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Offence - There was a lot more to like about the running game with Andrew Harris (sevenyard average) having a bounce-back game. Shawn Gore's opening catch of 51 yards looked as if it was going to set the tone for the offence. In reality, it was the ageless receiver Geroy Simon, as usual, who finished things off a few hours in advance of his 36th birthday.
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"RN to BSN Program, in partnership with UMass Boston.
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- Fitchburg State University: $53,840
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Whether it's an obsession with Mad Men or just a sense of boredom with overly sweet, flavored vodkas, classic cocktails are making a resurgence. Whatever the cause, we think it's pretty awesome. The classic Negroni is one of those "in" drinks. Supposedly developed in Florence, Italy, in 1919, whe ... More >>
If you cannot find a bag of chronic this 4/20, there is a beer on tap at The Mack House that could at least aid you in your quest to get high. The beer is Wormwood Imperial Stout. It is brewed with the same plant, or artemisia absinthium, from which the highly alcoholic drink absinthe is distilled ... More >>
April 6 is the official day of the unofficial holiday celebrating the end of Prohibition. What is this day called, you ask? It's appropriately titled New Beer's Eve. World of Beer, aka Beer Heaven, is hosting a glorious celebration for this unofficial-but-should-be-official holiday. World of Beer i ... More >>
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The folks over at Grey Goose Vodka sure know how to party. Every year, they kick off the summer season with a series of (trend-a-licious) parties - Summer Soiree Series - throughout the country and, more importantly, summer inspired cocktails.
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Barrel O' Fun at the Mai-Kai.You already know South Florida is delightfully alcohol-soaked: We've got dives that boast 23-hour licenses and clubs that don't shut down until 4 a.m. We've got ubiquitous fishbowls of syrupy beach booze, robust beers found at snobby gastropubs and microbreweries, and ... More >>
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Now that we're past Thanksgiving and you're donning your reindeer sweater, putting up the twinkle lights, and jamming out with Bing Crosby, you might as well drink in the holiday spirit too. Put down that mojito and pick up a Sparkling Sleigh Ride at Morton's Steak House. The cocktail is being so ... More >>
The Village Taverns (there's one in Pembroke Pines and one in Boynton Beach) are putting up the Hope-tini as a Cocktail for a Cure. With each sold through October, $2 goes to breast cancer research.Here's the recipe, so you can make it at home -- after you've given at the bar, of course! Village ... More >>
Who would've thought coconut rum-infused red ale would be so damn good?The Funky Buddha Brewery, South Florida's newest brewpub, arrived with a bang Saturday night. The long-popular lounge added 13 homespun beers to its repertoire; creative and inspired interpretations on craft brews that leverag ... More >>
Most folks probably think of rum as the liquor you shoot on a dock while eating cracked conch, pour into vats with fruit juice, or watch getting mixed at one of those bars with the spinning daiquiri machines. And then there's a rum like St. Lucia Distillers Chairman's Reserve Rum. First off, we s ... More >>
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Quinoa, pronounced KEEN-wha, was once the sacred staple of the Incas. The Incas called Quinoa the Mother Grain. Quinoa is similar in size to millet but flat with a pointed oval shape and looks like a cross between sesame seeds and millet. Technically Quinoa is not a true grain, but is the seed of the Goosefoot plant. It is used as a grain because of it's cooking characteristics. Quinoa grains range in color from ivory to pinks, brown to reds, or almost black depending on the variety. There are over 120 species but only three main varieties are cultivated: one producing very pale seeds called the white or sweet variety, a dark red fruited variety called Red Quinoa; and a Black Quinoa.
Quinoa has a fluffy consistency and a mild, delicate, slightly nutty flavor that borders on bland. Quinoa has a delightful characteristic that is all it's own: as it cooks, the outer germ around each grain twists outward forming a little white, spiral tail, which is attached to the kernel. The grain itself is soft and delicate and the tail is crunchy which creates and interesting texture combination and pleasant "crunch" when eating the grain.
Quinoa is the highest in protein of all the grains. It contains 10 essential amino acids, is low in sodium and high in calcium and iron. Quinoa is a wonder food for building strength and endurance.
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Quinoa can be substituted for rice, wheat, corn and barley in recipes.
Quinoa is a rich and balanced source of vital nutrients.
Quinoa is a good source of fiber.
Quinoa is an alkaline food.
Quinoa is light, tasty and easy to digest. An Excellent source of nutrition for children.
Quinoa is 35 on the Glycemic Index.
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Quinoa expands almost 5 times its size.
Quinoa is versatile - replaces any grain in a recipe.
TO Cook: No matter how you cook quinoa, rinsing is the key to success. Saponin dust often remains in polished grain and any residue will quickly dampen your enthusiasm. Sort and rinse 1 cup quinoa until water runs clear. Add to 2 cups water. Bring to boil. Cover and reduce heat, simmer until tender, approx. 15 minutes.
Keys to Cooking: Before cooking, quinoa must be rinsed to remove its bitter resin-like coating, which is called saponin. Quinoa is rinsed before it is packaged and sold, but it is best to rinse again at home before use to remove any of the powdery residue that may remain on the seeds. The presence of saponin is obvious by the production of soapy looking "suds" when quinoa is swished in water. Placing quinoa in a strainer and rinsing thoroughly with water easily washes the saponin from the seeds. Repeat the process until the water runs clear and is no longer sudsy. The amount of rinsing necessary may vary greatly. In the kitchen, quinoa can be used much like rice, but it is not as susceptible to overcooking and offers more possibilities than other grains. It is fairly indestructible.
1. Cooked quinoa is excellent in hot casseroles, soups, stews, and stir-fries.
2. Uncooked seeds may be added to soups and stews.
3. Quinoa is often substituted for rice in rice dishes.
4. Dry roasting quinoa in a pan or in the oven before cooking will give a toasted flavor.
5. Quinoa cooked in fruit juice will add character to the flavor for use as a breakfast cereal or in desserts.
6. Cold salads consisting of quinoa and chopped vegetables or cooked beans make a quick, easy, and nutritious dish.
7. Another fascinating way of using quinoa is to "pop" the seeds in a dry skillet and eat them as a dry cereal.
8. Quinoa seeds can be sprouted and eaten as raw, live food for snacks or in salads and sandwiches.
9. Quinoa should be purchased in small amounts as it is high in oils, and should be stored in a cool dark place in glass jars (the refrigerator or freezer is an ideal place). For best results: Use the grains within a year.
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The Nov. 3 cover story of TV Guide Magazine takes a close look at how Saturday Night Live has helped drive America's obsession with this year's historic presidential campaign. Along the way, SNL executive producer Lorne Michaels shared some thoughts with us about the show's political hot streak.
TVGuide.com: Saturday Night Live has made a lot of noise in past presidential election years, but it feels much bigger in this cycle. Why do you think that is?Lorne Michaels: When you get 70 million people watching a debate with rapt interest and you have the echo of it all on the Internet and the 24-hour news channels, almost everything gets seen. You don't need to worry about the straight line. On [the second] debate that we did on the Thursday show, Darrell [Hammond, as Sen. John McCain] wandering into the shot was an immediate laugh. There was no setup to it. You had to have watched the debate to laugh at that.
TVGuide.com: It seems like Tina Fey's impression of Sarah Palin did what the press was reticent to do. It became a gateway to really examining the candidate. Are you surprised?Michaels: I'm not. Both campaigns were so used to giving us the official version. Everyone stays on message. You hear the same thing coming out of different mouths. How many times do we have to hear every major Democrat mention that John McCain was George Bush? You stop seeing anything that even seems remotely their own opinions. Every party was more or less giving us an official kind of propaganda. The news people who want to keep getting interviews can't take shots. We're not partisan. We're not saying, "Let's get so-and-so." All campaigns do awful things and our job is to point that out.
TVGuide.com: But do you agree the show has had an effect on the dynamic of the election?Michaels: We're just a counterbalance; I don't think we change anything. What we do is contribute to whatever everyone is already thinking, but we sometimes get to articulate.
TVGuide.com: Do you hear from the campaigns on the Monday after the show?Michaels: I hear occasionally that so-and-so watched it and they couldn't believe you did that. And I go, "That's what we do." What I try to do is put everything through the prism of clean hit. If I think it's unfair or cheap, I stop it. You wouldn't get laughs at all if it was just strident or it was just an attack. If it doesn't seem fair the audience recoils from it as well.
TVGuide.com: The casting of Fred Armisen (who is of Japanese and Venezuelan descent) as Barack Obama was a complicated decision.Michaels: [I had] a lot of sleepless nights. I felt that Fred's take on it would be benign and keep it in a comedy zone in the way Darrell's Bill Clinton was. I thought that of the available cast, he would be the best. We auditioned a lot of people for it. I thought he would get the comedy of it. The Obama people signaled to us that they kind of liked it the first time we did it.
TVGuide.com: NBC must love the ratings for the prime-time Thursday shows. I've got to believe they'll want more than the three you have scheduled.Michaels: I don't think they're getting more than that. I can't tell you how punishing it is.... You can't run us into the ground.
TVGuide.com: Do you think Sarah Palin and other candidates "had" to do the show to prove to America that they are good sports?Michaels: I think it definitely helps. You're less likely to trust someone who doesn't have a sense of humor about themselves. Nobody likes when someone is making jokes about them, but they're going to face considerably tougher things once elected.
TVGuide.com: Does having a candidate on the show change the dynamic at all behind the scenes?Michaels: You have 30 or 40 Secret Service [agents] as well. The moment your evening begins with bomb-sniffing dogs, you know it's going to be an exciting night.
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OK, so I said I went to Montreal last weekend for RRRÖÖÖAAARRR 2014, but that was really just a front for the true purpose of my trip: to get my hands on a (preferably French-language) copy of Lafleur!, the 1979 instructional hockey disco album (mostly) performed by Le Démon Blond himself.
I'd already heard some song clips on YouTube (in fact, you can download the whole thing here), and I had to say, twas a pretty strange trip. But it was readily apparent that the French version contained much catchier choruses than the English equivalent, so I knew that in order to lift this hockey disco holy grail, I had to head to Montreal, where Lafleur avait "Marquer (au moins) un but"–or rather, several.
Unfortunately, I didn't reach–or score–my goal, but I did have a few decent discoveries from a fistful of local record shops.
La fin du vinyle/Death of Vinyl is located on a slightly sketchy stretch of St-Laurent, stuck in no man's land between Mile End and Little Italy. Most of the buildings around it appeared to be abandoned, but this place occupies a large second-floor space in a mixed-use industrial edifice. They seem to specialize in dance music, and while there was no sign of Lafleur! in their sizable disco section, I scored a couple South Pacific gems from their much-smaller metal section–namely Loudness – Thunder in the East and the slightly misclassified Angel City – Darkroom (still a great record, though).
But the real finds came when I scoured their three-dollar racks, in which clashing pieces of my childhood came to light. Let's just say they had multiple copies of Trooper's Hot Shots, the B.C. band's de facto greatest-hits album. When I first heard "Raise a Little Hell" on the radio, I asked my dad who sang that song…and he told me it was Nazareth. So I immediately became a Nazareth fan, until I found out a few years later who the actual artist was. That said, when I first heard "Hair of the Dog" on the radio, I realized that Nazareth was probably better than Trooper anyways. Paying six bucks for both records really brought me back. All in all, this haul cost me 20 and change:
Beatnick Records on St-Denis is my kinda place, even if I'm pretty sure they're spelling it wrong. These guys have five full racks of Beatles records, as well as an entire rack of Stones records sorted alphabetically. But it was the guy behind the counter in the Iron Maiden t-shirt who put on Rainbow – Rising during my visit, which made me stick around for a couple hours on a Sunday afternoon. (I dunno guy, but I'm pretty sure leaving the hall during a Dio album is a crime against metal!) Did not buy any Beatles or Stones, but I did come across a copy of Hendrix's Are You Experienced? for 10 bucks, which was pretty much a must-purchase, especially at that price. A little dusty, but it still sounds great…
Their metal vinyl section is a bit more secluded, hidden beneath stacks of CDs. But they did provide a stool that was just the right height to sit on while sorting. And I'm glad I was sitting down when I stumbled across recent remasters of Motorhead – Bomber and Saint Vitus – Thirsty and Miserable EP (about the only Vitus record I don't already own) for 12-13 bucks apiece.
These guys also have all sorts of back rooms with hidden gems ranging from 50's country to 60's pop. No Lafleur! in either the disco or francophone aisles, but while flipping through the punk records, I came across another Canadian classic, of sorts. The Monks (not to be confused with those American GIs stationed in Germany in the 60s) were a British outfit that fell through the gap between punk and new wave at the dawn of the 80's. Their 1979 debut, Bad Habits, only had one minor hit in their homeland, but it was freakin' huge in Canada, going double platnium with no fewer than four radio singles ("Johnny B. Rotten," "Drugs in My Pocket," "Love in Stereo" and the all-time classic "Nice Legs Shame About Her Face"). EMI even flew these dudes over for a few sold-out gigs at Massey Hall in 1980, but after their less-than-successful '81 follow-up, Suspended Animation–which was only even released in Canada and Germany–they called it a day.
Anyways, this is all to say that I was pretty stoked to see Bad Habits at the back of the rack for eight bucks. I already knew so many of these songs, but I didn't expect to actually own a copy of this record, which was a bit before my time. Y'know, as much as I love "Scoring" in French, I think I'd rather listen to The Monks, anyways.
This haul only cost about 50 bucks–after tax!
I hadn't intended to visit Paul's Boutique, but when I walked past the racks of records on Mont-Royal, I kinda had to take a look inside. It probably helped that their hardcore/punk section was displayed pretty prominently, an entire row's worth, facing the street. But I don't think they were too pleased to see me bring a Beatnick bag into the store, as they had me set it down in the corner before I could begin browsing. I didn't look for any disco records in here, but I did find it a little odd that their metal section contained such heavy vegetables as Loverboy and April Wine. There were a couple pieces that caught my eye, but I wasn't prepared to pay 20-25 bucks for used 80's vinyl from the likes of Trust and Anti-Nowhere League–especially not after I just scored Are You Experienced? for a tenner!
Alas, those prices were bargains compared to the stickers I saw on a few mid-90s Neurosis albums. I wasn't gonna ask, but I coulda sworn the tag on Through Silver in Blood said 140(!), while I think I mighta paid 14 bucks back when I bought it on CD. But when someone else complained about the prices, the sales clerk said (roughly translated) "You haven't been to Montreal lately, have you?" So yeah, it was one of those stores. Suffice to say, I came away empty handed.
Sound Central is just a bit off the beaten path, with some signs on Mont-Royal pointing you up Coloniale Ave. The first thing I noticed when I walked in was that they had a dedicated stoner/sludge/doom section…although I hadn't even heard of half the bands stocked within it! I briefly considered buying a live Obsessed album from '91 for 21 bucks, but ultimately decided against what was probably a bootleg. On the punk side, I actually came across The Monks' second album, Suspended Animation–y'know, the one without all the hits–as well as Teenage Head's CBS U.S. debut, both for about 10-12 bucks, but I passed on those two, too. They also had a lot of 70's stuff from my dad's record collection going for 1-3 bucks a pop–including several used copies of Frampton Comes Alive!–but when it came to disco, there was no Lafleur! to be found. I guess I'd just hafta put "Marquer un but" on my iPod…if I actually listened to that digital shit. ;)


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September 2014 Newsletter
In this issue:
· Virginia Upland Hunt Planned
· Two Maryland Fishing Charters
· Offshore Fishing from Cape Hatteras, NC
· Fort AP Hill Annual Deer Hunt
· Float Fishing the Shenandoah
· Potomac River NWR Complex Deer Hunts
· Fairfax County Deer Management Hunts
· Skeet at the Fall Membership Meeting
· The Bottom Line
· Rochester Fishing
· Calendar of Events
1. Virginia Upland Hunt Planned.
Join VA Hunt Coordinator Rick Mrstik on Saturday, 18 October for a guided upland hunt at Shady Grove preserve (http://www.shadygrove.com/Preserve.htm) in Remington, VA. You'll have your choice of 5 pheasant, 6 chukkar, or 12 quail. Cost for Club members will be $162 per hunter. Recommend a $20 tip for per hunter for the guide. You can clean your own birds or have Shady Grove handle the chore for a modest charge. Check in is at 7:30, hunt will start by 8:00 and conclude before noon. Contact Rick by e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com or call (703) 380-7992 to sign up.
2. Two Maryland Fishing Charters.
Lew Roach has scheduled trips on the lower Potomac River out of Cobb Island, Maryland aboard Captain Wayne Schuhart's TRICIA Ann II.
· First, a chumming trip for Stripers on Sunday, 26 October. This is light tackle fishing for smaller
fish in the 2 to 8 lb range, plus some bluefish, potentially. Limit is two stripers, both must be over
18 inches; one can be above 28 inches. Maximum of 8 fishermen.
· Second, a trophy striper trolling trip near the end of the 2014 season on Sunday, 14 December.
This is trolling with large lures (big lure; big fish!). Same size limits as above.
Cost will be $100 per member plus $20 a tip for the mate. After the event the Club Treasurer will contact you with any subsidy due to you. Max subsidy for event participation this year is $40.00.
For more information and to hold your place, please call Lew at cell (202) 417-4185 or email: firstname.lastname@example.com.
3. Offshore Fishing from Cape Hatteras, NC
Due to two highly successful offshore trips for tuna, mahi-mahi and amberjack (plus two 300 lb bull sharks and one white marlin!!) last May, members have expressed an interest in going this fall, possibly late Sept or Oct. Boat price, including tip, is approx. $240-310 per person
depending on the boat. Please contact Ed if interested (no check yet) and he will coordinate a date with members before requesting a check from anyone. Contact Ed Fortunato to make a reservation or declare interest in a Cape Hatteras trip. Call his cell 703-622-9323 or Home 540-
548-2489 or firstname.lastname@example.com
4. Fort AP Hill Annual Deer Hunt.
We have two lakeside first class cabins reserved for three nights starting on Friday 14 Nov for opening of shotgun deer season on 15 Nov. Sunday, 16 Nov will be a scouting day and fishing. Monday will be a hunt day. We have three nights of first class billeting that should cost no more than $65 total per member for the entire three nights. $50 by 1 Nov holds your reservation. Check made out to Dick Vande Hei and sent to 4535 Nebraska Ave N.W,. Washington, DC 20016. Many of you have already been certified to hunt in the controlled areas. Others interested in this certification contact Dick Vande Hei at (202) 230-8658 c or (207) 655-4338 up to 3 Oct then (202) 966-7307 after 7 Oct.
5. Float Fishing the Shenandoah.
Come fish for smallmouth bass on the Shenandoah River, South Fork, by canoe/kayak on Sunday, September 28, hosted by Down River Canoe
Company (DRCC) in Bentonville VA, approximately 90 minutes from the Beltway via I-66. DRCC is 15 min south of Front Royal, VA. We'll meet on the DRCC Deck at 8:00 am, and cast off by 8:15 am and bait the hooks! This is an excellent fishing section that flows through the
scenic Shenandoah River valley and past deep pools for waiting small mouth bass. This section between Jeremy's Run and Compton Railroad trestle is well known nation-wide for smallmouth bass and other smaller species.
Reserve your spot now; cost is $35 per person per Canoe (double occupancy). Kayaks are $48 each. You may bring your own kayak to use for a $10 shuttle charge. To reserve a spot, call, text, or email Maston Gray at 703-408-8020 or firstname.lastname@example.com and send your check payment made out to DIA Rod & Gun Club, per the charges, to Maston Gray, 8718 Higdon Dr, Vienna VA 22182.
So mark your calendars and get the OK from your "boss". By chance if the river is too low for canoes, there is optional wading and bank fishing available, so your 'pass' is still good! Slots are filling fast so RSVP today to reserve a spot. Bring spouse if you like, or son/daughter. And
weather conditions should be excellent too.
6. Potomac River NWR Complex Deer Hunts.
Most members should have long since received the hunt application message from the PRNWRC staff to hunt at Mason Neck NWR and Occoquan Bay NWR this year. If you did not receive it, go to:
Mason Neck NWR Deer Hunts:
Occoquan Bay NWR Deer Hunts:
Application deadline is this Saturday, Sep. 20.
7. Fairfax County Deer Management Hunts.
Fairfax County has announced the details on this year's shotgun hunts. They will occur on 19 November and 8 January at Sully Woodlands, a FCPA property of 1,821 acres. All information on applying, qualifying and participating in the hunts has been emailed to all who were in the
county data base from previous shotgun hunts. If you did not receive the information packet and want to apply, the information you need is in the separate zip file. If you are volunteering to join our team of volunteers (we hunt till 9:00 and drive deer after that till noon or thereabouts), let
Bernie Gately know of your intent, withhold your check from your application, and in the on-line application form enter "DIA Vol" in the Associates box at the end of the form. You may also volunteer without hunting. Remember to schedule your weapons qualification for either the 5th or 12th of October. Qualifications are good for three years. You must have qualified on the Fairfax County Police Range to hunt. All applications must be in by 17 October.
8. Skeet at the Fall Membership Meeting.
Sixty members and two guests attended our semi-annual membership meeting on Sunday, 14 September. More than half of the attendees also enjoyed skeet and trap shooting with perfect weather.
9. The Bottom Line. A group of six on the latest DIA Rod & Gun Club sponsored fishing trip caught more Spanish Mackerel in one day than the boat captain usually catches in a year. It was a GOOD day! Five Club members and one guest sailed out of Buzzard's Point marina near Reedville on board the large and comfortable "Heritage" with captain David Fisher and mate Mark. Putting 72 Spanish Mackerel and 40 Bluefish in the boat in less than five hours kept them both busy, especially the mate who cleaned them all. The weather was terrific, the fishing super and the catching even better. Not all trips are like this, of course, but you can't have a day-of-a lifetime unless you get on the boat and go. Watch the Club newsletters for additional fishing opportunities. If you want to link up with captain Fisher, visit his web site at
10. Rochester Fishing. Club member JP Sherkus caught a 25 lb Chinook and a 14 lb Laker in the first week of August out of Charlotte, NY (Rochester) on Lake Ontario. JP's fishing party had their limit in five hours including the ride out and back. Another great day fishing!!!
11. Calendar of Events.
20 Sep – Mason Neck and OB hunt applications due
28 Sep - Float fishing the Shenandoah
05 Oct – Fx Co Range Qualif. #1
10 Oct – Virginia Rockfish charter
12 Oct - Fx Co Range Qualif. #2
17 Oct – Fx Co deer hunt application due
26 Oct – Chumming for Stripers on the Lower Potomac
02 Nov – Mason Neck scouting day
14-17 Nov – Fort AP Hill Annual Deer Hunt
19 Nov – Fx Co Hunt #1 at Sully Woodlands (FCPA)
20 Nov – Mason Neck hunt #1
21 Nov – Mason Neck hunt #2
05 Dec – Virginia trophy striper charter
06 Dec – VDGIF Youth hunt at OBNWR
08 Dec – OB lottery hunt #1
10 Dec – OB lottery hunt #2
12 Dec - Mason Neck hunt #3
14 Dec – Trophy Striper charter, Lower Potomac
08 Jan - Fx Co Hunt #2 at Sully Woodlands (FCPA)
09 Jan – Possible OB lottery hunt #3
August 2014 Newsletter
In this issue:
• Fishing from Virginia
• Offshore Fishing from Cape Hatteras, NC
• Fort AP Hill Annual Deer Hunt
• Potomac River NWR Complex Deer Hunts
• Fairfax County Deer Management Program
• Fall Membership Meeting and Dinner
• Volunteers Needed
• Calendar of Events
• Points of Contact
1. Fishing from Virginia.
Friday- 10 Oct – Bay trip from Reedville, VA for stripers (rockfish) and bluefish. Fishing will be
done by chumming. All gear, bait and fish cleaning is provided. Just bring your food/drinks. Cost
is $100 per person plus $25 tip for the mate. Make checks out to the DIA Rod and Gun Club. We
always do well on this type of trip. Send check to address below by 15 Sept.
Friday – 5 Dec - Bay trip from Reedville, VA for trophy size striped bass (rockfish). The big
ones return to the Bay around Thanksgiving and they run 10-30 lbs. Last year we maxed out with
huge fish. Cost is $100 per person plus $25 for the mate. All trolling gear is provided, just bring
your food and drinks. (Remember this is deer season so double check your calendar). Make the
checks out to DIA Rod and Gun Club. Send check to address below by 30 Sept.
2. Offshore Fishing from Cape Hatteras, NC
Due to two highly successful offshore trips for tuna, mahi-mahi and amberjack (plus two 300 lb
bull sharks and one white marlin!!) last May, members have expressed an interest in going this
fall, possibly late Sept or Oct. Boat price, including tip, is aprox $240-310 per person
depending on the boat. Please contact Ed if interested (no check yet) and he will coordinate a
date with members before requesting a check from anyone.
Mailing address for checks is: (made out to DIA Rod and Gun Club)
Edward Fortunato
8803 General Couchs Court
Fredericksburg, VA 22407
3. Fort AP Hill Annual Deer Hunt.
We have two lakeside first class cabins reserved for three nights starting on Friday 14 Nov for
opening of shotgun deer season on 15 Nov. Sunday, 16 Nov will be a scouting day and fishing.
Monday will be a hunt day. We have three nights of first class billeting that should cost no more
than $65 total per member for the entire three nights. $50 by 1 Nov holds your reservation.
Check made out to Dick Vande Hei and sent to 4535 Nebraska Ave N.W,. Washington, DC
20016. Many of you have alreadybeen certified to hunt in the controlled areas. Others interested
in this certification contact Dick Vande Hei at (202) 230-8658 c or (207) 655-4338 up to 3 Oct
then (202) 966-7307 after 7 Oct.
4. Potomac River NWR Complex Deer Hunts.
Most members should have long since received the hunt application message from the PRNWRC
staff to hunt at Mason Neck NWR and Occoquan Bay NWR this year. If you did not receive it,
go to:
Mason Neck NWR Deer Hunts:
Occoquan Bay NWR Deer Hunts:
Application deadline is Sep. 20.
5. Fairfax County Deer Management Program.
Fairfax County has not published the details on this year's shotgun hunts. We expect to have the
information at the membership meeting on the 14th of September.
6. Fall Membership Meeting and Dinner.
Our Club's semiannual membership meeting and dinner is fast approaching. Doublecheck your
calendar to be sure you've blocked out Sunday, the 14 of September. We are confirmed for the
Isaak Walton Facility in Centreville, VA from 1:00 to 7:00 PM to enjoy skeet, trap, camaraderie, several
great door prizes and our traditional barbeque dinner. More details and RSVP information will be in a
separate invitation published in the next few days.
7. Volunteers Needed.
We need several members to help move the deer at Occoquan Bay NWR on 6, 8 & 10 Dec. The youth
hunt on the 6th is for about two hours on Saturday afternoon. For the lottery hunts on 8 & 10, we are
there from 9:00 to 3:30 (or whatever time you can contribute). There may also be a 3d hunt on Jan 9th. If
you can help out and maybe get to hunt as well, please let Bernie Gately know at 703-425-1494, or
via email at firstname.lastname@example.com
8. Alaska Fishing Results.
VA fishing chairman, Ed Sr, and Jr (also a Club member) and his two other sons just returned
from a fun salmon trip to Alaska. They spent many hours to catch their limit of 3 each per day
but they did so and it was a thrill. Flew into the interior by seaplane and fished with bobbers and
bait, just like Huckleberry Finn. What a surprise that was!
9. Calendar of Events.
TBD Sep - Float fishing the Shenandoah
14 Sep - Fall membership meeting at IWLA
20 Sep – Mason Neck and OB NWR hunts applications due
10 Oct – Virginia Rockfish charter
02 Nov – Mason Neck scouting day
14-17 Nov – Fort AP Hill Annual Deer Hunt
20 Nov – Mason Neck hunt #1
21 Nov – Mason Neck hunt #2
05 Dec – Virginia striper charter
06 Dec – GDIF Youth hunt at OBNWR
08 Dec – OB lottery hunt #1
10 Dec – OB lottery hunt #2
12 Dec - Mason Neck hunt #3
09 Jan – Possible OB lottery hunt #3
July 2014 Newsletter
Due to the large numbers of members on travel or otherwise vacationing out of the area, this is an
abbreviated newsletter. Regular format will resume in mid to late August.
Fishing from Virginia:
Wed 20 Aug – Bay trip from Reedville, VA for Spanish mackerel. Did great last year, maxed our limit in half a day and the mackerel are starting to run now. Cost is $100 per person plus $20 tip for mate. All trolling gear is provided, just bring your food and drinks. Make checks out to DIA Rod and Gun Club. Need the checks by 31 July.to hold the boat
Friday – 5 Dec - Bay trip from Reedville VA for trophy size striped bass (rockfish). The big ones return to the Bay around Thanksgiving and they run 10-30 lbs. Last year we maxed out with huge fish. Cost is $100 per person plus $20 for the mate. All trolling gear is provided, just bring your food and drinks. (Remember this is deer season so double check your calendar). Make the checks out to DIA Rod and Gun Club. Checks due by 31 Aug.
Mailing address for checks is: (please note the due dates above )
Edward Fortunato
8803 General Couchs Court
Fredericksburg, VA 22407
After the event the Club Treasurer will contact you with any subsidy due to you. Max subsidy for event participation this year is $40.00
Contact Ed Fortunato ASAP to make a reservation. Call his cell 703-622-9323703-622-9323 or Home 540-548-2489540-548-2489 or firstname.lastname@example.com
Deer Hunting at PRNWR Comlex:
The Mason Neck and Occoquan Bay Hunt Application period is now open. Visit the following websites to access the 2014 applications, view the 2014 hunt rules and regulations and learn the key dates in the application process.
Mason Neck NWR Deer Hunts:Â http://www.fws.gov/refuge/Mason_Neck/Visit/deerhunt.html
Occoquan Bay NWR Deer Hunts:Â http://www.fws.gov/refuge/Occoquan_Bay/Visit/DeerHunt.html
June 2014 Newsletter - 2nd Addendum
1. Maryland Light Tackle Fishing Charter. Lew Roach is scheduling a striper fishing charter with Captain Wayne Schuhart out of Solomons Island, Md on Saturday 12 July at 6:30
AM. That time of season, live-lining small live bait works well in the Chesapeake Bay for mid-sized stripers (3 to 10 lbs) and blue fish. Captain supplies rods, bait; mate cleans the fish back at the
dock. We're seeking a minimum of six anglers. The cost for this event is $100 per angler which is due to Lew by 7 July, plus a suggested cash tip to the mate of at least $20. Make the
check payable to DIA Rod & Gun Club. After the event, the Club treasurer will send a check for any subsidy amount due to you. (NOTE: the total maximum subsidy you can receive from event
participation this year is $40). For more information please call Lew ASAP at cell (202) 417-4185 or email at email@example.com
2. Fairfax County Archery Deer Hunt Applications. If you are interested in the Fairfax County Archery Deer Management Hunt Program this year you must apply by 6 July (12 days from now).Use this site to fill out the application. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1sYMWLAuDbDc5pGOAVp1d26Hdrfsi-V-AQJamol_3NkQ/viewform . Dave Eoff and Jay Avery are liaisons for the Clifton Cluster.
June 2014 Newsletter - 1st Addendum
1. Shenandoah River Float Trip. The Shenandoah River Float Trip started at 8 am on a cool and clear Saturday June 14th at Down River Canoe Company in Bentonville VA, located about 12 miles up-river (south) of Front Royal. Four canoes of Aubrey Petitt and Suzanne Malone, Maston Gray and Mike Baumstark, Michael and Michaela Baumstark, Rich and Richie Capitan began at Burners Bottom and floated 7.5 miles back to the canoe company site. The cool breeze made the day very comfortable and the water level was above normal for this time of year and running clear. Other traffic on the river was light; the water was still too cool for serious tubing.
We fished the shadows, mostly on the eastern side of the river and caught 13 fish, mostly smallmouth bass, a perch, and a blue gill. All us had numerous bites and fish following the lures and bait up to the surface, and a few wiggled off the hooks. We used spinners, flies, worms, and artificial crayfish – fish were caught on all of them! We were so busy fishing we didn't get any pictures from the canoe. The next float trip will be in the Fall in late September or early October where we'll try another stretch of the Shenandoah South Fork.
2. Prince William County Proposed Weapons Ordinance Changes. Prince William County, VA is considering changing their weapons ordinance. The proposed changes are in the PDF file attached. The next Weapons Control Committee meeting is scheduled for July 9 at 6:00 pm in the Occoquan Room at McCoart Building, 1 County Complex Ct, Woodbridge, VA 22192. If you live or hunt in Prince William County, this may directly impact you.
June 2014 Newsletter
In this issue:
· Virginia Trophy Striper Fishing Results
· Cape Hatteras Fishing Charter
· Headboat Fishing
· Fort AP Hill Hunter Certification
· Fort AP Hill Annual Deer Hunt
· DIA Alumni Association.
· Lake Anna Striper Results
· Hunters for the Hungry Banquet
· Fairfax County Deer Management's Archery Program
· Calendar of Events
1. Virginia Trophy Striper Fishing Results.
On 24 May, a beautiful sunny day, eight club members enjoyed a great day on the JIMMICK JR III out of Wicomico Church, Virginia. We brought in 15 to 20 striped bass, but only these four keepers on the day (over 18 1/2 inches or larger.). Low fish activity was totally unexpected by both the skipper, Capt. Jim and mate George, who both apologized for the lack of finding fish. Nevertheless, all anglers participating had a good time and enjoyed the camaraderie with the other club members on board (Mike and Oksana Rodzianko, Greg and Alvie Brown, Dick and son Artur Vande Hei, Ryan Sullivan and Bud Braddock.)
2. Headboat Fishing. We have identified a headboat out of Cape Hatteras (Miss Cape Hatteras) that we may want to use. The headboat goes bottom fishing for snapper, grouper etc, and always catches fish. The beauty of a headboat is that we do not need a minimum of six people as charter boats require, and it is less expensive than a charter. We can go individually at a cost of $120.00. The headboat is also available for charter at a cost of $2,800.00 divided among the participants up to a max of 45 persons.
Chartering the headboat would be a barrel of fun for a large group of us to go and swap fish stories while reeling in the big ones. Please contact Ed if you are interested; no cash is needed at this time since we're trying to determine the number interested. If enough interest is there, we
can estimate individual cost and then contact those interested for a commitment. No pain no gain.
Or we can just go individually as a small group of Club members for $120.00 each. Either way we decide, the date would be after tourist season and Labor Day (mid to end Sept-early Oct).
Contact Ed Fortunato home, 540-548-2489540-548-2489, cell 703-622-9323703-622-9323 or email@example.com
3. Cape Hatteras Fishing Charter. We had another great Cape Hatteras trip on 20 May. We caught 24 fish plus another 300 lb bull shark. That is two in two outings. Andrea Lockard is proudly showing her catch in this picture on the left. The whole team is shown below. L to R:
Marty Lockard, Ed Fortunato, Andrea Lockard, Ned O'Keefe, Bob Zebell and Bud Braddock. And Ed is showing his catch below as well.
4. Fort AP Hill Hunter Certification. Congratulations to the following club members who passed the Controlled Area Certification exam at Fort A.P. Hill this month: BUD BRADDOCK, LOREN HAAG, VINCE LIVELY, ZACH LIVELY, RICK MRSTIK, RYAN SULLIVAN, and
DICK VANDE HEI. Several of these hunters maxed the exam. Now certified, they can hunt in the controlled areas, which are closed to non-certified hunters. Why is this critical? The deer herd in these closed areas is dramatically larger than in the normal training areas. Additional club members who wish to be certified this year, contact Dick Vande Hei at (202)230-8658(202)230-8658 or email@example.com.
5. Fort AP Hill Annual Deer Hunt. Two cabins have been reserved for the opening of the shotgun season Nov 15. Hunt days will be Saturday, 15 Nov and Monday, 17 Nov. Cabins have been secured for the nights of 14,15 and 16 Nov. Interested hunters contact Dick Vande Hei. Cost is minimal. There are new and enhanced hunt area procedures that are currently being worked out by the Fort AP Hill staff, all of which will enable hunters to reserve hunt areas in advance by computer or cell phone. We will provide details when available.
6. DIA Alumni Association. Those of you in our membership who served with the DIA in a civilian or military capacity may not be aware there is a non-profit association (DIAA) focused on individuals previously associated with DIA. Anyone interested in finding out more about the association should contact Cal Carnes via email at email@example.com. He will respond with information about the DIAA and the benefits of joining.
7. Lake Anna Striper Results. The 13 June Lake Anna striper (rockfish) Club fishing event can only be described as "fast and furious." Club fishermen were Andy Tirch, Mark White, Ryan White, and Marty Lockard. Due to relatively fast action within the first hour, we quickly ran out of live bait. It was necessary to look for and net additional live bait – handled adroitly by our captain, Jim Hemby. The team stumbled and missed a lot of early opportunities because the fishing style is not intuitive, but everything mostly came together and the team began hooking and pulling in fish in a coordinated fashion – a must on Captain Jim's boat. Pictures and other information can be located on "The Daily Blog" tab of Jim's web site at http://www.jimhemby.com/.
By 9AM, the boat was headed back to the dock as the team had amazingly caught its limit in just a few hours (four stripers per fisherman over 20 inches). The captain donated his limit, so there were a total of 20 keepers for club members, some of them larger than 20-23 inches. An interesting note is that the team caught more than 70 fish in those few morning hours, and that doesn't count the ones that were hooked but lost. The non-keepers were mostly smaller stripers in the 18-19 inch range. While everyone was catching decent sized fish, it appeared that Mark White caught the largest fish shown in the photo.
8. Hunters for the Hungry Sportsman's Banquet. The Hunters for the Hungry program will be holding its third annual Whitestone Farm / Hunters for the Hungry Sportsman's Banquet on Saturday July 26, 2014. This special event will be held at Whitestone Farm located at 22699
Whitestone Lane, Aldie, VA. Come enjoy an evening of food, fun and fellowship while helping to make a difference in the lives of many less fortunate in our community and statewide. The event includes dinner, dessert, beverages and a variety of raffles and live and silent auctions of
donated merchandise. For more information and tickets to the event contact Cole Cushman, (540) 454-2688(540) 454-2688


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Archive for category Economics
Malaysia 19 years behind South Korea, complacency, graft among culprits
Posted by Kit in Corruption, Economics on Friday, 17 October 2014
by Lee Shi-Ian
The Malaysian Insider
17 October 2014
Malaysia are 19 years behind South Korea in terms of productivity, the Malaysian International Chamber of Commerce and Industry said today, naming graft, leakages, complacency and archaic labour laws as road blocks.
Its executive director Stewart Forbes said Malaysia's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per worker productivity last year was equivalent to South Korea's – but in 1995.
"Malaysia's historic productivity growth was unimpressive although at one time, Malaysia, South Korea and Taiwan all started out on the same level playing field.
"Putrajaya is always quick to point out that Malaysia is better than Thailand or Vietnam or Indonesia. But why is Malaysia choosing the worst to make comparisons?
"Putrajaya ought to be comparing Malaysia to Taiwan, Singapore or South Korea. They should set the bar higher when making comparisons," Forbes said. Read the rest of this entry »
RM5,900 a month income is simply not true
By Steven Sim | TMI
9 September 2014
People say politicians often tell lies. But really, more often than not, they actually give us statistics. What is the difference? I'll let Mark Twain tell you: "There are three kinds of lies; lies, damned lies and statistics".
The latest statistics our government proudly brandish at us is the report that household income in Malaysia has surpassed RM5,900 a month. This was presented by Datuk Seri Abdul Wahid Omar, the former Maybank boss roped into the Cabinet as "economy minister".
Intuitively, most Malaysians know it's a farce. Why?
Because many families we know, maybe including our own, earn much lesser than RM5,900 a month.
Because even the government itself proudly claimed that its cash transfer programme BR1M has benefited 80% of Malaysian households. The only condition for BR1M is that a recipient household must earn less than RM3,000 a month. Read the rest of this entry »
Rising debts will rob Malaysia of its competitive edge, warns economist
by Eileen Ng
The Malaysian Insider
9 June 2014
Malaysia risks seeing its economy contract and losing its global market share in key export sectors if it fails to tackle its high levels of public and rising external debts, a United Kingdom-based economist has warned.
Sarah Fowler from Oxford Economics said while the nation's shrinking current account surplus was not a major concern as it was expected to stay in excess in the next few years, there are worries over Malaysia's capital account due to rising external debt, which has shot up close to 40% of its gross domestic product (GDP) in recent years.
The country's public debt-to-GDP ratio has been hovering at an all-time high of more than 50% since 2010 because of large fiscal deficits incurred when an aggressive stimulus package was launched to bolster the country's economy during the global financial crisis.
"Addressing the concerns would enable Malaysia to achieve a higher growth path, reaching a higher per capita income sooner. We expect the economy to grow by just more than 4% over the next five years but if the concerns were addressed growth could exceed 4.5%," she told The Malaysian Insider in an email.
Fowler, who produced a report on "Why Malaysia is now a more risky prospect than Indonesia" which was highlighted by global financial news site Bloomberg's columnist William Pasek last week, used 17 indicators to develop a scorecard to assess emerging market vulnerability to external economic and financial shocks. Read the rest of this entry »
Is Malaysia Asia's Weakest Link?
By William Pesek
Bloomberg View
Jun 5, 2014
From missing airplanes to jail-bound opposition leaders, Malaysia has recently made international headlines for all the wrong reasons. Will the nation's economy be next?
That's the thrust of new report from Sarah Fowler of U.K.-based Oxford Economics, which ranks Malaysia the "riskiest country in Asia of those we consider," more so than India, Indonesia and even coup-happy Thailand. On the surface, she points out, all's well: Growth is zooming along at 6.2 percent, the external balance is reasonably sound and political stability reigns. But all's not what it seems. "Prompted by its high levels of public debt, rising external debt and shrinking current account surplus, there has been a shift in the perception of risks towards Malaysia and away from Indonesia," Fowler explains.
Malaysia wasn't included in Morgan Stanley's "fragile five" list of shaky emerging economies last year, as were India and Indonesia. But Fowler scratches at a number of Malaysian vulnerabilities that deserve more attention: external debt levels that in recent years have risen to close to 40 percent of gross domestic product; a higher public debt ratio than India; the biggest short-term capital flows among the 13 major emerging markets Oxford tracks, including Indonesia; and a shrinking current-account surplus. Read the rest of this entry »
Asia's Dangerous Strongman Nostalgia
By William Pesek
Feb 4, 2014
Indonesia is growing at 6 percent, has rejoined the ranks of investment-grade nations, and after decades under the corrupt and repressive Suharto, has reaffirmed its place as the world's third-largest democracy. Yet somehow enough Indonesians remember the Suharto years fondly that his Golkar Party has hopes of regaining power in upcoming elections.
Golkar isn't alone in trying to exploit nostalgia for past strongmen (and -women). India's Congress Party is trying to squeeze any remaining good feelings about the Nehru-Gandhi period (from 1947 to about 1989) to elevate lackluster heir apparent Rahul Gandhi. Even as China's Xi Jinping pushes ahead with market reforms, he continues to pay homage to Communist icon Mao Zedong (1949-1976). Thais are destroying their economy rather than cut off support for tycoon Thaksin Shinawatra (2001-2006) and his sister Yingluck. Many Malaysians wax sentimental about the boom days of Mahathir Mohamad (1981-2003). Japanese are indulging Shinzo Abe's dangerous stroll down memory lane.
What gives with nostalgianomics? The yearning for yesteryear speaks to our disorienting times and a dearth of visionary leadership when it's most needed. This is an upside-down era when the unthinkable has a way of becoming reality: The U.S. is a developing nation again; Europe is hitting up "poor" China to bail out its debt markets; central banks have gone Islamic with zero-interest rates everywhere; the free trade that once raised living standards now foments poverty. Many simply want to get off this crazy ride. Read the rest of this entry »
Tolls and hikes short-circuiting Malaysian future
S RAMAKRISHNAN | 12:47PM Jan 2, 2014
COMMENT The simultaneous increase in fuel and sugar prices, electricity tariff and toll hikes have got Malaysians worried and bewildered as to how they will manage their household expenses. Compounding matters will be the Goods and Services Tax (GST) that will kick in in 2015. The already weakened ringgit and the sudden withdrawal of subsidies on essential goods will hit hard where it hurts most – the pocket.
Not unlike Marie Antoinette, the prime minister is obstinately insisting that the people can afford these massive hikes. Talk about telling the masses to eat cake, he adds insult to injury by saying these increase are not a burden!
The entire cabinet and prime minister suddenly woke up from their slumber. It dawned on them that the budget deficit, huge public and household debt have to be narrowed. What is shocking is that for 16 continuous years, the deficit and the mounting debt did not raise any alarm bells.
In fact the pro-government economists and mainstream media stoically reminded the rakyat that economic fundamentals were positive and our country is on track to become a developed nation by 2020. But all that propaganda did not convince the world. Fitch Rating Agency, in a startling report, downgraded Malaysia from stable to negative. And the game was up.
The media propaganda failed and even more frightening, instead of being developed Malaysia, by 2020, may be a bankrupt nation!
The acrimonious Fitch report had a jolting effect that aroused the Malaysian government from its deep slumber and self-delusion. It suddenly dawned upon the cabinet that the lies they had believed to be the truth, were, in fact, lies. Read the rest of this entry »
10,000 defy warning, police give in to protesters
Posted by Kit in Economics, Najib Razak, Police, Prices on Wednesday, 1 January 2014
7:40PM Dec 31, 2013
In anticipation of a gloomy 2014, demonstrators took to the streets in Kuala Lumpur tonight to protest the rising cost of living as a result of the government's austerity measures.
The New Year's Eve protest, organised by a coalition of NGOs led by Gerakan Turun Kos Sara Hidup (Turun), saw participants gathering at three meeting points – Sogo Shopping Complex at Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman, Pasar Seni and Masjid Jamek
They then marched to Dataran DBKL before proceeding to the adjacent Dataran Merdeka where the Kuala Lumpur City Hall is organising a New Year's concert.
The authorities have accused protest organisers of planning to overthrow the government and police have branded the rally "illegal".
Police claim to have intelligence that dangerous weapons and bombs will be present at the demonstration but protest organisers have vehemently denied this.
Turun chief Mohd Azan Safar said the government was attempting to distract attention from the cost of living issues, which is the focus of the protest.
1.00am – This conclude our LIVE coverage of the rally. And no, the federal government has not been toppled. Happy New Year.
12.15am, Dataran Merdeka – Addressing the crowd, Turun chief Azan Safar leads the protesters to pledge for a corruption free 2014, while Solidarity Anak Muda Malaysia (SAMM) chief Badrul Hisham Shaharin later takes over the microphone and asked: "Was there any violence? Was there any bombings?"
He then leads the protesters in a comedic song which contains the lyrics "We love the police and the police loves us… We are only just upset that BN cheated us because they said toll will go down, but instead it went up".
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Power tariff – the last straw that broke the camel's back?
Liew Chin Tong
Dec 6, 2013
The spate of new taxes and price hikes, the latest being the electricity tariff hike, have caused me to doubt whether the government under Najib Abdul Razak has any idea about the macroeconomic risks that Malaysia faces.
Against the backdrop of an uncertain global economy and the likeliness of the quantitative easing tapering, domestic demand is crucial in sustaining the Malaysian economy. Yet the spate of new taxes and price hikes will produce an opposite result: the further decline of domestic demand.
Will the electricity tariff increase become the last straw on the camel's back that will see the Malaysian economy collapsing due to the confluence of several domestic and global factors?
The electricity tariff will be increased by an average of about 14.89 percent for Peninsular Malaysia, and by about 17 percent for Sabah and Labuan from next year.
The average electricity tariff in Peninsular Malaysia will be up 4.99 sen per kWh or 14.89 percent from the current average rate of 33.54 sen/kWh to 38.53 sen/kWh.
For Sabah and Labuan, the average tariff will be up 5 sen per kWh or 16.9 percent from current average rate of 29.52 sen per kWh to 34.52 sen per kWh. Read the rest of this entry »
The Economic Reality of Malaysia Today
A speech by Y.B.M. Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah
The Perak Academy, Perak Lectures in Ipoh: 15th Series 2nd Talk
Saturday, 23rd November, 2013, at 8.00 p.m.
Ladies and Gentlemen.
I would like to thank the Academy for inviting me a second time to give a talk on the current state of the economy. After the presentation of Budget 2014 in Parliament last month and the ongoing debate in the august house, the state of the economy is indeed a relevant question to ask. Economic reality however may not be what it is made out to be when one engages in political debate in respect of the Budget: often it is the unstated issues in the Budget and its underlying strategies and proposals that should be of great concern to thinking Malaysians.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
2. The Budget 2014 projects that GDP growth rate next year will likely be around 4.5 to 5% and 5.5% in 2015. These figures had remained in that range for the past budgets since 2000, reflecting some kind of paralysis of policy given the global economic situation and our own model of growth that depends so much on our external markets and the optimism of foreign interests in our economy. But, these figures conceal some forewarnings that are not highlighted.
3. Take for instance, the budget deficits, which had remained in negative territory for over twenty years; now the Najib government has promised to bring the budget into balance by 2020. The federal deficit has been sustained by borrowings that are now reaching close to the statutory debt ceiling of 55% of GDP. In fact the federal debt levels in absolute terms doubled since Dato' Seri Najib took over as Prime Minister. Coupled with private debt currently at 83% of GDP (an issue I will come back to later), the total debt exposure which will have to be carried over into the next generation will now approach 140% of GDP at current prices by the end of the year. Read the rest of this entry »
Moody's has given us a good mood… but is it sustainable?
Posted by Kit in Economics, Finance, Najib Razak on Friday, 22 November 2013
– Ramon Navaratnam
The Malaysian Insider
November 21, 2013
After the earlier cautious Fitch Rating Report on Malaysia's sovereign credit outlook, the Moody's Investors Service's upgrading of our credit outlook from "stable to positive", uplifts our mood on our country's economic prospects.
Yes Moody's has given us a good mood on our economic prospects. But unfortunately the question lingers as to whether this feel good mood, about our sovereign credit and economic outlook, can be sustained and for how long?
The upgrading had been due to the positive and bold promises made in Budget 2014 Speech by Dato Seri Najib Tun Razak. His speech has obviously made an impact on Moody's. Read the rest of this entry »
Racism and inequality
Posted by Kit in 1Malaysia, Economics, Najib Razak, nation building on Monday, 18 November 2013
Sakmongkol AK47 | NOVEMBER 17, 2013
The Malaysian Insider
Government leaders preach inclusiveness and togetherness. At the very least they pretend to want that. The idea of togetherness and inclusiveness can be summed up in the powerful idea of unity.
Something of that nature cannot be sold like an advertising product and commoditised- it must be secured by living out that experience. It must be practised as an everyday life experience.
Something of that nature too must be formed on the basis of earning and giving trust. The government has neither earned our trust and they have never trusted the people.
PM Najib paid a lot of money to consulting firms to come up with slogans to reflect the idea. He has actually paid RM7.2 billion to a number of consultants since 2009. Over a 5 year period, the fee is like RM3.945 million a day.
We won't know how much PM Najib paid consultants who came out with slogans and follow through plans of 1Malaysia and now Endless Possibilities. What seems truly endless is the rapacious appetite to gobble up taxpayers' money.
Read the rest of this entry »
Business confidence in local economy dropping, survey shows
The Malaysian Insider
November 07, 2013
Business confidence in Malaysia plummeted in the third quarter of this year as the post-election boost has vanished, according to the Global Economic Condition Survey.
In a statement issued today, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) said the survey revealed that 65% of the respondents believed conditions in the Malaysian economy were stagnating in the third quarter of this year.
This is an increase from the 55% of respondents who felt business conditions in Malaysia were deteriorating or stagnating in the second quarter of the year. Only 13% of businesses reported confidence gains in the third quarter, down from 28% in the second quarter. Read the rest of this entry »
A critique of the 2014 Budget Speech
Posted by Kit in Budget Debate, Economics, Finance on Tuesday, 5 November 2013
by Budget analyst
A careful analysis of the 2014 Budget Speech by the Prime Minister-cum-Finance Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak is most revealing and disappointing as there is little by way of an exposition of the challenges the economy faces.
The customary presentation of data on the performance, in the current year and prospects in the year ahead, are matters that are dismissed in a few perfunctory sentences.
The speech gives little information on basic macro-economic assumptions used in basing the revenue and expenditure forecasts that make up the Budget.
The speech gives no hint of how the Government proposes to deal with the less than robust external environment in which the key Malaysian export markets – China, US, the EURO zone – will continue to record sluggish demand.
The price for Malaysian oil and gas are likely to be weaker because of increasing supply from US shale oil and the re-entry of Iranian oil into global markets. With greater supply and lower demand, prices are likely to be lower. Malaysian oil and gas exports will undoubtedly feel the impact. Read the rest of this entry »
GST: killing the golden goose
Posted by Kit in Budget Debate, Economics, Finance on Saturday, 26 October 2013
– Liew Chin Tong
MP for Kluang
The Malaysian Insider
October 25, 2013
The proposed goods and services tax (GST) will tax those who can't afford to be taxed, i.e. 60% of Malaysians who are eligible for BR1M. These are the people who will soon be taxed by the regressive tax, together with the rest of us who live and stay in this country.
I would like to drop the Orwellian double speak so prevalently employed by many GST apologists who are trying to mask the real issue. I will share my views plainly here.
Flawed arguments
Some argue that the government has to be cruel to be kind. Hence, BN would have us believe that the fuel hike subsidy rationalisation is needed to balance the government's expenditure and ensure its good financial standing.
In theory, this sounds legit. However, look closer and you will find many flaws in the argument. For one, this argument does not take into account the adverse effects on the man on the street. It also demonstrates an incomplete understanding of how the economy grows or declines.
What is the real reason for the Barisan Nasional government to implement the GST? This tax has hung like a sword of Damocles over our heads since Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's era in 2005. Read the rest of this entry »
Berapakan jumlah nilai ekuiti yang diperuntukkan untuk Bumiputera, nilai yang masih dalam pegangan dan bagaimana boleh membantu rakyat Bumiputera biasa?
Posted by Kit in Economics, Parliament on Thursday, 24 October 2013
TUAN LIM KIT SIANG minta PERDANA MENTERI menyatakan berapakah jumlah nilai ekuiti yang diperuntukkan untuk Bumiputera setakat hari ini, nilai yang masih tinggal dalam tangan Bumiputera, dan bagaimana program sedemikian boleh membantu rakyat Bumiputera biasa.
Tuan Yang di-Pertua,
Untuk makluman Ahli Yang Berhormat, Kerajaan telah menggunakan beberapa pendekatan untuk meningkatkan pemilikan ekuiti Bumiputera. Antara lain, termasuk peruntukan saham khas kepada Bumiputera bagi syarikat yang akan disenaraikan di Bursa Malaysia, lanya dilaksanakan oleh Kementerian Perdagangan Antarabangsa dan Industri (MITI). Ringkasan penyertaan Bumiputera dalam pasaran saham melalui peruntukan saham khas ini adalah seperti dalam jadual di bawah:
*sehingga September 2013
Di samping itu, terdapat juga Skim Amanah Saham yang dilaksanakan oleh Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB) yang telah berjaya meningkatkan pegangan ekuiti Bumiputera dalam pasaran modal. Sehingga 31 Disember 2012, pegangan pelaburan Bumiputera di bawah Skim Amanah Bumiputera bernilai RM110.3 bilion. PNB turut menawarkan unit pelaburan kepada rakyat Malaysia melalui beberapa skim seperti Amanah Saham Wawasan 2020 (ASW2020), Amanah Saham Malaysia (ASM) dan Iain-lain.
Read the rest of this entry »
Malaysia: High Income Nation, but Low Income Rakyat
Posted by Kit in Economics, Finance, Malaysian Dream, Najib Razak, NEP on Tuesday, 22 October 2013
By Anas Alam Faizli
Oct. 22, 2013
Malaysia's current socio economic structure can be summed up in four words, "Rich Malaysia, Poor Malaysians." Malaysia is blessed with abundant natural resources with petroleum being the most precious. Add the land, other commodity resources, large youthful population and the country has all the essential ingredients to flourish. How then did this small nation of 30 million manage to end up with the unsolicited title of among the region's most unequal nation between the rich and poor. What happened? Read the rest of this entry »
Services not shortcut out of middle-income trap, ADB tells Malaysia
By Zurairi AR
The Malay Mail Online
August 27, 2013
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 27 — Industrialisation remains a vital step countries like Malaysia can ill afford to skip if they hope to beat the middle-income trap, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) cautioned as more emerging nations gave in to the siren call of the services sector.
In its flagship annual statistical publication Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2013, ADB noted that Malaysia was among nations whose economies were transforming more slowly compared to heavily industrialised economies such as Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, and Taipei.
This warning comes as Malaysia continues to move away from manufacturing towards knowledge-based economy and the services sector, having started down the route with the Third Outline Perspective Plan (OPP3) between 2001 and 2010.
"Our analysis indicates that manufacturing is a developmental stage that generally cannot be bypassed on the road to becoming a high-income economy," said a special chapter in the report titled "Asia's Economic Transformation: Where to, How, and How Fast?"
"Virtually all countries that are rich today industrialised in the past — for a sustained period, their shares of both manufacturing output and manufacturing employment reached at least 18 per cent in gross domestic product (GDP) and total employment." Read the rest of this entry »
Malaysia next in crosshairs as Asian contagion risks grow
By Stuart Grudgings
Reuters | Wed Aug 21, 2013 3:08am IST
Aug 21 (Reuters) – Indebted, commodity-dependent Malaysia will be in investors' crosshairs on Wednesday as heavy selling of Indonesia and India's currencies threatens to spread to other Asian economies seen as most vulnerable to a withdrawal of U.S. monetary stimulus.
After Indonesia, where concerns over a gaping current account deficit sparked a stock market and currency rout this week, Malaysia and neighbouring Thailand are seen as the most vulnerable Southeast Asian markets to contagion effects.
"There is a lot of resemblance to prior crises like 1997-98. We have had two countries going down, India and Indonesia, and now you have got to start thinking about the third and fourth countries," said Pradeep Mohinani, a Nomura credit analyst in Hong Kong.
"The likely candidates would be those with high fiscal deficits, slowing economies and high foreign ownership of government bonds. Thailand and Malaysia tick most of the boxes in that regard."
Economists say that both those countries, as well as the fast-growing Philippines, are to some extent protected from major turmoil by their much stronger external balances compared with Indonesia and India.
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Fitch pushes Malaysia's credit rating outlook to negative
The Malaysian Insider
July 31, 2013
Global ratings agency Fitch Ratings has revised Malaysia's sovereign credit rating outlook from stable to negative as the possibility of addressing public finance weaknesses has deteriorated after Election 2013.
The news comes as the Malaysian ringgit slid to three-year lows against the US dollar and 15-year lows against the Singapore dollar, making imports more expensive while exports would be cheaper although exports have slipped.
But it affirmed the country's long-term foreign and local currency issuer default ratings at A- and A, respectively.
"Malaysia's public finances are its key rating weakness. Federal government debt rose to 53.3% of gross domestic product (GDP) at end-2012, up from 51.6 percent at end-2011 and 39.8 percent at end-2008.
"The general government budget deficit (Fitch basis) widened to 4.7 percent of GDP in 2012 from 3.8 percent in 2011, led by a 19 percent rise in spending on public wages in a pre-election year," it said.
But Fitch believed that it would be difficult for Putrajaya to achieve its interim 3 percent federal government deficit target for 2015 without additional consolidation measures. Read the rest of this entry »
Fight the Smear Campaign against the Oil Palm Industry
Koon Yew Yin
A few weeks ago the sky was covered with smoke from the burning of forests in Sumatra to clear land for agriculture. Many in Malaysia and Singapore were affected by the haze. Some observers in the west used it as an occasion to bad-mouth the oil palm oil further. In this article, I will try to share some facts of life in the oil palm industry so that Malaysians will not join the western world in their smear campaign.
Firstly, we must remember that the west had cut down their forests and trees centuries ago to develop their countries. Malaysia and Indonesia are both new comers in the development scene and have been felling our forests for only a few decades now. Of our tropical agricultural crops, oil palm is the most recent cash crop commodity.
Although there has been a rapid rate of exploitation, it still occupies a small proportion of our total land area. The oil palm industry in Malaysia accounts for 15.5 per cent of total land area and only 4.5 per cent of total land area of Indonesia. A large proportion of the oil palm plantations are also not newly felled forest but are old rubber plantations that have been converted to this more lucrative crop.
Many in the public know of my views which are critical of many developments in the country. However, praise needs to be given when it is deserved; and our home grown oil palm industry is one which deserves all our support. This support is important in view of the sustained criticism made against the oil palm industry by lobby groups that have their origin in the west.
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Bob Costas' rant at halftime of NBC Sports Sunday Night Football game concerning the murder of Kasandra Perkins by Kanas City Chief Jovan Belcher was, to say the least, inane and out of place. So, according to Bob, in his infinite wisdom, if there were no gun involved, both parties would be alive today.
Come on, man. You mean to say that a 240-pound NFL player could not have done any violence to his girlfriend and done her in in any other way, like bludgoening, stabbing, choking, or some other form of battery?
Why do we have to be subjected to TV personalities (Costas), movie stars (e.g. Barbra Streisand and Sean Penn) sports stars or anybody else who, because they are in the public eye, think it is a special right given to them from above to pontificate about anything.
Many of them have no more special insight, training, education or credentials than the average Joe or Jane on the street. And yet we are a respect and revere their opinions.
Just because a person can act or play a particular sport well or has a great persona on the air does not mean they deserve to be taken seriously.
JIM ACKMANN Fort Wayne