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The IMF's Existential Crisis
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Filed under: Economic Policy, World Watch
The global economy has changed. Can the International Monetary Fund?
In a widely anticipated move, the International Monetary Fund has announced that Dominique Strauss-Kahn, a former French finance minister and recent Socialist presidential candidate, will soon become its next managing director. But while Strauss-Kahn's ascension may be clear, his agenda is not. Confronted by the challenges of an evolving international system, the IMF is facing an existential crisis.
Established in 1944 at the Bretton Woods Conference, the Fund was originally designed to promote international financial stability and free trade by guarding exchange rates and providing emergency loans to nation-states. It operated as an "international credit union" of sorts, in which member states contributed quotas that permitted them to borrow from the collective sum if they ran into financial trouble. If a country found itself low on foreign currencies, it could obtain a temporary loan. At a time of fixed exchange rates and a limited supply of private capital, this system seemed to make sense.
Half a century (and several financial crises) later, however, the global economy boasts well-functioning capital markets and most of the IMF's erstwhile borrowers are in good fiscal shape. Demand has waned for the Fund's large, heavily conditioned loans, leaving the "lender of last resort" in the unprecedented position of having too few borrowers. Critics from some of the IMF's largest contributors, most notably the United States, have accused the Fund of neglecting its responsibility to guard exchange rates. Developing countries routinely lambaste the Fund's "unrepresentative" leadership. And its poverty reduction initiative has come under sharp criticism as a "poorhouse program" that has done little to develop the developing world.
Borrowers have increasingly flocked to private-sector sources of liquidity, which are typically more flexible in their repayment schedules and conditionality.
So is the IMF still relevant? Experts debated that question at a recent conference hosted by the American Enterprise Institute. Over the past decade, noted AEI scholar Desmond Lachman, the Fund has very nearly run out of big borrowers. The major industrialized countries, which are able to tap the international financial markets at will, have not borrowed from the Fund since the 1980s. In recent years, most Asian countries have also steered clear of IMF loans, largely in reaction to the organization's poor handling of the 1997 Asian financial crisis. Argentina and Brazil paid the entire $25 billion of their outstanding loans ahead of schedule in 2006, hoping to prevent the Fund from meddling in their internal affairs.
Within the developing world generally, borrowers have increasingly flocked to private-sector sources of liquidity, which are typically more flexible in their repayment schedules and conditionality. And while no one knows for certain whether a future crisis may demand some great public-sector bailout, the diversity and spread of private-sector outlets should make it unlikely.
On the surface, a lack of borrowers—especially for financial bailouts—might be considered a good thing. But the IMF's financing model relies almost exclusively on income derived from its lending operations to meet administrative expenses, including surveillance and technical assistance. So if the Fund fails to attract more borrowers, it will eventually be unable to pay for its own operations. It currently has reserves worth about $8.8 billion, and insists it can comfortably finance budgetary shortfalls well into the next decade. But as Andrew Crockett, the president of JPMorgan Chase International and former head of the Crockett Commission (a group commissioned in 2006 to study the Fund's revenues) pointed out, the Fund's model is clearly unsustainable over the long haul, since member states rely increasingly on private capital flows.
There is no easy solution. If the IMF raised member quotas, that could "politicize" its work. If it invested more money on the open market, that would expose it to greater risk. It could always sell some of its gold reserves, but the U.S. Congress has refused to endorse that idea in the past. On top of these financing problems, the IMF also finds its very operations under scrutiny. Some question whether the organization possesses the legitimacy, technical expertise, and enforcement power to fulfill its original mandate—and whether it should exist at all.
It remains to be seen how an organization dependent on voluntary contributions from nation-states can guarantee compliance.
At its inception, the IMF was tasked with "promoting exchange stability" in order to "avoid competitive exchange depreciation." But today, as Lachman noted, the Fund has remained notably silent even amidst "unprecedented global trade imbalances." Currently, the U.S. is running a trade deficit of 6 percent of its GDP, matched by similar surpluses in several Asian nations, including China. And as U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Reuters in June, "Although there are plenty of currencies that aren't market determined, there's only one for a country that's as big and as integrated into the global economy in terms of trade in goods and services and that's China."
But while critics have assailed the IMF's failure to properly monitor international exchange rates, few have suggested a practical mechanism for enforcement. It remains to be seen how an organization dependent on voluntary contributions from nation-states can guarantee compliance, especially when it appears to be losing what was once its chief bargaining chip: the ability to offer its members emergency loans and guarantee international financial stability.
Faced with a new environment, a dysfunctional apparatus, and funding obstacles, should the IMF simply cease to exist? Experts from across the political spectrum tend to agree that despite its myriad troubles, the Fund still serves an important function. But what many believe to be a bloated bureaucracy desperately needs reform. Crockett believes it should be streamlined into a "secretariat" that provides authoritative, impartial information and a neutral forum for the facilitation (rather than the adjudication) of international financial disputes. Free markets should be allowed to sort out the rest.
Such a limited role could certainly help the IMF resolve its funding difficulties, noted Allan Meltzer, chairman of the International Financial Institution Advisory Commission. Small programs acquired over years of bureaucratic creep, including the Fund's poverty reduction initiative, could be delegated to the World Bank, allowing the IMF to focus on its comparative advantage: providing financial information to help ensure the smooth functioning of markets.
But some critics argue that such a role may be too limited. According to Edwin Truman, a former assistant secretary at the U.S. Treasury, IMF reform should aim to make the organization a better regulator, rather than a "good friend" of its member states. The Fund must become more representative of the new global economy, said Truman, and then forcefully address those instances in which the free market has failed to function, such as the present spat over Chinese currency manipulation. But while few would oppose a more representative IMF, at least in the abstract, awkward questions remain over which country—and whose experts—would supervise the "correction" of market failures.
For while the need for IMF reform is obvious, the precise nature of that reform is not. Dominique Strauss-Kahn has his work cut out for him.
Karen Porter is a research assistant at the American Enterprise Institute and an editorial assistant at THE AMERICAN.
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For the Wolverine there was released some new high resolution images from James Mangold. These images showcases the action and keep the attitude of the Marvel superhero movie. Hugh Jackman is the main star in the movie. This movie comes out in theaters on July 26 2013.
In other news, Actress Reese Witherspoon was once known to be the female lead in the movie Sex Tape. This comedy follows a married couple's journey to seek a sex tape that has gone missing. The focus has now shifted and its on Cameron Diaz. Jason Segel is known to play the role of the signifigant other and Jake Kasdan is set to direct the film.
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An anthropologist was assigned to Borneo, where he found a guide with a canoe to take him up the river to the remote site he where he would make his collections. At noon on the second day of travel up the river they began to hear drums.
"What are those drums?" asked the anthropologist, knowing he was in cannibal country.
The guide turned to him and said "No worry. Drums OK, but very bad when they stop."
They both went ghostly pale when the drums suddenly stopped. The guide crouched in the belly of the canoe and covered his ears. "Do as I do! Very important!"" intoned the guide with great urgency.
"Why? What does this mean?" asked the panicked anthropologist.
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Each quarter, RealtyTrac releases its "Home Equity and Underwater Report."
According to RealtyTrac's data, "9.1 million U.S. residential properties were seriously underwater." Mortgages that are "seriously underwater" exceed a property's value by at least 25 percent. They also account for 17.2 percent of all properties with a mortgage.
That number decreased slightly (0.2 percent) in the second quarter. In the second quarter of 2012, there were 12.8 million properties that were "seriously underwater" — 29 percent of all homes with a mortgage
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Home sales, at least in the U.S., seem to be rising. Existing home sales in June increased to 5.04 million annualized. That number may be affected by the weather, as June sales most likely come from contracts signed after the depths of winter.
To find out if this is a global improvement, we can take a look at the International Monetary Fund's Global House Price Index. Its data and lovely infographics give us a few interesting things to digest. (You can also use the BIS data or OECD statistics).
The first chart shows the annual percentage change in housing prices. The U.S. is 10th, and housing prices in the country are still far below (35 percent, or so) their 2006 peak.
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Source: Morning Market Tidbits, BofA Merrill Lynch Wage growth for construction workers is historically low; Let's see if we can figure out why: First, home production has been relatively slow, which should be expected following a long period of overbuilding. That was the excuse from 2007 to 2010. Eight years after home building volume…Read More
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New York City's Lower West Side is in the midst of a massive transformation. In about 10 years, Hudson Yards will be home to thousands of apartments, a hundred shops, a school, and 14 acres of public space. Bloomberg's Betty Liu had a chance to walk through the site with the man behind the project
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Going to Hawaii (Kauai)
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Hello everyone,
New to this board and so far i think it's a great site!!!! Going to Hawaii this Friday for our honeymoon. Can anyone recommend any nice good restaurants to sample? All i know is Sam Choy. We're staying in the island of Kauai. Thanks in advance.
Felicitations on your marriage! Here's a fairly recent thread you might find useful.
Depending on where on Kaua`i you will be staying, you might find some recs. on: http://www.chowhound.com/topics/334698 All are in the Poipu Area and are higher-end restaurants.
For other areas, there have been several recent threads, that will provide all sorts of ideas, in all sorts of price ranges. On this board, choose "Search this board," and type in Kauai.
I could be wrong, but I do not know of a Sam Choy restaurant on Kaua`i. However, he, and Alan Wong do have a largish corporate presence in Hawai`i.
Let us know where you will be staying, what you like, and the price-point that you'd like to hit, and you will get recs.
On the Poipu area there is a restaurant called Duke's with a very big "Live Aloha" spirit. It's a sister restaurant to Maui's famous Kimo's (which is my most favorite restaurant in Maui) but much more casual. I might also suggest Roy's. It's a bit more expensive but a lot more romantic than Dukes. Roy's has a few restaurants on the mainland but the Kauai location is the original.
re: sunnyca624
I could be wrong on my history, but I believe that Roy's Hawai`i Kai location is the original and all others came later. It has also been pointed out (to me, at least), that the Mainland restaurants are part of the Outback chain, while the Island locations are not. I do not know how much influence Roy Yamaguchi has with the Mainland locations, but he was in Phoenix for a recent charity event, where Roy's Scottsdale provided the dinner. Other than a "thank you" for the contribution, I did not have time to quizz him on the relationship. His bio states that he opened the first in Honolulu in 1988.
I do know that the exec. chefs for each location in the Islands *used* to have quite a bit of leeway with his menus. I understand that it is not so "open" to interpretation nowadays.
Of the Hawaiian locations, the Poipu restaurant is the only one, that we have not dined at. First trip, Ineki took it out and last time, we ran out of nights. It seems to get better reviews, than the other Roy's in Hawai`i.
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Bill, you are correct that the "Flagship" is the Hawaii Kai location, which will be open 20 years this January. Each Exec. Chef at each location continues to retain their personal influence and creativity. TheCorp. Exec. Chef of the Pacific Division travels from location to location to check in and oversee operations spending much of her time on the road. The newest in Waikiki is helmed (as most are) by a long time Roy's Ohana member who is putting his mark on the menu he oversees which we witnessed last month. Roy's contiues to be excellent in my opinion and worth the money. The Hawaii Kai location has outdoor entertainment and often features a guitar player who continues to be a server there as well. Ronnie Nasuti (Hawaii Kai) puts amazing creations weekly and still maintains the classics.
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Thanks so much for the confirmation and the additional info.
We recently stayed at the Marriot beach Club in Lihue. We ate at Duke's which is in walking distance several times. Upstairs is more of a full dinner menu and downstairs is bar type food. Both are pretty good and it has a good fun atmosphere. Just a little further down on the same side as duke's but upstairs is an Italian place whose name escapes me. It was recommended by one of the bartenders at the Marriot. The food was excellent as are the views and service. Just beware the host is not very friendly. Once you get past that, it is a very good experience.
I went in july and this was my report. I hope it helps you.
We're big fans of Kintaro and the Saimin House. Saimin House is a local dive that serves up really good saimin (soup) with whatever toppings you like. You'll most likely sit at a lunch counter with lots of locals. When you are done, be sure to get some shave ice available at the front counter.
Oh, and I almost forgot Puka Dogs. You order at the counter and sit in a mall courtyard with the chickens. But the dogs.... They are different from normal hot dogs in that the buns are like tubes of bread that the substantial dog sits in, and then they squirt in various yummy sauces like garlic sauce or cocnut sauce. Very casual, very fun.


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Taking The Credit
A client invited me over for dinner and served the most delicious Acorn Squash soup I've ever tasted. Creamy, just warm enough to bring out all the goodness. I raved about it for weeks. At one point she mentioned sharing the recipe, although I didn't ask. But, with Thanksgiving approaching I thought it would make a wonderful addition to our family meal so I asked her for a copy the next time she had it handy. Her reply: visit the X market, they sell it by the quart! And off she ran, laughing! Well...I had to giggle...the time had come for her to come clean! I suppose the flavorful bread she served with the soup was also store bought (hahaha)..
Which got me thinking...have you ever taken credit for food you did not prepare? Did you come clean at some point?
Just for fun...inquiring minds wanna know :)
No but I am a caterer, and often times people will say "don't make it look too good or people won't believe I made it;)" So this is common.
No, but I almost never serve anything that isn't home made (exceptions are chips, nuts). Sometimes I'll put out something someone gave me or brought but I always give the credit to the giver.
No. I did read an article where someone said she baked a cake for a bake sale, but it fell. She didn't have time to make another one so she propped it up w/ empty toilet paper rolls and decorated it. She figured she'd rush to the sale, buy it and throw it out but someone beat her to it and it was gone. She went to a party later that day, overheard people praising the hostess about this beautiful centerpiece cake and the hostess taking all the credit for it. Turned out to be the baker's cake. She said she didn't say a word.
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This story has been around a long time.
Had to laugh when I read your post. As a child we would pile in the car to race off to some potluck or other, with Mom carefully placing her big cut glass serving bowl and a sparkling silver serving spoon in the front seat. She'd swing by KFC for some coleslaw and I'd have to dump it carefully into the bowl. I don't remember her ever admitting to this.
My mother in law does this routinely, evading questions regularly about where that delicious potato salad came from.
I do this rarely but in my younger, post college days I had a group of snobby friends over for Mexican food. I bought the tamales and salsas, and when they all commented that they couldn't believe I'd go to the trouble of making tamales for them I just smiled and asked for someone to pass the margaritas.
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Ruby thanks for the giggle ;o)
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I love the cole slaw at KFC. Perhaps I will lose any credibility with this board for my confession -- but it's my guilty pleasure! Your mom is welcome at my house anytime.
My grandmother was in a quiet, passive-agressive, southern-lady-style competition with my great-aunt Wilma (yes, Wilma). Apparently Wilma trumped my grandmother, or so she felt, in every aspect of cooking except my grandmother's famoush German potato salad. Only after she died did I learn it came from a can! This is especially funny because she was such an honest, sweet person normally. Knowing that she did this made her seem more human-- makes me feel better about my own little pettinesses. I love to think of her smiling innocently as she served her little canned secret...
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A little off topic but this discussion reminds me of a story that is a family favorite. My mother's best friend for many, many years was Carrie, who with her husband owned the local hardware store in our small town of 2,500 where I was raised. Carrie made a mustard ham sauce that was out of this world. To this day, I can't bake a ham for any holiday without serving *Carrie's Ham Sauce,* as it became known in our circle of friends. For years, my mother would ask Carrie for the recipe but she'd never commit to giving it to her. A few days later there'd be a knock at the front door and there would be Carrie standing there with a quart-sized jar filled with her ham sauce. Well, this went on for more than 30 years. Literally on her death bed, dying of cancer at the local hospital, Carrie instructed her husband to bring her her recipe file box. One of her last acts on this Earth was to copy the recipe for my mother. Mom and Carrie are both gone now, but I smile each time I make this *top secret* recipe.
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Both good stories!! Procrastibaker... your story reminds me so much of my grandma and her three sisters, one great aunt in particular! pilotgirl210... what's in the sauce?!? ;-)
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I'll find the recipe at home tonight and post it, but basically it is sugar, cider vinegar, an egg, some butter, several tablespoons of Coleman's dried mustard and, I can't remember, but maybe a touch of water. The whole thing boils hard for at least 10 or 15 minutes and then you pour it through a sieve into a jar or serving container to make certain no scrambled egg makes it into the final product. It is equally good served hot or cold. It has a sweet/sour quality that is very, very good (like a good shrimp sauce), and I always serve it in a clear container as the yellow coloring of the end product is very appealing.
re: Katie Nell
Boy, I'm glad you said that!
re: Davwud
Yeah, why go through the trouble of lying? The people who know you're a great cook aren't going to begrudge you one time when you were too busy to make something, and if you're not a good cook everyone already knows that too.
Besides, getting the credit for sourcing out some incredibly delicious food gets you bragging rights too. Some of my friends would much rather have good advice (___ has the best cookies, and they're cheap too!) than some cookies that I made that they'd never be able to get their hands on again.


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"Why do you call them God-haters, Coach?" Because the Bible calls them that and, in fact, tells us how to identify them. "All those who hate me love death."
The Bible teaches us that Jesus is the embodiment of Truth. The American left hates Truth. It is obvious to anyone with the courage to admit it. The Democratic Party in America should be called the Party of Death because two of their leading platforms support death if it gets in the way of Pursuit of personal Happiness.
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Abortion kills an unborn baby. All of the legal linguistics and excuses that the God-haters use supplant the freedom of choice over the unalienable Right to Life. "Choice" is not an unalienable right. The God-haters love science and all the "evidence" it can provide to disprove the existence of God; yet they ignore ALL Medical Science, which unquestionably proves that a "fetus" is a life.
But that doesn't matter; it is hedonistic-happiness that is paramount to the children of Lucifer…even to the denial of what is obvious to everyone. They admit that a fetus is "alive," but that it is not "viable" or "self-aware" or "unable to live on its own." Funny, isn't it? That is the same position that the Left is taking in regards to the aged…because the Left loves death.
There is an indisputable link between abortion and breast cancer, but good luck getting the breast cancer deniers to trumpet that science. Breast cancer kills women. The truth should matter, but it takes a back seat to the "choice" to end a baby's inalienable Right to Life. But why muddy the water? Pursuit of Happiness trumps Life in the Left's hierarchy of Rights.
Homosexuality is a "death-style"; it is not a life-style. Once again, the God-haters deny the health consequences of what homosexual acts do to the body and focus all of their attention on their "right" to pursue their own version of happiness. Sit down now. I am about to say what others are too PC to say.
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The Civil War weapons presentation "Incoming" with Shuman's Artillery will be from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, at Fort McAllister State Park, 3894 Fort McAllister Road in Richmond Hill.
Celebrate your favorite superhero in September at George P. Hays Library. There's no charge.
"Sin City: A Dame to Kill For" is the long-awaited sequel to the graphically stylized hit from 2005.
The Swinging Medallions will play Oct. 17 at the 16th annual Great Ogeechee Seafood Festival presented by Southern Eagle Distributing, organizers say.
Children, ages 3-12, can put their artistic talents to work and design the perfect bowling pin for Stewart Bowling Center. There's no charge, and prizes will be awarded.
"The Expendables 3," now in theaters, continues the franchise featuring well-known action-movie icons of the 1980s and 1990s in an attempt to recapture their glory days. I thought the first movie was average, the second movie was actually better-than-average, but the third movie falls by the wayside.
Blues artist Janiva Magness will play a free concert in Hinesville Friday.
The Hinesville Area Arts Council has finalized the entertainment schedule for the 11th annual Blues & BBQ Festival, set for 1-11 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, in downtown Hinesville.
Register early at www.active.com for the Dawn of the Zombies 5K run, which starts at 8 a.m. Oct. 18 at Holbrook Outdoor Recreation Area.
"The Lego Movie," rated PG, will be shown free at 8:30 p.m. Friday in Bryant Commons amphitheater, 438 Oglethorpe Highway in Hinesville.
Latin-jazz percussionist Sam Rodriguez of Jacksonville will perform at the next Jazz in the Park concert from 7-9 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 24, at Neptune Park on St. Simons Island.
"Hercules" is the second attempt this year to make an incarnation of the Greek warrior after "The Legend of Hercules." For me, "Hercules" is like a lot of other characters in literature and mythology, such as Dracula or Robin Hood, that have been subjected to various cinematic interpretations. Everyone from Disney to Arnold Schwarzenegger has taken a stab at it.
The 3rd Infantry Division Band's brass quintet, woodwind quintet and jazz combo performs its monthly Rhythm of the Marne concert. The concert is free and open to the public. It will be at 7 p.m. Thursday in Fort Stewart's Marne Garden. Visitors without military ID should access Fort Stewart via Gate 1's visitor center
Bistro Night returns to Thunder Run restaurant at Club Stewart Friday.
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"John Wick" stars Keanu Reeves in a film that doesn't try to do anything more than be a thoroughly enjoyable revenge movie with an enormous sense of style and visual flair.
Join the fun at Club Stewart's Halloween Bash, starting at 9 p.m. Friday. Enjoy DJFreaksho, drink specials and a costume contest. There's a $7 cover charge. Patrons must be 18 or older to enter, and at least 21 to drink.
"Fury" is a World War II movie that provides a sense of intense, visceral violence and a semblance of authenticity that probably hasn't been seen since "Saving Private Ryan." I think this movie could be for WWII what Platoon was for Vietnam.
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, "The Judge" is a fine example of a movie that features a likable cast and it's solidly made throughout, but it ultimately falls short of its loftier ambitions.
The pay-as-you-go carnival continues on Fort Stewart this weekend. The public is welcome.
In my opinion, Ben Affleck has only three really good movies on his resume: "Good Will Hunting," "The Town" and "Argo."
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By: Christine Wyrtzen
In the beginning God… Genesis 1:1a
Knowing where we come from has become of paramount interest in recent history. Ancestry.com has grown in popularity and I know many people who have spent years constructing their personal genealogy. I can't count how many meals I've shared with people who love to talk about their discoveries. Their eyes are alive and their voice is animated as they tell from whom, and from where, their family emanated. Questions about themselves often disappear as they discover that they are not alone and, in fact, are quite like their ancestors. They are relieved and feel validated. Some are also enlightened as to the depravity of their family lines.
I know of only one person who claims that she can trace her family line back to Adam. I didn't ask how but I found it pretty incredible that such a long history could be documented on paper.
If I'm willing to live by faith, I can believe that my beginnings are rooted in someone earlier than Adam. "In the beginning God…" Before the likes of someone like Adam ever existed, God was there. He is the foundation of everything created and not yet created. He is order. He is structure. He is holy. He can be trusted. He is good. Behind every genealogy is a Person, not nothingness.
To understand who I am, I must know where I came from. And, I must know why I was created. I can't ask a four-hundred-year-old ancestor such questions but I can ask someone who is called the Ancient of Days. He's talking. And He's answered my deepest questions in the revealed Scriptures because the Word doesn't withhold critical information from His creation. My journey through Genesis will give shape and form to my personal history.
The Internet provides access to ancestry.com. The Scriptures do better than that. They provide access to Ancestry.God.
My history began in the cradle of Your heart. I was known, loved, and created for a purpose because You are the foundation of all life. Increase my view of You. My journey through Genesis is dedicated to You, Lord. Amen
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Kaiser Health News staff writer Mary Agnes Carey and Politico Pro's Jennifer Haberkorn discuss recent events on Capitol Hill. For more than four hours in a hearing Thursday, House Energy and Commerce Committee members grilled contractors who helped build the health law's problem-plagued online insurance marketplace (10/24). Read the transcript or listen to the conversation.
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How do you rate the Arizona Fletching Jig? built well? accurate vane placement?
I like the idea of doing all 3 vanes at once.
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How do you rate the Arizona Fletching Jig? built well? accurate vane placement?
I like the idea of doing all 3 vanes at once.
I love mine, I've used a full sized straight, a full sized 1 degree, and I own a mini that has 2 degree offset. Its very easy to use and its been very accurate. The only time I've had it mess up was because of my own failure as a user lol.
Other than post-cleaning and changing the arms they are great. They really have helical on the mini and will stabilise anything I've shot with 2" vanes. Just line up fletching in the arms put glue on and close, wait one minute and you aredone.
I had/have one from years ago I used for aluminum arrows and was quite satisfied with, so got the mini for 'modern' carbon arrows with Blazer vanes, which is all I plan to shoot from here on out. I THINK there is only one 'mini' version, which does right helical only; perhaps wabbit knows, or can look it up. I've only done one vane at a time with it so far, but I'm sure it will work as well as the old one did with three. My arrows are presently not helical, so I end up with one helical and two just offset, but seem to all fly the same. If I get up to hunting, I will, of course, fletch up matched arrows. IMHO, they do a nice job; easy to use and handy to have around, and at a fair price for the home archery tool box. Some kind of fletcher is a must have, and this is the one I'd choose.
Rub just a little bit of vasaline on the arms with your finger before you use it then if any glue gets on them it doesn't stick and makes clean-up much easier.
As far as I know, there is only the one Mini, and it is a right helical. Works great though on both blazer type vanes and the 2" feathers from Gateway and Truflight. The only thing I don't like about doing feathers with it is its a pain if you need to redo just one feather instead of all three... but that's a minor thing. :)
Thank you all, I've decided to get the Arizona jig and also the good tip about the Vaseline on the clamp, that'll work with my present jig too.
Though I've used the Bohning Tower and the Helix the AZ should be similar. I used Scotch tape. Tape in place I used a knife to make the slit needed.
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This is a very rare and hard to find Discraft Sky-Star stock print. This is at the transition of regular discs used for disc golf the Innova inventing the beveled edge disc in 1983. One of the first Discraft model discs to say it was specifically for disc golf.


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In 1994 I was diagnosed with celiac disease, which led me to create Celiac.com in 1995. I created this site for a single purpose: To help as many people as possible with celiac disease get diagnosed so they can begin to live happy, healthy gluten-free lives. Celiac.com was the first site on the Internet dedicated solely to celiac disease, and since then it has become an invaluable resource to people worldwide who seek information about celiac disease and the gluten-free diet.
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Combine sugar and syrup in 3 quart sauce pan. Bring to boil, stirring constantly. Immediately remove from heat and stir in peanut butter. Add cereal and stir to coat cereal well with mixture. Press into buttered 9 x 13 pan. Combine chocolate and butterscotch chips in medium microwave safe bowl. Microwave 1 minute, stir, and microwave 1 more minute. Stir until completely melted and well mixed. Spread evenly over cereal mixture in pan. Cool and cut into bars.
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We will help you tailor and customize your home with just about any style of window, with hundreds of possible options. It is smart for you to take the time to become familiar with your options, and to ensure that the windows and doors you select for your home will be the right ones. We have helped many people select the right glass, the perfect options, and the best window styles for their needs.
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