, I'm sure she'll get upset about it omehow.
I guess I needa find a fairly decent pellet gun that doesn't cost too much. I hear that the cheap PPK gun that U can buy at Wal-Mart for $50 isn't very accurate at all. But, I don't really wanna buy one of those expensive $150 jobbers (there is a nice P99 replica one, but it is expensive).
Not to hijack your thread, but my wife is kind of anti-gun. How does your wife deal with the gun thing, Shipwreck?? How do you deal with her??
Ah, good to see I am not the only one around. It's only a g/f right now, but may change soon. Anyway, she doesn't even want me buying a gun. I am convinsing her slowly though.Quote:
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Well, initially, she didn't even wanna see a gun. Over time, that waivered a bit. Now, she'll pick one up if I ask her to bring it to me or move it or whatever. I was shocked when she agreed to come w/ me to the range 1x back in March or April. I can't get her to come back to the range after she shot that 1x, though. She actually did pretty decently.
She always complains when I buy a new gun, and I pretty much have to sell one to buy another. When I sell one, she would rather see me do something else w/ the money.
At least I am not in a situation where she would say - get rid of them. Well, she has said this in such a way as to ask. But, she knows I won't budge on the issue. I had guns before I met her, and will always have them. I won't go for the ultimatum.
I'm pretty lucky in the wife area. She's a fine shot herself and owns a couple handguns. Shes got her COlt Mustang on all the time!!
I've got a buddy who built a .22 range in his basement!!! Its pretty neat.
Elvis Pressley had a range set up in a garage at Graceland. The back wall had, I believe, two layers of cross ties as a bullet stop. Seems he had baffles in the ceiling, but not too sure about that.
I know Elvis had a pretty ornate Colt Python and a Government Model .45 ACP.
A friend of mine, incidentally, bought a shoe box of baseball trading cards, the kind that used to be in packages of bubble gum. As he was sorting through the cards, he discovered Elvis's carry permit for Colorado! I think he told me he sold it the following week or so.
And, before I'm jumped on, this man knew what he had. He advertises at Graceland and deals regularly with Elvis memorbilia.
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I've thought about getting one of those. I would think the air powered ones would be the best ones. I was thinking I could set up targets all over the house/apartment, in different rooms, in the hallway, etc. And go through like I was busting into a place to save a hostage. I wouldn't do it as tactical training or whatever. Just for fun. Yes, there's still a child inside me. :)
Well, in the house, U'd have to use airsoft. I was thinking of metal pellets/bbs in the garage. But yes, they make super cheap traps for the airsoft.
I am lucky my wife doesn't give me too hard a time about my guns, she even like to go shoot with me sometimes. However she does question why I need so many.
Back to the original disscussion, That is exactly what I had already made plans to do in my garage this fall when it gets cooler outside. I am going to put up a airsoft or pellet target along with a dart board and mabey a folding ping pong table.
I think it is lack of knowledge maybe. Only time a gun is talked about is when someone gets shot or something like that so it gets a negative rep. I am sure that as I get more into it she will come around. Will she ever come to the range with me? I'll make a celebration thread if she does. :)Quote:
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Well, in all fairness, my wife is from China. So, she has a differentc ultural background - no one there owns guns. And, crime is not the same in Shanghai. They execute people there for all sorts of crimes. So, I am as understanding as I can be on this issue.
It's not like a woman from America who just "hates" guns for no legitimate reason.
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WHEN she does sje, WHEN she does!!!!!:mrgreen:
When I was a kid my bedroom was my shooting range. I opened my closet door for greater range and placed a cardboard box on the floo inside. This was filled with a Sears Roebuck catalog, newspapers and backed by a WW II steel helment. I learned to load wax bullets and used my mother's canning wax for bullets. ( My mother would not allow live ammo in the house.)
I had to drill out the flash holes on some cartridge cases for the gun to function. (I was using my Colt New Service .45) The recovered bullets could be melted down and used over and over. Always melt the wax in a double boiler, heating over a flame can result in ignition of the melted parraffin.
This can be done using an auto pistol, but must be cycled manually. Also, since the head of the case is rigidly supported, the flash hole need not be drilled out.
Bob Wright
I've been kicking around the idea of getting a good quality airsoft P99 for rainy day training/plinking - It'd fit my holsters, I could practice drawing, shooting while moving footwork, etc.. I've handled a few of the better quality ones, and I can see the value as a training aid.
But Shipwreck may have a tough sell still, as these can cost as much as the real thing.
You could probably get a away with a $60 CO2 bb pistol and a pellet trap - tell her you'll save money on range trips (probably won't really happen, but sounds like a good rationalization anyway)
hahaha :P
Well, I have an old Beretta 92 Daisey pellet gun that is probably 15 or 16 years old. It is CO2, but I would imagine i haven't used it in over 12 years. So, I am not sure if it even works. I'll give it a try before I buy one, though. I could always use the CO2 in whatever else I buy.
I like that Walther one (not airsoft, but a regular pellet). U can buy the gun w/o all the laser and scope attachments for less, but it's still about $150 or so online. I'd rather put that $ towards a real gun...
I built a trap for my Co2 pistol. Used it in the basement. I used a metal backer at an angle. It worked well but it was LOUD. That pissed off the wife. Pulled the metal and pressed 10lbs. of plumbers putty into the back of the trap. Much quieter, just have to pick out the pellets once in a while. Happy me, happy wife.
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Which do you recommend, and why? I'm currently wanting to invest time in one of these games. But can't make up my mind, which is the overall best experience? and which is the least pay to win?
Which do you recommend, and why? I'm currently wanting to invest time in one of these games. But can't make up my mind, which is the overall best experience? and which is the least pay to win?
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I would say Neverwinter. However, this is based purely on how much I enjoyed the beginning (first ten to fifteen hours) experience of both games. Tera was a chore to get thru, while Neverwinter was quite fun. I prefer Neverwinter's combat over Tera's as well.
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The majority here will probably tend to Tera, since Neverwinter is almost globally hated here except for by Apoca. =D
They're both pretty abysmal. If i could proffer a third option it'de be Vindictus, completely room based but at least they don't try to screw you at every turn :/
Neverwinter isnt a bad game in itself. Lots of story and content. Also it gets good patches, balance fixes and even a big content patch soon. "The Foundry" is so refreshing. Player made dungeons, some are very very excellent. With interesting and humorous storytelling, while giving reasonable exp and drops. Lots of creativity there.
The PvP isnt that bad either, but still needs some work. Its just ruined by the way PW runs it. And the economy is just screwed with the diamonds system. Which also has been exploited in the past. Thats what made me quit. I would immediately play again, if they released a new server. But from what I heard, they want to merge the 3 existing servers into 1 in the future....
Tera is just a eye candy grindfest. And the PvP is abysmal
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They're both pretty awful choices honestly. Neverwinter is literally the definition of pay to win as shit. Tera is just a boring chore since once you get to endgame it's literally the best definition of a grind race since you literally can't do shit unless you grind for the best gear.
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I edited the original post. Thanks for the feedback all.
Neverwinter is PAY 2 WIN, there whole Market is based on Pay 2 WIN, especially for PvP....
Nano.. Nano.. Nano..
Tera is fun endgame. the only reason I dont play is because of their server and interface lag. It can be insane sometimes, and during the time I was playing, they never attempted to improve it, so I got tired of the game. At least it isn't p2w, and from what I saw in korean version they're gonna add dyable costumes later. If you like dressing up your char that's also fun. If you're an elin anyways lol. Most other races dont have shit for costumes.
Yeah everyone loves Elin.
There costumes are off the HOOK, they look so cool in all the crazy stuff...
Nano.. Nano.. Nano..
Neverwinter has about 1-2 weeks of content. After that all you do is run the same few dungeons, but even that becomes unnecessary because few days of grinding them can easily get you best gear, not best enchants though.
Tera on the other hand has a lot more content / grind to go through, but.... pray for gods of computer that your parts/drivers happen to be just the correct one. It is like trying to win lotto or something to get good fps on this game. A lot of i7 cpu with 1k euro gfx cards can barely break like 30 fps in pvp. This low fps thing for me was the reason to stop playing the game. Not that I have a killer computer, but if my fps drops from 130 to 30 just because of showing UI, then something is definitely wrong with this game. Also if you think this will be fixed, the problem has been on there over 1 year, so most likely it will never be fixed.
In other words pick your poison or you could also choose FFXIV which is going to come out in a week.
I'd pick TERA, because Neverwinter never pleased me. I also still have TERA installed on my computer, but never play it anymore.
It's a good game, I like it for at least. I just can't bring myself to play it currently, can't figure out why...
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Also feel free to check the list of action MMORPG: http://www.onrpg.com/boards/threads/...on-MMORPG-List
Though I think if you look for an action MMORPG then Tera is actually a fairly good choice. It's NOT more repetitive than Vindictus.
Tera easily.
TERA has very boring quests with a difficult to follow plot line. Only reason to play is for the PvP and even that has died down since the Vanarch nerf.
NeverWinter has very good questing and storyline but it peters out about after a week where the game just kind of ends. Worth the download but move on when you are done with it.
Vindictus starts slow but gets better as the story progresses. Vindictus is the action combat king and the first MMO with destructible environment. Play it long term for the action and many challenging raids.
Vindictus is pretty much dead lol.
Thx for the feedback everyone. From what I have gathered thus far, Neverwinter is worth playing for about 1-2 weeks. I figured I'll play this game and move on to FFXIV when it's out. FFXIV looks very promising.
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the gov. does have a way of denying things that dont fit "their" definition of how things aught to be, i know a couple of cowboys here in my area (i've been in colorado 2 years now) who were told that the are no grizzly bears here, then the rangers tried to fine them heavily when they roped it and ear tagged it. also a friend over on the utah border was told there are no wolves in the area, again he hung 6 on the fence after they devistated his sheep, and the wildlife officials who told him " they aint none around here" tried to cause trouble. many times throughout history the people who live in an area are told by the "scientists" that they're imagining things only to one day wake up and read about the great find in the national news papers. gotta wonder
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My dogs all have to be sitting in some way touching me I swear lol. I felt so bad for the little guy, he was obviously nervous. Sadly I saw a few other young shepherds who were not being treated like they should have in my opinion. I was heading in to hope to say hi to one of them, and she tried to come over to see me, but the girl handling her got upset that she moved, since she had been randomly getting up and trying to run off. Which makes sense to me. I wouldn't want to stay at someone who got mad at me because I wanted to slip away.
I didn't want to go over to where she was sitting because I didn't want her to feel crowded into the corner of x-ray. I probably should have knelt down near her and let her come near. I always try to sit near patients if I am just hanging out with them. Talk with them, pet them softly. I always try to hold the smaller patients for things, keep my hand or arm under them in some way. Same thing with bigger dogs. People have commented that patients seem to like me that haven't been particularly friendly toward others. I take my ques on how to work with them from other girls I work with who are excellent at patient care and handling. The one woman truly has a way with the little dogs. She's just so patient with them, always concerned about their comfort.
Shepherds are just so hard not to want to go say hello to. I just wanna hug them all!
|He sat on your foot, LOL, that's how you know they trust you! My dogs have just always known my shepherd friends from other friends who may have had a dog or five but none of them were shepherds. The friends with Rotties or Akitas get a pass too -those people know what we know.
|Yesterday a guy who years ago helped found the k-9 police club in the Seattle area was at a pet store. His face lit up so bright when he saw my puppy outside the store. He came within 15 feet squatted down and called, puppy,puppy, puppy. I knew this guy knew GSDs. The two of them had a complete love feast. Very heart warming.
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I run into that all the time in my training classes, especially at the beginning before I've gotten a chance to really work on how owners interact with their dogs. Many will look to me and ignore their owners,
|I find that dogs sometimes just don't like a particular person (just like us) for no particular reason. That person frequently thinks the dog is aggressive maybe because they don't want to contemplate that the dog just doesn't like them.
I find GSD's just have a low tolerance for strangers manhandling them.
I had one vet talk to me from across the room, then march over and try to palpate my pup's tummy and I thought she was going to get bit (my dog didn't do anything, but snapped her head around).
My regular vet kneels on the floor and pets my dog while we're talking and by the time she needs to do anything with her, my dog is feeling comfortable with her.
I think some people just don't have the patience some dogs need to feel safe and secure before they try to do anything with them, and the GSD is such a good reader of body language and emotions. It often times only takes a minute of calm energy to make them feel secure.
Glad you were able to help the pup have a better experience
|I run into that all the time in my training classes, especially at the beginning before I've gotten a chance to really work on how owners interact with their dogs. Many will look to me and ignore their owners, but I have noticed that breeds that crave clear, consistent directions like German Shepherds, Rotties, Collies, ACD's, and the like tend to attach themselves to me and don't want to look at anyone else. I always challenge owners to learn the behaviors they need to win back their dog's attention.
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I have felt that one myself. I don't tend to have issues with them, and I really do enjoy getting to see all the GSD who come in. I remember one day we had one come in with its owner and it actually jumped up and bit the shirt of a co-worker of mine. She never had trouble with them in the past, but that obviously startled her. However when I went up to deal with the man and his dog, I had no problems at all. He didn't growl or anything at me.
Funniest was the day I went to kneel down to give an injection of sedative to a young K9 officer that came in after eating a mag flashlight (malinois lol). He just took one look at me and came right over, leaning himself into me for snuggles.
|they always know IMO. There's something they can just sense. They know who has a better understanding of them than others.
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|they know, I did a transport. with my sister last year, 2 female GSD's, sisters, bout 16 months old, room full of people and when they brought them in, they both ran to me, stayed by me and ignored the other people
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245.9 sec. 1 - International Business Negotiations (Fall 2014)
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This course is based on experiential learning structured around a semester-long simulated negotiation of a business transaction. The students in this class will represent either a US pharmaceutical company (KJH Pharmaceutical) or an African agricultural production company (Malundian Cassava Corporation). The opposing party to the transaction will be represented by a counterpart class at Stanford Law School. The two companies are interested in working together to exploit a new technology developed by KJH Pharmaceutical that uses the cassava produced by Malundian Cassava Corporation. The transaction can take various structures and the negotiations will take place through written exchanges and through real-time negotiations conducted both face-to-face and via videoconference.
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Tennessee's Christie Elwin broke her own school record and finished fourth in the pole vault; and Nicole Cook and Sharon Dickie contributed fourth-place efforts in the 800m and 5000m, respectively; on the final day of the Southeastern Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships at the University of Florida's O'Connell Center.
The Lady Volunteers wrapped up the meet with 25 points, scoring all of them on the final day to place ninth and beat last year's sum of 21 by four. No. 8 Arkansas ran away with its third indoor title in the past four years, tallying 129 to outdistance second-place No. 5 South Carolina (108.50). No. 4 Florida was third with 105, followed by No. 1 LSU (88), No. 13 Auburn (62) and Georgia (55.50). Kentucky (48) had its best indoor meet since 1989, and No. 20 Mississippi State (29) collected the most points in school history (indoors or out) to finish ahead of UT in the seventh and eighth positions, respectively. Scoring behind Tennessee were Vanderbilt with nine and Alabama and Ole Miss with two each.
"We had some good developments with Christie setting the school record in the vault and Toyin improving her personal best in the
55m," UT Head Coach J.J. Clark said. "Sharon and Nicole took fourth and Nicole was able to hit the automatic mark the day
before. Those are positives. I am optimistic about the people who did score and the impact our recruiting will have on our team.
"We have a long way to go to get the program where I want it to be. I will have to be very poised and patient in a conference that contains so many teams of a high level. I look forward to getting back in the office, continuing our recruiting, training and getting ready for the remainder of the indoor schedule and the upcoming outdoor season."
Elwin, who came to UT with an impressive high school clearance of 13-1/3.99m, finally had the day she was looking for as a Lady Volunteer. The senior from Adelaide, Australia, eclipsed not only her previously school records (indoor and outdoor) of 12-9.50, but she also sailed over the magical 13-foot plateau for the first time as a collegian. Her mark of 13-2.25/4.02m was good for five points. It also gave her a significant improvement within the NCAA provisional qualifying ranks.
The progressions for Elwin included clearances of 11-9.75/3.60m, 12-4/3.76m, 12-10/3.91m and her scoring height. The 12-10 attempt broke her old UT mark, while the 13-2.25 flight crushed both her school and personal records. Elwin also had three attempts at 13-5/4.09m but was unable to navigate that height. Arkansas freshman Stacie Manuel was first at 13-8.25/4.17m. Dickie, meanwhile, scored her first individual points at an SEC indoor meet since 2001. Her 16:49.72 pace in the 5K also chipped five points into the Tennessee coffers. For the senior from Grand Blanc, Mich., who has traveled a road frought with injuries and has never wavered in her quest to once again be among the league's elite distance runners, the reward was a long time coming. After charting a 2:06.11 NCAA automatic qualifying mark in the prelims, Cook took fourth against a very talented 800m field in a time of 2:07.66 to garner five points. Marian Burnett, the 2002 SEC indoor champ successfully defended her title in 2:05.42, followed by Florida's Kristina Bratton in 2:05.78 and Kentucky's Beth Heimann in 2:05.80.
The third-place SEC finisher indoors and the champion outdoors a year ago, Cook (Petersburg, Va.) went out fast and led the first two laps, going through the quarter mile in 58 seconds. Burnett moved to the front on lap three, however, and Cook was unable to keep pace despite clocking a 1:32 for 600 meters. Bratton and Heimann also went around Cook on the third trip around the track as the Tennessee standout dug deep but was unable to find reserve energy for the final 200. Still, she managed to hold off Auburn's Caitlin Reese (2:07.76) at the finish.
Toyin Olupona got on the board first for the Big Orange, tallying three points for a sixth-place effort in the 55m dash. The sophomore from Orillia, Canada, ripped off a career-best time of 6.87 to improve her NCAA provisional qualifying status and rise from ninth to fifth on UT's all-time performers list in that event. Auburn's Elva Goulbourne, the fastest in the prelims at 6.76, backed that up in the finals by knocking off LSU's Muna Lee, 6.73 to 6.75.
Entering the championship race, Olupona ranked as the ninth-fastest of the qualifiers, recording a 6.93 in the prelims on Saturday afternoon. On Sunday, however, the Canadian speedster rolled to a lifetime best and erased her previous PR of 6.90, which she recorded at the Tennessee Indoor Classic on Feb. 21.
Next up, redshirt freshman miler Brooke Novak added two points with a seventh-place finish in her first SEC final. After qualifying seventh in 4:52.79 yesterday, the Kaukauna, Wis., native was just off her personal record of 4:51.37 from the Armory Collegiate Invitational on Feb. 15, crossing the line Sunday in 4:51.66 to aid the Big Orange cause.
Near the end of the day, the distance medley relay combination of Novak, freshman Caitlin Ward (Gibsonia, Pa.), junior Erin Anderson (Kent, Ohio) and sophomore Elizabeth McCalley (Knoxville, Tenn.) tacked on a seventh-place finish in a season-best 11:54.84 to add two points. The 4x400m relay tandem of sophomore Antoinette Gorham (Glenarden, Md.), Cook, sophomore Dee Dee Trotter (Decatur, Ga.) and Olupona wrapped up the scoring with a sixth-place reading of 3:43.76 to obtain the final three points.
Elsewhere, junior Janine Tessarzik was 13th in the weight throw with a top heave of 57-6.25/17.53m; freshman Katie Flaute was 16th in the 5000m in 18:09.92; and freshman Jessica Andrews (Rockford, Tenn.) and Jessica Reust (Knoxville, Tenn.), and sophomores Lauren McNeil (Easton, Pa.) and Kendra Rhyne (Andersonville, Tenn.) were unable to clear the opening height of 11-9.75/3.60m. After running the 3K yesterday, junior Jessica Southers (Ashland, Ky.) started the 5K but did not finish.


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"I was honestly completely astounded," DuBois said. "I couldn't believe I'd actually won."
In his essay, DuBois wrote that his school has successfully blended new teaching tools with individual teaching talents.
"The teachers' quick (adaptation) to the new technology demonstrates how well Moultonborough Academy has incorporated the flexible teaching program Colonel Francis Wayland Parker established and valued," he wrote.
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"Figuring out how to think about the problem." That's what Albert Einstein said when asked what single event was most helpful in developing the Theory of Relativity. Application integration is a problem. A big problem. Not to mention data, B2B, and other domains of integration. As an industry analyst and solution architect, what I'm most interested in first is how to think about the problem.
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A month ago I wandered in to TDH looking for reference material for a bet.
The standard old $1 bet that would cost me 30 days, $200 and a lot of sleepless nights.
A friend wanted a boba suit. He was going to buy a very nice helmet from ebay for around $400 dollars. While he was showing me what he wanted to do, and told me he was going to spend a lot of money to put together a boba outfit we came up with a bet.
The bet? Create a boba for 200 that to 'NORMAL' starwars fans would
1. Recognize as boba.
2. Would be an Idealized (as opposed to acurate) boba.
3. Would survive three halloween parties with minimal damage.
4. Would cost less than $200 (not including tools) to create.
5. Could be done in 30 days.
6. Would not be called 'cheap' or 'chincy' when seen in public.
So, I set forth looking through TDH. Found WOF templates and made the helmet. Varying slightly from the templates to make it easier and faster to build, considering my time constraints. (The helmet actually started being build before the bet, found on constructables.com or something, which led me here.)
Upon seeing the mostly complete helmet the bet was modified to 'not be able to download and use the templates' then further modified to 'You can use the templates for 'source material' but you cant print and use them.
So, I created my own templates, based off WOF templates in illustrator. I staired a LONG time at them, and cut some corners.
While the following pictures are not great, I wanted to share the 90% complete project with you. Keep in mind its not supposed to be acurate. Im not sure I could even create an acurate boba. I dont have that kind of time or patience.
Here ya go.http://www.starwarsuniverse.com/build/a1.jpghttp://www.starwarsuniverse.com/build/a2.jpg
Now the armour is not for me, its for a guy thats a lot smaller than me. I measured his chest, and hes about 3 inches smaller across, thus the armour plates are too small for me. But he wasnt available to model.
Everything is scratch built. Even the flight suit. Made from the simplicity pattern. I was allowed to buy the boots and modify them, as well as gloves (not done yet).
The rules on buying were:
1 Can not be sold as a boba fett item.
2 Can not exceed $20
So heres the break down.
1 sheet 3mm sintra = $30
1 sheet 1.5 mm sintra = $26
1 Sheet Polystyrene = $10
12 Cans paint x 2.50 = $30
7 Yards fabric for vest / suit = $32
3 Yards Velco = $15
1 pair white leather gloves = $4
1 Pair cheap black vinyl boots = $19
1 girth belt. $9
5 bottles of glue = $18
1 Yard of brown vinyl = $5
Total : $199
Things I had:
wood stock for missile.
Vinyl plotter + vinyl for stickers (kill stripes and chest)
lcd elecs from old projects
19'' Scroll Saw
various tools.
Arrow heads for darts on gauntlets and knees.
Drywall screw holders for drill for dart pieces.
Mustard for mask:)
various household items.
sewing machine
I have 3-4 days left, to finish the flight suit pockets, and a neck seal. All things I have the materials left for.
Plus to install the elecs and paint the stalk/rangefinder.
Thats all, thanks for looking, and i applaud all your hard work on your custumes. I have a very good idea of what it takes now to make one of these. Your all master craftsman.
I look forward to making a true variant to put on a manequin, something that wont be judged so harshly:)
Ciao and thanks for any help I received.


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Alright before I begin, this is my first post and kinda new at this.. I had this idea about 3 or 4 years ago so hope im the fist to post this. The armor i made is about 50% complete so far. Its quater inch thick so 16g high grade steel, very nice stuff. It was cut with a torch and grinded and shaped it and semi buffed it so i wouldnt get a ton of surface rust.. I think its comming along very well... It is all self accurate to my body, im 5'11" 192lbs, and every part of the armor is proportional. BUT!! the reason why im trying to finish it is due to Celebration IV.. Which has got me very excited to finishing it. So right now most of the peices are cut out except for a few to name; back, knee guards, under thigh guard, top of boot guards and last above foot guards. If your wondering what im talking about ill soon post them,
i just have to torch them out first. But the Silver bucket is my one ill be using with this suit, It is not steel sadly :( still working on making a steel bucket that i can bead weld together. But this one is still nice is a aluminum powder and resin cast with a about a nickle inch of fiberglass on the inside for strength but very light. On the other hand the black and OD green helmet is very heavy lol ! about 2-3 quater inches of fiberglass and weights about 4 pounds, that one took the longest to make! Let me know what you guys think of it so far, and its supposed to resemble the SWG mandalorian armor off the game. Ohh yeah btw im 19 and this is my first time working with steel if anyone is wondering.
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CLEARWATER — A Clearwater teacher faces charges of abusing two special needs students at Skycrest Elementary School.
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Fox remained in the Pinellas County Jail early Friday. She's being held on $20,000 bail. No attorney was listed on jail records.
Clearwater Public Safety spokeswoman Elizabeth Watts says Fox was arrested after investigators talked with the teacher and students.
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Discussion in '2008 Playoffs' started by max, May 18, 2008.
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Fix is in, Boston to the finals. 6 times in and the Braves syndrome still is there. Bah
Well that was a bust. Give them a long 2nd round series and they get tired, a short one and they get rusty. Does not seem like the Pistons have any edge comming into any series. Maybe they will win the next one. One win will still make this a highly successfull trip.
That, my friends, was a steaming pile of s--t. Nice game, Pistons. Is this what we'll be treated to for the next two weeks?
They played a horrible game, and barely lost to Boston. We can so beat these guys. All the Celts did was hold serve.
ME E ITHER oz..IM DONE ...AND i'M SPENT. It was like we just soooooo good , we can GIVE AWAY games to a team with : 1. a 66-16 record 2. that beat us 3-1 in reg season 3. that has won 15 straight home games 4. that just finished a 7 game series with Lebron less than 48 hrs ago 5. when we had 6 days to prepare I luv the old posters, but these new hiphop posters aint 4 me...see yall.
We're lucky we just lost by 9. Whats going on with these guys man? I cant believe they just left the game slip out of their hands. I'm not saying they could have won the game easily, but come on, they were always trailing by no more than 4 points. Somebody turned the switch off and in the 2nd half they never went to the line as they did on the first. They just started to take contested shots and shooting bricks (Rasheed Wallace the main guy in this last area). I think Flip turned the team's switch Off again. I really had a good feeling about this game, but it became a nightmare. Tired of Rasheeds inconsistency. I think I have never seen a guy miss shooting ALL bricks. He made 3/12, those 9 were completely bricks. Anyways, the Celtics shot 50%, which is bullsh*t. And Pierce just made whatever he wanted to. I still believe the Pistons are gonna win this series... but they need the attitude they're currently lacking.
I agree with Sir Roscoe. Rip absolutely killed us with his turnovers. Or, it seemed that way. Chauncey was understandably slow-looking. Not because of the injury, but because of his recent ECF performances. Pierce travels every time he jab-steps. I just don't see us taking the series for some reason. We played like crap in the third quarter. No one seemed to learn how to correct their mistakes, which isn't a good sign.
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Well, I've been lurking on your site for years, and finally signed up a few months ago. I was living overseas for the past 8 years, and found your site an interesting supplement to the normal coverage. I suppose now is as a good a time as any for a first post after checking out the chat. It's funny how many have come to expect this type of performance. I know I did. That's the frustrating thing about this team. You write them off, they come on strong. You expect success, they shoot blanks. The offense seemed out of sync. Not enough assists. Too many turnovers. Holding the ball too long (what was with the repeated Tay against the world plan early in the game?). I suppose Billups coming back into the fold after a layoff didn't help, but it's not like he is new to the team. Did he seem tentative, or is he still injured? Boston's "D" is good, but the Pistons seemed to stop themselves as happens so often. I suppose now that I've come out of the forum closet, I'll have to post once in awhile....
Yeah, please make it a habit. Welcome. It's great to see you signed up. Hopefully chat is not so miserable in the remaining games. :D
1 down and still 4 to go. We still got a chance to win one in Boston. Kind a rusty tonight though ... We are not going to beat the Celtics scoring 79 points..in fact in the 4 games we have played them this year we have not scored more than 87 points and the last two we couldn't top 80... Billups claimed he was 100%, but I doubt he was at 75%, he missed 2 Ft and only had 2 assists?? Rip and Sheed were invisible in the first half, but we still were within 1 because of the play of Dice and Stuckey. Sheed did not even dominate when KG was out, but hit some shots over PJ and Perkins in the 4th. I think when they gave up that 6-0 run to end the half, it gave the Celtics some momentum. The game was lost in the third qtr with the 7 turnovers
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Nice to enter the exchange. I haven't met many fans since my return (insane, since I am back in the Detroit area). I still don't understand the inexplicable lack of ball movement. They know they need to move the ball around to win, yet they abandon this strategy all of the time. I know the opposing "D" has something to do with it, but they didn't even appear to try and spread them out tonight. What did they practice since the end of the Orlando series? I agree with some of the other comments. They clearly could have won this game playing as bad as they did. I only wonder how long Boston will stay quiet. Allen is bound to wake up one of these days.....
Sure, in their minds, they can. This team needs to stop being metaphysical and start getting physical.

Well, many of you Piston "fans" got what you wanted tonight. Hunter. Theo. No Afflalo. No Amir. And the Pistons looked bad.

Many of you are so enthralled with our starters that you would want Billups to play in a game when he was clearly not ready to play. Someone said he was not at full speed. He was not at half speed. But hey, Flip can do what he wants, cause the fans don't seem to care. At least a vocal minority of them, who I am directing this venom at.

For those of you who think Flip can do no wrong, please change. Join the fans who do care about us winning, and start demanding Flip play Afflalo and Amir to shore up our defense, to add youth to our rotation, just as Dumars wants. Demand that Flip not do what he did tonight, play players only so that he would not have to play Amir and Afflalo.

Hunter played way too much. He did hit one three. Great. Thats it though. Imagine how many hustle plays we could have gotten from a youngster like Afflalo. Anyone see Theo be of any help at all out there? Nope. But since he is on the team, and so many of you actually believe young, energetic players should not play - so many actually go along with Flip's non-sensical line that you can't have more than one young player on the floor, while having the local nursing home's residents all out there all at once is just fine, ok, this is a runon sentence. Quit giving Flip any breaks. Call in on the call in shows and demand better.

If you you post about the game, demand better. And direct some anger at Dumars for allowing this non-sense to go on.

Sheed played pretty much the entire 1st half. Why? He started the game out 1 for 6. Not exactly hot. He did make two consecutive buckets at one point, but otherwise very predictably had a terrible 2nd half to match a not so great first half. And that 3 he took when we were down 6 and desperately needed a 2 point bucket - that was pure "bad Sheed." What was he thinking.

Tay had his moments, but was outclassed by Pierce. Funny, but our bench never helped at all as far as trying to wear Pierce out. You know, we actually have Hunter as the guy playing to spell Tay. What a huge dropoff. Boston must be laughing right now, thinking why not send the local highschool team out at us next time if that is all we got.

Dyess had a good first half. Too old though. Nothing in the 2nd half.

JMAX hit a jumper, had some nice bounds, not much else.

Rip hit some shots, and turned the ball over some.

Hayes did not play. Amir was dressed. I assume that Samb, Dixon, and Herrmann are the guys not dressed.

One more point. With Stuckey in and Billups on the bench, we pulled this thing to within 6. In comes Billups. Why? Just because he is a vet. Not a good reason. Flip, do better. One, start Stuckey next game. Two, sure play Billups, but minimally. Three, do not play Hunter. Too old. Next, play Afflalo and Amir. Pretty simple. Get over your "fright" of playing young players. Do not label players. Just play your best ones.

Jean Francois, it's all good cousin. I knew we might be in for a six or seven game series, which means 2 or 3 losses, if not 4. This is only one loss.
It seemed like the Pistons were not mentally ready for this game, while the Celtics were. I expected the opposite. But the Pistons are predictably unpredictable, and they can still bounce back with a great game on Thursday.
How are these two things even related? If the Pistons use the "We were rusty" argument, I'm going to scream. Celtics come off two back-to-back 7-gamers, are ripe for the picking, and Detroit comes out with little heart. I'm not discouraged, but I do think an opportunity has slipped away.
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IM)O, for the hp number you wish to achieve, go large early. That will be the biggest factor in eliminating repeated parts purchasing, i.e., more than one cam, more than one crank, more than one set of pistons. The use of a stroker crank requires different pistons and in most engines it requires some grinder work for the big end of the rods and rod bolts to clear the oilpan rails and bottom of the cylinder bores. You'd essentially be building two complete short blocks by building it one size now, then in a year or two stroking it to another size. You'd have an extra crank and set of pistons laying around needing a block or trying to sell them as used parts.It's completely up to you but to save money, buy fewer parts, and spend much less at the machine shop, go big early. Build it with the future power adder in mind too, with respect to strength of individual parts and static compression ratio.JMO(s)
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Alles super! Sehr nette Gastgeber. Sehr schöne Aussicht auf die Bucht und genügend Platz. Sehr zu empfehlen.
Schöne saubere Unterkunft.
Freundliche Hausbesitzer.
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Very nice, pieceful and relaxing house.
We really enjoyed the large rooms and terasses outdoor. It is great to have realy furniture inside and outside.
Buen apartamento en una buena localización, tanto por cercanía a la playa como a servicios de restauración, supermercados, etc.... Probablemente repetiremos el año que viene. No me ha gustado que me diferencien el pago del alquiler del apartamento del de las sábanas, toallas y limpieza ya que en definitiva hay que pagarlo. El pago es obligatorio, con lo que debería de estar en el importe total del alquiler y no diferenciado.
Nette, saubere Wohnung mit allem Notwendigen ausgestattet.
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The house is big and especially with a great view but:
- There're no curtains or shutters on the windows
- The sheets are minimal (and not optional)
- The house was quite dirty despite the payment for the cleaning
- The manager of the property accused me to stole one (1) pillowcase the day after we left. The pillowcase has been obviously found after a while, it was left behind during the collecting.
I've enjoyed my stay in Stintino for the sea, the nature, the landscape, but, for a short stay of 4 days, too many thing that didn't work out with the house.
Nice place and great pool. BUT too expensive! Bad kitchenequipments. Expensive sheets and towels. Not value with the money!
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Un sitio muy bonito tranquilo y cómodo,lo recomiendo, aunque si que es verdad que lo del gasto de limpieza no te lo dicen hasta no hacer la reserva pero también pudimos tener contacto las 24h con la compañía que lo llevaba y bien atendidos,es un sitio muy bonito y lo recomiendo.
Very disappointed at the standard of the apartment and the arrival and departure procedure! This apartment was let through Wimdu by Interhome. I will never book anything let by Interhome again. Having made the booking and paid for it we were totally unaware until one week before departure that bed linen and towels were not included and an extra charge was levied (Euro 28 for sheets and 12 for towels). When I challenged Interhome on non disclosure of information they told me it was in the small print: having trawled though every last word I found it in tiny print under Cancellation Policy! Again I challenged Interhome about deliberately placing this important piece of information where nobody will think to look. It should be clearly displayed on the webpage under Amenities where a note can be posted in the relevant area for all to see.
Arrival procedure - what a nonsense. Having paid for the sheets you have to collect them in person from the office. We made it by the skin of our teeth before the office closed for the weekend. Because our flight was delayed we arrived in Chamonix later than expected and had the office been closed we would have had no sheets at all! They are bulky to carry and I have photos of my husband looking like Santa Clause with a big white sack over his shoulder. It's the height of nonsense to expect arrivals to lug luggage and carry this bulky bad around Chamonix. On departure we had to return the sheets to the office again in said bag!
End cleaning - the previous tenant had presumably paid therefore we expected a clean apartment. The hard surfaces were clean but the living room carpet was disgusting with stains and grime and dirty black marks (photographed). It needs either professionally deep cleaned or dumped. Personally I would replace it. My bed sheet had a dirty brown mark on it (photographed) and the "white" patio furniture was grey with grime. I don't think it had been cleaned in years. Before I would set as much as a mug on it I scrubbed it with the dish scrubber (which I then couldn't use on the dishes!). Again we have photographic evidence. The best feature of the apartment is the wonderful view of Mont Blanc from the balcony. I don't know who is employed to clean this apartment but they could do with a lesson or two. I will never use Interhome again and I recommend that you steer clear of it too. I've used Wimdu many times and always been satisfied but not on this occasion.
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Linda J. Bilmes is the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Senior Lecturer in Public Policy and is recognized as a leading national expert on financial and budgetary issues. Her research focuses on U.S. budgeting and public administration, particularly on the costs of war, veterans' affairs and the civil service. We spoke with Bilmes on the nation's budget crisis as lawmakers approach the so-called "fiscal cliff."
Q: Is "fiscal cliff" a fair/accurate description of the nation's current budget situation?
Bilmes: The "fiscal cliff" refers to the combination of expiring Bush-era tax cuts, and congressionally mandated spending cuts, that are both scheduled to happen on January 1st. However, it is more accurate to call it a "fiscal slope" because even if these changes were to take effect for a short period of time, Congress will almost certainly restore some or all of the tax cuts, and modify the spending cuts, even though it may take a few weeks before they reach an agreement.
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Bilmes: The outlines of an agreement are well-known, and have been for a while. These include a combination of revenue increases, spending cuts, and some investment in areas such as infrastructure and education. Most of these ideas have already been agreed to in a series of bipartisan commissions and reports over the past year. There are three main impediments to reaching consensus.
The immediate sticking point is that some Republicans are objecting to raising the upper tax brackets for the wealthy. This overlooks the fact that even the "baseline" in the Simpson Bowles plan assumed the Bush tax cuts for those earning more than $250,000 would be allowed to expire. This issue is a red herring - there can be some tweaking around the edges, for example, raising the top marginal rate to 38 percent instead of 39.5 percent - but directionally this rate has to go up in order to generate enough revenue to close the deficit gap. It is also necessary to limit tax deductions, but this alone will not raise sufficient revenue.
A second issue is that the mandatory spending issues are much more complicated than the immediate tax issues. For example, the long-term viability of the Medicare system is truly complex, and it can't be resolved in a few weeks of horse-trading. So those members of Congress who are demanding that we "cut entitlements" are being unrealistic. Millions of people depend on Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, veterans disability benefits, and other government support programs, so any reforms need to be introduced very gradually, with the goal of ensuring that our national safety net is sustainable.
The third, more fundamental problem is that our national budget process has become dysfunctional. Budgets are supposed to allocate resources. But the US budget system has broken down, so that government is being funded by a series of stop-gap funding bills called "continuing resolutions", and short-term "emergency" supplemental appropriations to pay for even routine matters. We also lack a national accounting system that provides transparency on where money is spent. I believe that until our budget process is fixed, we will continue to lurch from one budget crisis to the next. The current "fiscal cliff" is simply the latest manifestation of the ongoing "fiscal paralysis" in Congress.
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Bilmes: The objectives of the administration are to "stabilize" the debt (in other words, to make sure that the national debt stops growing faster than the economy) to protect key programs like Social Security and Medicare and veterans benefits, to provide for national security and to promote a more equitable distribution of the tax burden.
To do these things, we need to grow the economy – it would be foolish and dangerous to simply cut spending without nurturing the seeds of recovery that we are seeing in the country. The public overwhelmingly supports the President's position that wealthier Americans ought to pay higher taxes. So the President needs to keep the focus on the big picture of what he's trying to do and stay out of the weeds. He should focus on showing the linkagesbetween his budget proposals and economic growth and deficit reduction. For example: explaining that the reason we need to invest in infrastructure is because we can take advantage of today's historically lowinterest rates to invest in areas that will create jobs, thereby boosting the tax base, growing revenues, and earning a good return for Uncle Sam.
Q: What happens if a budget deal isn't reached by Jan. 1?
Bilmes: Nobody looking at the proposed "sequester" – across-the-board spending cuts, including a 10% in defense – wants it to happen this way. It is one of the most ridiculous ideas that has ever been floated. So I expect that Congress will not allow such massive spending cuts and tax increases to take effect – or if they do, it will be only for a very short while, during which it will cobble together some kind of temporary fix. But if there is no agreement, or hint of an agreement, the consequence would be an unpleasant jolt to the economy that would likely suppress economic activity.
Many economists believe it could even tip the country back into recession. A second issue is that many businesses are holding back on investing and making decisions because they don't know what the tax environment will be next year. While things are up in the air, the markets may remain jittery and the investment climate will remain below what it could be. The risk is that if this is not resolved soon, it may delay business investment for a long period.
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"it is more accurate to call it a 'fiscal slope' because even if these were to take effect for a short period of time, Congress will almost certainly restore some or all of the tax cuts, and modify the spending cuts, even though it may take a few weeks before they reach an agreement," said Bilmes.


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As regular readers of my blog will know, I've been talking about moving beyond alignment for a number of years now. The fact is, too many CIOs have been able to get by on the basis of managing the technology black box — and CEOs and CFOs have been complicit in allowing these same CIOs the freedom to do what they want within tightly controlled budgets, not wanting to sully their hands with "all that technology stuff." But those days are rapidly coming to an end. The technology genie is out of the bottle; today's business-unit leaders are more dependent on technology than ever before, and they are also much more tech-savvy. CIOs can no longer hide behind the technology black box — it's time to change the IT game forever. It's time for IT to drive business results and connect all technology investments to business outcomes.
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