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Posted on 11/08/2012 6:15:21 PM PST by tobyhill
The Congressional Budget Office offered a sobering assessment of the economic implications of plunging off the fiscal cliff Thursday, just as lawmakers prepare for a fight over taxes and spending.
If Congress and the Obama administration allow scheduled tax increases and spending cuts to occur, the economy will shrink by 0.5 percent in 2013. The unemployment rate would soar to 9.1 percent up from 7.9 percent today.
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) asked for the report and said the findings are another reminder of the need to find an alternative to the tax increases and spending cuts that make up the fiscal cliff.
The consequences of inaction will deliver a dramatic, short-term blow to the economy, Baucus said in a statement. We need to build a bridge over this fiscal cliff. We need to work together Republicans and Democrats on a solution that provides some certainty to American families and businesses, while also bringing down our deficit and debt.
The report largely echoes earlier CBO projections about the fiscal cliffs impact.
An aide for House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.) said the report confirms that raising taxes on all taxpayers will result in fewer help wanted signs hanging in the windows of businesses across the country.
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
Voters asked for this. Let them have what they voted for.
It's not important. Vaginas,illegals and faux empathy are what matters. 4 dead Americans in Benghazi? No match for an Obamaphone. Get your priorities in order. A new day has dawned in Amerika.
ahhh..but voters don't care about those things
The repiublicans will cave but the great unsaid here is that this fiscal pain would right the deficit and in that sense would be an enormous boost to our economy.
Because duh just spending more and more, and not taxing anyone to pay for it, is the real "fiscal cliff".
All Republicans need to say is that Obama won. The burden of providing the leadership on any compromise rests on his shoulders.
But the MSM has gone all out today to try and pin the responsibility 100% on Boehner.
Oh what are you complaining about they legalized pot "for the children". And they will hire more bipolar teachers to rape your kids. I don't know why everyone is always beating up on democrats here. /s
Funny how Polico and the other MSM types never really raised this as a campaign issue. Yeah, it was mentioned, but all of a sudden it's this crisis... after the campaign.
By allowing the 2003 Bush tax cuts to retire, taxes will be increasing the bottom rate from 10% to 15% and the 20% bracket to 25%.
Raising the 10% bracket to 15% represents what percentage of increase? (Hint: The correct answer is NOT 5%)
To those moving from the 10% bracket to 15%, their taxes will be increased by 50%!!
Raising the 20% bracket to 25% represents what percentage of increase? (Hint: The correct answer, again, is NOT 5%)its s a full-blown 25% increase in taxes
Finally, raising the 35% bracket to 39% represents what percentage of increase: (Hint: The correct answer is NOT 4%)thats roughly an 11% increase in taxes.
Time for the repubs to play the divide and conquer game.
Play the producers against the non producers.
Let's see who wins.
How about this? Cut social programs back so the dependents get only what they NEED to live without working. A minimal place to live, canned goods like many taxpayers have to eat, and coupons for thrift store clothing. Why not have THEM do some of the "fair share" to help this country?
If their comfortable life wasn't so comfortable, they'd be tax payers in no time. If they WANT more than we give them, they'll get a job.
The cut backs would save billions over night. The savings would be huge, and the dependents wouldn't be harmed by it - just inconvenienced.
Cut taxes for the working class big time. If the working class has more to spend, they'll buy. When they buy, businesses produce. The more businesses produce, the more they hire. All those on welfare would be able to find work. The whole nation would become productive. The economy would boom like it's never boomed before.
A booming economy would pay off that deficit in no time.
In other words, how about REAL change. Instead of paying and rewarding people NOT to work, how about paying and rewarding those who DO work instead?
Problem solved!
Let's see. 16 trillion in Federal debt, trillions more in state and local government debt, excessive dollar printing, unfunded entitlements, ongoing monumental deficit spending ,a bizarre unchecked anti capitalist EPA spewing regulations, a health and job killing Obamacare ( a left wing twofer) and high taxes and low productivity. The barbarian Obama crowned by the decadent and demented. The new trendy term is "financial cliff." Good comic term to describe the Obama clown parade rushing toward the precipice with their tattered "Its Bush's fault" banners fluttering.The country chose a vapid fool to lead it and will suffer the consequences. The Republicans simply do not have the political power to influence the outcome. It would actually be good politics to step aside.
Screw `em. The voters sent a powerful message.. instead of getting government out of the way and opening up opportunities for economic growth and prosperity.. they chose to be parasites, expecting productive citizens to lavish them with a lifestyle of leisure.
Amerika is nothing more than a version of France with crappy architecture, rampant crime and fat, slovenly people. It`s just a landmass to me right now.
Sorry about the `tude, all... I`m not particularly happy with this formerly great country`s voting populace these days.
I say let it happen. We're at this point due to Obama's crap leadership and lack of economic understanding. Boehner should refuse to raise taxes, period. And insist on spending cuts. If Obama doesn't agree. Let it burn down. Only a crap President would leave the country so vulnerable.
Agreed. Obama needs to present what he wants....in detail.
The libs voted for it, that's what they want. Run off the cliff full speed. Let them own it.
Everyone else just brace for impact.
Local rag Editorial chimed in with saying it's now time for everybody in DC to get past the partisanship of the Election and work together for the good of the country.
they then went on to say that now is the time for Republicans to start getting along with Obama
Bwahahahahahahaha...the Libs own the outcome...whatever.
I agree, let it happen
WRONG. The tax payers have no one to represent them. When was the last time a candidate vowed to end or drastically cut back welfare to NEEDS only? Instead, they add to the goodies every time. Even the Republicans.
Why vote if no one will save you? Taxes will still go up. They always do. Regulation will be added. It always is. Freedoms will be lost. They always are. It doesn't matter to the hard working average Joe who wins. He knows he's going to get screwed anyway.
There's no one to represent the hard working American citizen anymore. We're not lost. Our government is.
"on a solution that provides some certainty to American families and businesses, while also bringing down our deficit and debt.
Democrats...lol. They're all just skanky, fat, lying pigs.
Millions of tax payers are being used as slaves to support the democrat base. All the welfare base does everyday is lay around and breed.
The tax payers have no one to speak for them, so they don't vote. Why bother? They'll still have to go to work everyday to support the thousands of new welfare kids being born that day.
NO TAX HIKES. In fact, demand a huge cut for everyone. The working class would be celebrating like never before. FINALLY! Someone who's there for us! Where do we vote????
I agree. Let it go over the cliff and be done with it.
I have reached a point where I don't give a Fudge what they do. Either way America is screwed.We have idiots running the Government and a Muslim in the White House-—again.
"Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) asked for the report and said the findings are another reminder of the need to find an alternative to the tax increases and spending cuts that make up the fiscal cliff."
I wonder what the alternative will be??? Maybe tax increases combined with no actual spending cuts but promises to do better in the future? How did I know?
"Play the producers against the non producers."
We lost that battle three days ago. The non-producers had more votes.
Boner will have no effect on the imminent economic implosion no matter what he does. The only way to stop the fiscal cliff is to cut social program spending, reducing regulation, promoting domestic energy and reducing taxes. NONE OF THESE THINGS WILL OCCUR. The economy will tank whether there is a deal or not.
Boner is a useful idiot for zero and he is weakening his position everyday by alienating the conservative base. But just maybe, Boner's stupidity will result in a conservative challenger to his speakership.
Regardless of what "deal" they hammer out it will be grossly unsatisfactory. Our budgetary problems will remain. No amount of taxation will bring us close to solvency, as no spending restraints will be implemented. The country's fiscal demise will not come on a date of our choosing. Simply put, we will wake up one day and flames will be all around us. So you better sleep with your fire extinguisher.
"But the MSM has gone all out today to try and pin the responsibility 100% on Boehner."
And it is only going to get worse. You are not going to believe how the lamestream media is going to crucify the GOP on not "going along with 0zer0" after his big win. It will be a rehash of GOP=Party of NO, Greedy Rich GOP, Failed Policy of Tax Cuts gave us deficits, etc. I have no faith what so ever that Boehner and McConnel won't cave under the media onslaught, especially if the rates rise on the poor and middle class earners. The economy is most likely going to go into recession early next year, but raising taxes across the board by letting all the Bush tax cuts expire will guarantee it. This will just add to the heartless, greedy GOP smears, and the GOP will be blamed for the double dip recession, just like Bush was blamed in 2008. Bank on it.
So, the GOP will cave. If they do, I hope they at least try to salvage something. Here is what I would do. I would give 0zer0 his tax increases on those making more than $1 million. A real "Millionaire" tax, not a Millionaire tax on $200,000 which is what 0zer0 wants. I would also stipulate that every penny of projected CBO tax increase receipts go to cutting spending ACROSS THE BOARD IMMEDIATELY, no tax increases now for "future" spending cuts. That way Defense won't be the only thing cut. This should make it about 75% Non-Defense and will hit a lot of Democrat Sacred Cows.
Lastly, I would not agree to raise the debt ceiling one penny until long term tax and entitlement reform is done. If you cut spending and raise taxes (0zer0's balanced approach), then you should not need to increase the debt ceiling.
This gives 0zer0 some of what he wants, but it won't do anything to turn the economy around because the Dems have already destroyed it. The GOP avoids the obstructionist, and favor the rich vs middle class label, and the Dems get saddled with the double dip recession that is inevitably coming. Then the GOP can say, we tried it you way Mr. Prez... the balanced approach, and it failed. The Dems will then completely own the recession that is coming next January.
Here's what Republicans should say (repeated here) :
Dems won and they are for raising taxes.
The Bush tax cuts expire in December and President Obama has made it a point many times that he thinks that these Bush tax cuts are bad policy and he wants them to expire. He said they destroyed the economy. He ran on that and won.
So there is nothing we can do. The people have spoken. Our hands are tied.
But we still think its bad policy to raise taxes.
Then secretly ask O how badly he needs the House to pass something.
Lastly DON"T SAY STUPID STUFF in public like challenging O or in any way acting crazy. This past congress's GOP members have a great talent for giving Obama a big LOADED gun pointed at their own heads.
On camera : Act concerned, Act worried, Plead with Obama to think of the country first.
JEEZE! Are these Rs clueless??
Time for them to start.
Let them get a dose of paying for people that don't want to work.
Let it go over the cliff.
All hell is going to break loose when the parasites go to their tax payer paid mail boxes and there's no welfare card waiting for them on the first. When the money runs out, they're NOT going to be happy.
We can't keep flushing money down the democrat toilet and expect it to produce anything other than sewage. The freebies have to stop. We simply cannot afford to support the freeloaders anymore. The democrat politicians did this to our country, so they'd better come up with a plan to fix it.
The time has come that the Court Houses in America, that give Holy Matrimony Marriage Licenses to couples, has LOST their 'right', and their 'priviledge' to extend legal, authentic, bonafide Marriage Licenses when they started giving licenses to the people of the same sex.
TO FIX THIS: Christians should boycott EN MASSE the Court House and just see how many taxes are collected in a year, and when the budget planners realize they've lost revenue, they'll amend the Court House to give Civil Unions to Same Sex, and Holy Matrimony to Male/Female relationships.
Funny when George W. Bush was asked what the greatest threat to America was he responed that it was the destruction of the American family. Churches need to open a website where couples can apply On LIne for a Marriage Certificate that has been endorsed by Evangelical Churches, and bypass the Courthouse.
Yep. FORCE the democrats to cut spending and taxes. This is happening on Obomas watch. This is HIS fault. Bush is looooong gone.
I say let it go off the cliff. As the CBO stated, it would be a short term blow to the economy and would force us into a recession (one that we never left if honest). The rats don't care the least about the tax cuts expiring or even the military cuts. What they are worried about are the social program cuts, extended unemployment insurance payments stopped, cuts to food stamps, etc. Yes, all the freebees that define their voting base. Otherwise, they will raise taxes and not reduce any spending.
The US GDP is $15 trillion. The federal government is borrowing (or creating out of thin air) $1.5 trillion per year. So it's pumping 10% of GDP into the economy to get a measly 1% GDP growth per year. That doesn't sound like a growing economy to me.
The Lame Stream Media and Rats will try every way to pin it on the GOP but in reality all the GOP is doing is giving the Rats what they want, letting the Bush Tax Cuts expire.
The people deserve what they voted for, let 'em have it. Income tax rates up, Social Security withholding up, health care taxes up, capital gains up, dividends tax up, estate tax up. Voters get the government they deserve and hopefully they'll get it hard!
Let it burn. No pain no gain.
I hope they fail. High time for our nation to be marked to market.
Some say let's do nothing and let it go over the cliff, blaming the real culprit, Obama and his pals. But, of course, the GOP would take the blame. It will not go over the cliff. Even if our side stands firm, Obama will declare a national emergency do what he wants. He is not bound by the Constitution. Then he will be praised.
absolutely right!!!
The government stayed out of the 1920 depression (the one no one talks about) and it was over in just over one year.
FDR extended the 1929 depression to 12 years by intervening!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Americans have betrayed their Constitution and thrown away their individual rights. America may as well just be a landmass.
all true, but it would be no contest between astrologers and the cbo
astrologers are right half the time, cbo never.
And the bridge will merely span a little further across the gap and stop where the chasm is a bit deeper...
Doesn't matter if they do you not.
"Trends that cannot continue....won't"
Herbert Stein
great idea..but how do you get the message to r congressmen
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Everyone seems to love to celebrate things. Sports victories, holidays, birthdays, promotions, etc… If we were asked if we like to celebrate things we would all say yes, of course! Who doesn't love some cake, balloons, and a pat on the back after a great win?
The problem is, as much as we say we like to celebrate if we are honest with ourselves we probably don't make it a priority in our lives or in our ministries. Why don't we celebrate in our ministries, our home life, and our personal life? (And the volunteer Christmas party doesn't count!) The reason I have a hard time celebrating is because it takes time. Sometimes I feel like it just wastes time from what we are trying to accomplish. I can point out the flaws and we can talk about the negative things in our lives or in our ministry all day long, and how we want to fix it. But it seems we pass right over when things go well. I have to be constantly reminded people need to celebrate! Heck, one of my favorite things is celebration. We need the celebration so we can endure the hard times and stay in it for a long time. Your volunteers and your ministry leaders need to be celebrated.
I am reading the book, IT (How Churches and Leaders Can Get IT and Keep It) by Craig Groeschel. He reiterates that teams that have great commodore, celebrate together. "It is better to have one person working with you than three people working for you." Dwight D. Eisenhower. Celebrating the small and big wins together help your team have camaraderie. Builds team and builds friendships over shared experiences. Friendships matter. Gallop research shows that close friendships at work boost employee satisfaction by almost 50 percent. Employees who have a best friend at work are seven times more likely to be emotionally engaged in their job."
Celebrating the successes as a team and doing life together, creates friendship, which creates a common bond, which increases employee satisfaction and ultimately makes your team better and stronger, which equals greater performance as a team.
Groeschel says, " We pray. We plan. We perform. And God blesses it. But then we miss a critical step. We don't party!"
In your ministry look for excuses to celebrate. Anniversaries. Completion of a project, a ministry launch, a personal victory. Make it fun and creative. If you are not good at doing this find someone who is a good party planner and that this comes naturally to. Task them to be the person who makes sure there is a celebration after every win.
One thing small I do at my intern meetings is every week we go around the table and celebrate a God story. We celebrate how God is working on the campuses we are apart of. Each week we are able to share and celebrate the small and the big stories that God is doing.
Take time to Celebrate one another. It might seem for some of us type A personalities that celebration is a waste of valuable time. But ultimately it is something that gives value to those around us. And when we fell valued as a team member it makes us want to work that much harder so we can celebrate again!


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Philip S. Khoury is Ford International Professor of History and Associate Provost at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
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Inquiries regarding visas to the U.S. or other consular matters should be directed to the consular section of the U.S. Embassy, 142 Old Hope Road, Kingston 6, Jamaica; tel: (876) 702-6000; fax: (876) 702-6001. There also is a U.S. consular agent in the Cayman Islands to assist in providing services for American citizens. Address: Unit 222, Mirco Center, North Sound Road, Georgetown, Grand Cayman; tel: (345) 945-8173; fax: (345) 945-8192. For after-hours emergencies call the U.S. Embassy in Kingston, Jamaica, tel: (876) 702-6000. The Consular Agency in Georgetown is open to the public: M-W-F 0730 to 1100 and T-Th 1200 to 1530. The office is closed on U.S. and Caymanian public holidays. 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Alexis Rogers scored 25 points to lead the Falcons (23-3, 13-1 MAC) to their ninth consecutive win, while Erica Donovan added 24 and Jillian Halfhill 13.
Alexus Malone finished with 18 points to lead Buffalo (15-10, 8-6), which also got 13 from Mackenzie Loesing in a game that was much closer than the final score would indicate.
Donovan scored 10 points early as the Falcons led 19-12 with 9:28 left in the period. But the Bulls responded with a 14-7 run to tie the game at 26-all with 3:51 on the clock.
There were three more ties after that point until Rogers' layup with just nine seconds left lifted BG to a 36-35 halftime advantage.
Rogers and Donovan combined for 31 of the team's 36 points, with Donovan scoring 18 and Rogers 13. The Falcons also made 7-of-12 attempts from 3-point range, including 4-of-6 shooting from Donovan and a 2-for-2 effort from Rogers.
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Buffalo's Karin Moss made a jumper with 4:20 to play that gave the Bulls a 57-56 lead, but BG took command soon after.
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Anyways, Fernando's band played the car show on Sunday so we made it out for that day at least. I had planned on wearing my fabulous 40s rayon Hawaiian shorts. When I put them on though, I realized that I bought these when I was about 10-15lbs heavier. Needless to say they didn't fit. I was running late so I threw on a dress I purchased recently from Kim and headed out the door.
Even though I wasn't decked out in Hawaiian I got a lot of compliments on my dress. I really do love it! Plus, it goes perfectly with my Miss L Fire wedges.
The car show was quite small. Only a few cars. I got drunk on rum and had a great time though. I got to see my San Francisco and LA friends too which made the day a lot of fun. Monica and I went through the vendors but didn't find anything. It was a lot of 60s Hawaiian. The few vendors that had 40s and 50s were asking a lot of $$. Oh well. I think I have plenty of Hawaiian at this point!
We stuck around to see Elvez and Big Sandy and Fernando and I even got some jiving in to DJ Okie Oran.
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As of Jan. 1, 2012, George Fox University prohibits all forms of tobacco use everywhere on campus as well as off-campus by employees and traditional undergraduate students. The policy applies to George Fox's residential campus in Newberg, Oregon, and its Portland Center in Portland, OregonPolicy History
The university has always prohibited tobacco use by its undergraduate students and employees but, through Dec. 31, 2011, did allow campus guests to smoke outside of buildings.Rationale for Change
The reasons for adopting a stricter tobacco-use policy are outlined below.The policy ...
- Provides a healthy workplace and educational environment for the university's students, employees and guests
- Aligns with the lifestyle commitment and values of George Fox
- Eliminates the danger of second-hand smoke on campus
- Aligns with American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation's Smoke-free Air program
- Supports The American Lung Association's Oregon Tobacco-Free College Initiative
The decision to strengthen the university's tobacco-use policy dovetails with a growing trend to restrict the use of tobacco on college campuses nationwide:
- 252 colleges and universities are tobacco free (The American Lung Association, October 2011)
- 586 schools are 100 percent smoke free (American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation, October 2011)
Tobacco-Free Q&A
I thought George Fox was already a tobacco-free campus. What changed?
While the school's student and employee handbooks prohibited tobacco use by traditional undergraduate students and employees, guests were allowed to smoke outside buildings. The tobacco-free campus policy takes it a step further by prohibiting the use of all forms of tobacco products on campus (even outside).
When does the tobacco-free policy take effect?
George Fox University is a completely tobacco-free campus effective Jan. 1, 2012.
Is this change just for the Newberg campus?
The tobacco-free campus policy includes the Newberg and Portland campuses.
What has been done to communicate this change to the George Fox community, as well as visitors to our campus?
There are many ways we've communicated the change to a tobacco-free campus. Some of these include: announcement at all-employee meeting, informing key constituents at the Newberg and Portland campus about the change, official press release, letter from the president to the George Fox community, E-nnouncement messages, contacts with outside groups that visit our campus, creating tobacco-free web page with information and FAQs, information given to The Crescent staff, and changes in the student and employee handbooks.
I've been part of a summer program at George Fox and I was allowed to smoke outside the buildings. Can I still do that, especially since it's not during the school year?
Smoking, as well as other tobacco products, are prohibited at all times on campus, regardless of the event or the time of year.
Does George Fox offer any cessation or stop-smoking programs or support?
While the university does not offer specific programs, we would highly encourage people to contact Providence Newberg Medical Center or the American Lung Association about programs and products that can assist people to stop smoking. The Newberg Medical Center's smoking cessation classes information can be accessed at providence.org/classes. The lung association information can be found at lung.org/stop-smoking.
What should I do if I see someone smoking on campus?
Community members may politely remind guests who are smoking that we are a tobacco/smoke-free campus. If she/he is uncomfortable doing so, or the person smoking ignores the reminder, reports can be made to Security Services.
What organizations are advocating for a tobacco-free campus?
While there are many more than what's included here, two of the prominent initiatives are the American Lung Association's Oregon Tobacco-Free College Initiative and the American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation's Smoke-free Air program.
Do other college campuses have a tobacco-free policy?
Yes. An increasing number of colleges and universities nationwide are tobacco/smoke free. Two-hundred and fifty-two colleges and universities are tobacco free (The American Lung Association, October 2011), and 586 are 100 percent smoke free (American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation, October 2011). The University of Oregon and Oregon State University will become tobacco-free in 2012. A list of Oregon Tobacco-Free Campuses can be accessed at this site.
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February 27, 2013Birth of an Actor: Tommy Lee Jones '69 Former Harvard football player Tommy Lee Jones '69 discusses his time in Cambridge.
February 22, 2013Harvard's Matt Birk Retires After 15 Seasons in NFL Former Harvard standout Matt Birk '98 has announced that he is retiring from the Baltimore Ravens after 15 seasons playing in the National Football League.
February 18, 2013ESPNU Road Trip Visit Cambridge for "The Game" ESPNU Road Trip made a stop in Cambridge this fall for the 129th edition of "The Game" at Harvard Stadium.
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January 31, 2013Good Luck Matt Birk '98 in Super Bowl XLVII Matt Birk '98 will be the starting center for the Baltimore Ravens against the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl XLVII.
January 07, 2013Colton Chapple Earns 2012 CFPA Quarterback Award as Nation's Top QB Harvard senior quarterback Colton Chapple has earned the 2012 CFPA Quarterback Award, as announced by College Football Performance Awards.
January 04, 2013Kyle Juszczyk to Accept Senior Bowl Invitation Harvard senior tight end Kyle Juszczyk will accept an invitation to play in the 2013 Senior Bowl, slated for January 26 at Ladd-Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Ala. The game will start at 4 p.m. (EST) and can be viewed on the NFL Network
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December 11, 2012Ten Fall Student-Athletes Named Academic All-Ivy League The Ivy League has announced the names of 80 student-athletes – including 10 from Harvard—who have been named to the fall 2012-13 Academic All-Ivy League team.
December 10, 2012Juszczyk Named to Fourth All-America Team Harvard senior tight end Kyle Juszczyk added yet another All-America honor on Monday with the Medina, Ohio native being selected by The Sports Network to its second team.
December 06, 2012Harvard's Kyle Juszczyk Named to AFCA All-America Team Harvard senior tight end Kyle Juszczyk continues to pull in All-America honors, with the Medina, Ohio native being selected to the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) first team.
December 06, 2012Brate, Chapple, Juszczyk Earn All-America Honors Harvard placed three players on the 2012 Beyond Sports Network All-America teams with senior Kyle Juszczyk earning first team honors, senior Colton Chapple and junior Cam Brate earning second team honors.
December 05, 2012Harvard's Cam Brate Named Capital One Academic All-America® Division I Harvard junior tight end Cam Brate has been named to the Capital One Academic All-America® Division I football team as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
December 04, 2012IvyLeagueSports.com: Colton Chapple Bushnell Cup Feature IvyLeagueSports.com: Colton Chapple Bushnell Cup Feature
December 03, 2012Harvard's Colton Chapple Named 2012 Ivy League Football Offensive Player of the Year Harvard senior quarterback Colton Chapple was named the 2012 Asa S. Bushnell Cup recipient as Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year in an announcement made at the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel in New York City on Dec. 3, 2012.
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November 28, 2012Juszczyk, Hodges Named to All-America Teams Harvard senior tight end Kyle Juszczyk and sophomore defensive end Zach Hodges have been named to the CollegeSportsMadness.com 2012 All-America teams.
November 28, 2012Chapple Named New England Player of the Year; Six Named All-New England Harvard senior quarterback Colton Chapple has been awarded the Division I FCS Gold Helmet as the New England Player of the Year by the New England Football Writers' Association. Joining Chapple on the All-New England team are senior running back Treavor Scales, senior tight end Kyle Juszczyk, senior left guard John Collins, senior punter Jacob Dombrowski and junior linebacker Joshua Boyd.
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Edith BalazsHungary's supreme court will complete its precedent rulings today on foreign-currency mortgages, paving the way for the government to phase out loans worth about $15 billion.
The court, known as Kuria, will brief reporters at 12:30 p.m. in Budapest on its decisions, including on exchange-rate margins on the loans, unilateral changes to lenders' interest rates and the fairness of the mortgages, and examine whether unclear information provided by banks on exchange-rate risk can render contract clauses unfair and entire loans invalid.
Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who was re-elected in April to another four-year term, has pledged to phase out household foreign-currency loans once the Supreme Court hands down its decisions. The plunge of the forint after the 2008 global financial crisis led to soaring repayments and defaults on foreign-currency loans, which became widespread last decade as borrowers sought lower interest rates.
"I expect the Kuria verdict will cause limited financial pain for Hungarian banks, but the government will test the boundaries further and choose a somewhat more drastic solution for the phase-out of these loans," Akos Kuti, a Budapest-based analyst at Equilor Befektetesi Zrt., said June 13 by phone. Kuti estimates the court's ruling will cost banks about 100 billion forint ($441 million) in repayments to borrowers.
Legal Phaseout
Hungary's government will propose legislation to phase out foreign-currency mortgages following the top court's ruling, Economy Minister Mihaly Varga said today. The planned measures will help ease the burden of foreign-currency mortgage borrowers and won't deal with home-equity loans, Varga said.
Foreign-currency mortgages amounted to 1.78 trillion forint while home-equity loans amounted to 1.64 trillion forint at end of March, according to central bank data.
OTP Bank Nyrt., Hungary's largest lender, plunged 9.1 percent in the past two weeks, compared with a 3.3 percent drop in the benchmark BUX stock index. The forint weakened 0.2 percent to 307.3 per euro by 10:11 a.m. in Budapest. It's fallen 3.3 percent this year, the fourth-worst performance among 24 emerging-market currencies tracked by Bloomberg.
The Kuria ruled against OTP on June 3, saying the bank used unfair exchange-rate margins in a foreign-currency mortgage. The court may today elevate that ruling to a legal uniformity decision, which will be binding on lower courts. It will also consider whether unilateral changes to loan interest rates by lenders were fair and if they weren't, how the loans should be amended.
Foreign Lenders
"We're all waiting for the Kuria to declare that unilateral changes to contracts and the exchange-rate margin used were unfair and that these defrauded borrowers of 500 billion forint," or $2.2 billion, "which must be returned to them," Orban's ruling party said in a statement yesterday.
OTP competes mostly with foreign lenders in Hungary including Erste Group Bank AG, Raiffeisen Bank International AG, UniCredit SpA, Bayerische Landesbank, Intesa SanPaolo SpA and KBC Groep NV.
"Regarding the crucial issue of unilateral interest-rate changes, I don't see how the court could dismiss banks' ability to modify interest rates and order a wholesale invalidation of this practice," Phoenix Kalen, a London-based strategist at Societe Generale SA, said June 13 by phone.
The verdict on interest-rate changes may require borrowers to resort to courts on a case-by-case basis, limiting the adverse impact on banks, according to Kalen.
Forint Loans
Any retroactive change to foreign-currency loan terms must "take into account the interests of both parties as much as possible," the Constitutional Court ruled March 17.
The government is considering several ways to phase out foreign-currency mortgages, including converting the loans to forint, Varga said June 12 on public radio.
Orban, who's sought to force banks to bear more responsibility for the spread of foreign-currency loans, imposed Europe's highest bank levy and in 2011 forced lenders to swallow $1.7 billion in losses on the early repayment of some mortgages at below-market exchange rates. The cabinet also set up a program allowing to temporarily fix the exchange rates used for installments.


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AAR reports mixed volumes for carload and intermodal volumes in 2012
2012 carload volume at 14,682,219 was down 3.1 percent compared to 2011's 15,155,992, and intermodal volume at 12,267,336 trailers and containers was up 3.2 percent compared to 2011's 11,892,431
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State of Logistics 2016: Pursue mutual benefit ATA reports sharp decrease in Q4 truckload driver turnover rate Challenges remain in store for shippers, says FTR SCI report Florida East Coast Railway to be acquired by Grupo Mexico Cat Lift Trucks awards $5,000 scholarship to high school student More NewsAs was the case for most weeks of 2012, United States railroad and intermodal volumes were mixed when the final count for the year was tallied up by the Association of American Railroads (AAR).
2012 carload volume at 14,682,219 was down 3.1 percent compared to 2011's 15,155,992 and was down less than 1 percent compared to 2010's 14,820,128. Intermodal volume at 12,267,336 trailers and containers was up 3.2 percent compared to 2011's 11,892,431 and was up 8 percent compared to 2010's 11,283,151. The AAR said that since 1988 the only year that total U.S. rail carloads were lower than 2012 was 2009, which hit roughly 13.8 million and was impacted by the effects of the recession.
2012 intermodal volume represents the second highest on record, according to the AAR, with volume down just 0.1 percent—or 14,885 containers and trailers—from 2006's record high.
That intermodal output is impressive, with the AAR pointing out that a new annual record almost certainly would have been set in 2012 if not for the strike by harbor clerks at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach beginning in late November, and/or Hurricane Sandy, which severely disrupted rail and port operations on the East Coast beginning in late October.
The AAR reported that 12 of the 20 commodities it tracks saw annual gains in 2012. Petroleum products led the pack, up 170,994 carloads or 46.3 percent. Motor vehicles and parts were up 114,221 carloads or 16.5 percent, and crushed stone, sand and gravel rounded out the top three up 71,012 carloads or 7.9 percent.
As expected, coal was the commodity seeing the single largest annual loss, due in part to the ongoing emergence of low-priced natural gas. Coal, which represents 41 percent of total U.S. carload traffic, was down 10.8 percent or 726,257 carloads. Grain was next, down 9.5 percent or 106,289 carloads. Metallic ores fell 5.7 percent or 22,421 carloads.
"Coal and grain typically account for around half of U.S. rail carloads, so when they're down, chances are good that overall rail carloads are down too, as we saw in 2012," said AAR Senior Vice President John T. Gray in a statement. "That said, a number of key rail carload categories showed solid improvement in 2012, including categories like autos and lumber that are most highly correlated with economic growth. Meanwhile, intermodal just missed setting a new volume record in 2012. In 2013, freight railroads look forward to continuing to provide the world's safest, most cost effective freight rail transportation service."
AAR officials said that the steep declines in coal and grain are a "serious concern" to railroads but from the standpoint of the health of the economy these declines are less problematic because coal and grain carloads often rise and fall for reasons that have little to do with the state of the economy. The coal declines, AAR explained, were due mainly to reduced demand from coal-fired power plants because of lower natural gas prices and more stringent environmental regulations. As for grain, AAR said that exports were down due largely to the severe summer drought which reduced production.
When coal and grain carloads are removed, the AAR noted that 2012 U.S. carloads were up 356,224 carloads or 4.9 percent annually, marking three years of annual gains.
"2012 was not a great year for railroads in that they make money on the bulk commodities that were down, but it was not a terrible year either as they produced solid annual gains," said Tony Hatch, principal of ABH Consulting. "There was nothing the railroads could have done to change those numbers at all."
Hatch added that putting the 2012 numbers aside assessing areas where the railroads can assimilate traffic and share and where their services can pay off shows they did a very good job overall in 2012.
What's more, he said it is a sign of an economy that had some big pieces not working on all cylinders that were not directly related to railroad performance.
"Folks are getting increasingly confident when talking about volumes in the sense that 'this is what it is,' and we are in a slow-growth environment," said Hatch. "That said, there is more visibility into volume trends than there has been in the past. Shippers and railroads have been less reticent about what they see, whereas before it was harder to gauge in terms of things going up or down. Nobody expected things to stay the same. 2014 and 2015 could be very good years for the railroads, with things likely staying the same in 2013."
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Mexico's Senate has approved an energy reform bill that will end a 75-year state oil monopoly established under Presidente Lázaro Cárdenas (1934-1940), who expropriated the assets of British and U.S. oil companies in order to forge one of the largest state oil monopolies in the world. The reform was approved in the early morning hours of December 12, 2013, after a chamber session lasting some 20 hours.
The energy reform bill lays the groundwork for a regulatory framework that will permit the investment of private Mexican and foreign capital for the first time in decades, making it the most important economic overhaul since the adoption of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
The new legislation will change Mexico's charter, enabling corporations such as Exxon Mobil and Chevron to undertake exploration in an area with the largest crude reserves after those in the Arctic Circle. The parties supporting the reform (PRI, PAN, Nueva Alianza and Verde) say that the measure will propel Mexico into the ranks of the top five oil exporting nations; those against the bill say it will channel profits directly into the pockets of investors.
According to Bank of America's chief economist in Mexico, Carlos Capistran, speaking by telephone to Bloomberg: "The reform will provide the Mexican economy with energy."
A cornerstone of Peña Nieto's program
The reform was green-lit at the close of a year in which President Enrique Peña Nieto and his Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) won back the reigns of power after a 12-year absence.
The 47-year old head-of-state declared the energy sector would be the cornerstone of his administration, followed by educational reform aimed at assessing teacher performance, and a law to improve competitiveness in the telecommunications sector by means of increased lending.
Ever since the free trade agreement with Canada and the United States came into effect in 1994, México has become one of the worlds most open economies. However, many industrial sectors continue to be dominated by individuals and conglomerates such as that of the billionaire Carlos Slim.
Traitors to the Nation
The leftist parties (PRD [es], PT, Movimiento Ciudadano [es]) accused the legislators who voted in favour of the constitutional changes of being "traitors to the nation," asserting that those who support the bill were delivering not just the oil but the country's energy wealth.
It is a 180-degree turn from the existing 75-year old legislation. The oil expropriation of 1938, decreed by then president Lázaro Cárdenas, gave the state exclusive rights to energy production.
The reform amends articles 25, 27 and 28 of the Constitution, to allow the state to enter into contracts with both Mexican and foreign private entities. Moreover, it will enable Mexico to strike deals with companies regarding service, shared use and production, and licensing agreements; and in each case, the payment structure will vary.
Antonio García, a legislator from the PRD, stripped down to his underwear [es] while he voiced his criticism of the energy reform bill. Karen Quiroga, also of the PRD, had an altercation with Landy Berzunza of the PRI, who rebuked the leftist legislators during their vote, going so far as to turn and make a crude gesture at opposition members. This culminated in a physical confrontation when Quiroga attempted to approach the area in which members present their objections, and Berzunza tried to stop her. The pair came to blows and the PRD congresswoman injured her opponent's left eye.
Public Sentiment
The Mexican public has issued a call to citizens to take to the streets of Mexico City to protest the energy bill approved by the Senate.
The youth movement YoSoy132, for example, encouraged people to join demonstrations against the reform:
HOY! 4pm #TodosALasCalles No nos representas @ManceraMiguelMX pic.twitter.com/Xw7yJdF7bm
— #YoSoy132 (@Soy132MX) diciembre 14, 2013
TODAY! 4pm #TodosALasCalles [everyone to the streets] You don't represent us @ManceraMiguelMX [Mayor of Mexico City]
Valeria Hamel, a member of YoSoy132, tweeted:
La defensa de #Pemex no es monopolio de un partido o grupo. Sal a las calles, ve al Senado. Manifiéstate. #NOalaReformaEnergetica
— Valeria Hamel (@valehamel) diciembre 8, 2013
No single party or group has a monopoly on defending #Pemex. Get out in the street, go to the Senate. Demonstrate. #NOalaReformaEnergetica [No to the energy reform]
Luis Fernando García ironically mentioned the inadequacies of the companies formerly controlled by the state, which are now in the hands of Mexican and foreign investors:
Todas las empresas públicas privatizadas son una maravilla. Vean la puntualidad de Aeroméxico o el Internet en Infinitum de Telmex.
— Luis Fernando García (@tumbolian) diciembre 13, 2013
All privatized public companies are a marvel. Just look at how punctual Aeromexico is or the Internet by Infinitum [Internet service provider] from Telmex.
The Mexican Soul
"The topic of oil is rooted in the soul of Mexico, in the Mexican tradition, in the history of Mexico," says Jorge Chabat, a political scientist in the Center for Research and Teaching in Economics (CIDE), a university based in Mexico City. As it passed the review process in Congress, it "waged the mother of all battles by the Mexican government and will be one of the major accomplishments of Peña Nieto's administration", he said in a telephone interview.
Oil production is stagnant, in part because the energy sector has not received the competitive push of NAFTA that other industrial sectors have been given, said Duncan Wood, director of the Mexico Institute at the Washington-based Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
"What this reform does is to now expose the Mexican energy sector to national and international competition," said Wood. "This marks a fundamental paradigm shift in the mentality of the energy sector. Today we are moving beyond 1938."


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The position players report today and will get their physicals. Had a chance to speak to most of the guys including Jason Giambi, Johnny Damon, Melky Cabrera and Robbie Cano.
Everybody seems to have taken Joe Girardi's mandate to show up in shape seriously. "I'm going to be doing underwear ads," Giambi said.
(Hope you weren't eating)
Damon said he's only four pounds lighter than he was last season but "everything is distributed better." He said this was the first offseason in a while when he had a chance to focus on preparation. In 2003, he was coming off a severe concussion. In 2004, he was celebrating. In 2005, he was a free agent. In 2006, his wife had a baby.
"This was the first time I had some time to myself," he said. "I spent a lot of time in the gym."
Giambi talked at length about Andy Pettitte in comparison to his situation a few years ago. "The hard part is over for him now," he said.
A-Rod won't talk to the media until tomorrow.
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Crytek will release basic modding tools for Crysis 2 soon, as well as a free developer kit.
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Dx11 mods? :D
Same here, don't care much about mods but rather looking forward to what games can be created with the engineOriginally Posted by snootyjim
I would have thought the more interesting side to this would be new games, as opposed to mods for a game everybody will have forgotten about
It is. What CE3 did was to add a blurriness and lights effects to mask the retrocess.Originally Posted by Phifty Cal
Is it just me or does CE3 seem like a major step backwards from CE2?


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To collect debt, FEMA takes part of Ike victim's Social Security
Updated 11:37 pm, Sunday, January 8, 2012
PORT BOLIVAR - Roy Mooney was surprised to learn early last year that the federal government was deducting $180 each month from his $1,200 Social Security check.
"I had no idea they could do that, just haul off and do it," the 79-year-old said.
He also was surprised to learn that federal assistance intended to help him rebuild a home destroyed by Hurricane Ike instead made it impossible for him to qualify for a new dwelling under a $100 million federal program administered by Galveston County. Advocates for storm victims say Mooney's plight is an example of how regulations sometimes are blind to the plight of those in need.
The 2008 hurricane swept away the Mooneys' Port Bolivar house, leaving only piers jutting into the air. "When we left, we had to leave in a hurry," Roy Mooney said. "All we had was the clothes on our back."
The Federal Emergency Management Agency sought the Social Security deductions after Mooney and his wife, Mary, 71, were unable to pay $3,000 the agency charged them for overstaying their welcome in emergency housing provided for storm victims.
Mooney said the $180 monthly deduction is a hardship for him and his wife, who, with her $400 Social Security check, have a combined income of about $1,600. Both have severe medical problems and much of their income goes to pay for help with day-to-day tasks they can no longer do for themselves, like buying groceries.
The Mooneys are among 3,112 Social Security recipients garnisheed by FEMA last year, according to the U.S. Treasury Department. Jeffrey Schramek, assistant commissioner for Treasury's debt management service, said the service was unable to provide the number of garnisheements for Texas.
Collecting debt
FEMA is one of at least 30 federal agencies authorized under the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 to ask the Treasury Department to garnishee Social Security payments, a process known as an offset.
Treasury figures show that the number of FEMA Social Security offsets rose from 516 in fiscal year 2006 to 3,412 in 2008, and have remained above 3,000 every year since. As of this month, 1,079 FEMA offsets had been made in the 2012 fiscal year that began Oct. 1.
The Mooneys were charged rent for the four months they spent in a FEMA trailer beyond the March 12, 2010, deadline set by the agency, FEMA spokeswoman Rachel Racusen said. FEMA was concerned with ensuring that tax dollars are used as intended, Racusen said.
"One of the protections put in place when our temporary housing programs have run their course is to charge rent at local fair market value rates, since FEMA can no longer legally provide taxpayer-funded resources cost free," she said.
FEMA began charging the Mooneys rent April 1, 2010. Lone Star Legal Aid represented the Mooneys in an appeal, and FEMA said it agreed to reduce the rent from $511.04 per month to $453.20. Lone Star did not respond to repeated requests for comment.
"Overall, the Mooneys' story is one more example of how our approach to disaster recovery doesn't work for the most vulnerable disaster victims," said Maddie Sloan, attorney for Texas Appleseed, which advocates for storm victims and the disadvantaged.
Sloan said the deadline for cutting off housing assistance and charging rent works for those with sufficient resources. "For others, 18 months just isn't long enough," she said, noting that FEMA has extended deadlines repeatedly for other disasters.
Rent fee waived
After examining the law, Sloan said FEMA could have waived the rent fee for the Mooneys. "There is a total disconnect between emergency housing and getting people back into permanent housing," she said.
FEMA said it gave the Mooneys $28,800, the maximum allowed, in October 2008. The Mooneys also received $81,860 in flood and wind insurance payments, but were required to use $58,000 to pay off the mortgage on their now nonexistent home, county housing officials said.
The Mooneys used some of the remaining money to purchase a tiny trailer built for wheelchair access and to build a wheelchair ramp, and the rest for expenses. Sloan said low-income families typically are forced to spend FEMA and insurance money for day-to-day needs.
Duplication problem
The insurance and the FEMA assistance kept the Mooneys from qualifying for a rebuilt home under the Galveston County administered program. A federal rule required the Mooneys to repay $51,000 of the FEMA and insurance money to qualify for the program, county housing officials said.
Sloan said the rule, known as duplication of benefits, is a major problem for the poorest storm victims. "This duplication of benefits is huge," Sloan said. "It is probably the biggest problem for housing (programs) across the state trying to help people rebuild their home."
Galveston County housing officials, made aware of the Mooneys' plight, said new rules might allow them to reduce the $51,000 payment.


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Do it the night before... .just wash the strawberries, cut them in small pieces, place them in your ice cube tray (if you want to go extra fancy use a heart ice tray or any fun shape)...pour some water (I use bottle water....just in case I don't want to ruin any wine with funny tasting water)...and voila....you have fabulous looking ice cubes!!!
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If I check file properties of a launch4j executable (right click => properties => details), the "language" property is set with the value "English (US)" even though I'm working on a German Windows version and therefore would expect it to be "German".
Is there any chance to implement a config option that let's users choose the executable's language property?
@eee provided a theoretical solution on stackoverflow as this feature request is a follow up of my post: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9185650/how-can-i-change-the-language-parameter-of-an-exe-file-generated-by-launch4j


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See W. H. Rayner and M. O. Schmidt, Fundamentals of Surveying (5th ed. 1969); R. F. Spier, Surveying and Mapping (1970); J. Anderson and E. Mikhail, Introduction to Surveying (1989); F. Bell, Surveying and Setting Out Procedures (1991).
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CORINTH – Alcorn County supervisors approved the county's fiscal year 2012 budget on Friday which reflects no increase in ad valorem taxes for county residents.
A public hearing on the budget is set for 9 a.m. Sept. 15.
With the school district keeping its budget request level at 52.76 mills and the county holding to 53 mills for general operations, the ad valorem tax will remain at 105.76 mills.
The ad valorem tax affects taxes on homes, auto tags, utilities, business fixtures and equipment and the rental of real property.
A slight increase in the value of real property in Alcorn County upped the value of a county mill slightly for FY 2012, from $163,344 to $169,642, requiring slightly less millage to generate the same revenue on a total county budget of about $19 million.
With closing of the Quad Graphics plant late last year, revenue for general county operations for the coming fiscal year is projected to be down about $240,000.
Although the regional jail has been brought online and is expected to generate revenue in the future, until all county services that will become part of the new justice center are in place, the total cost of operations for the facility are still estimates. Meantime, the facility is operating on start-up money included in the construction bond.
During several budget work sessions supervisors considered county department needs as well as outside agency requests, with outside agencies generally receiving level funding for the next fiscal year that begins Oct. 1.
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