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Is the Indonesian economy in trouble?
Author: Peter McCawley, ANU
Suddenly there are signs of pressure in the Indonesia economy. Until recently, the economy seemed to be doing well. But growth is now slowing, inflation is rising, the balance of payments is under pressure, and the value of the rupiah has slumped. Why the change in economic fortunes?
The latest developments in Indonesian markets reflect both long-term and short-term factors.
The longer-term factors include a range of issues which have been a source of comment within Indonesia for some time. At the broadest level, something of an inward-looking mood appears to have been influencing policies during the past year or so. Senior policy makers have emphasised that the broad approach being promoted, which is one of looking for ways to strengthen Indonesian industries, is not protectionist. Policies of this kind, policy makers argue, will strengthen the resilience of the Indonesian economy by providing greater economic security which will shield both Indonesian producers and consumers from the vagaries of uncertain international conditions.
There is much to be said for the long-term aim of building up domestic Indonesian industries and emphasising key goals such as food and energy security. But a number of well-publicised policies during the past few years have been somewhat interventionist, and have arguably had an anti-market flavour about them.
Policies in the mining sector, for example, have not been especially successful in promoting growth. Output has been falling steadily for over a decade in the oil sector, a previous source of strong exports and government revenues during the 1980s and 1990s. Indonesia, formerly a significant oil-exporting nation, has now become an oil importer and the rising levels of oil imports have become a significant strain on the balance of payments.
In the non-oil mining sectors, investors view some key policy approaches as being excessively interventionist. Mining firms in various industries have been told to install smelters and to process their resources before export. Government directives to this effect are expected to be implemented regardless of whether additional processing in Indonesia is profitable or not.
These directives, along with a range of other structural policies in other sectors, appear to have had the unintended effect of holding back the expansion of exports while adding to the national import bill.
In good times, when the international economy is strong and when international financiers are keen to invest in emerging market economies, developing countries such as Indonesia perhaps have room to take risks with experimental structural policies. But when international conditions are more difficult, markets and investors are less tolerant.
The short-term problem for Indonesia now is that markets have suddenly turned less tolerant, due to three recent developments. First, the slowdown of economic growth in China has led to a fall in demand for Indonesia's exports. Second, US Fed chairman Ben Bernanke's indications that the remarkable period of loose monetary policy in the US might be drawing to an end has led to something of a global flight of capital from emerging markets. And third, India's current economic woes have led to concerns that these problems might spread to other countries across the region through a process of contagion, as was the case in the Asian Financial Crisis of 1997–98.
But it is too early to see the current developments in Indonesian markets as a threat to longer-term growth. For one, policy makers have responded swiftly. On 23 August, Indonesia announced a package of comprehensive fiscal and monetary policies as a response to the pressures in the financial and trade markets. And, to strengthen the package, just a few days ago (29 August) the central bank Bank Indonesia increased interest rates to 7 per cent.
For another, Indonesia has a very strong team of economic policy makers. Vice President Boediono has many years of experience in both monetary and fiscal policy matters, including during the Asian Financial Crisis. He is supported by the Minister of Finance, Dr Chatib Basri, and the Governor of Bank Indonesia, Agus Martowardojo, both of whom are known for their firm commitment to sound economic policies.
Finally, some of the short-term pressures that Indonesia is facing may even prove to be a blessing in disguise. The recent period of strong growth during the past few years may have lulled some policy makers in Indonesia into believing that economic success is guaranteed. If so, an economic rap over the knuckles to remind them that international markets are both fickle and powerful may be no bad thing.
Peter McCawley is a Visiting Fellow at the Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University.
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In the light of this analysis, it is regrettable to have to point out that Indonesia is approaching that period of the five-year electoral cycle in which the implementation of wise economic policies is least to be expected. In 2014, parliamentary elections will take place in April and the first round of the presidential poll in July. Whereas SBY was re-elected in 2009 after his Democrat Party had come out on top in the parliamentary election, enhancing rather than undermining stability, next year a successor to SBY must be elected and the Democrat party is in dire trouble because of a string of corruption scandals and poor leadership. At this stage, it seems that the Democrats' presidential candidate will be SBY's brother-in-law, former army chief of staff Pramono Edhie, his wife's younger brother. If this indeed takes place, it will be further proof of the unfortunate strength of the dynastic impulse in Indonesian politics. But, if the Democrats perform woefully in April as expected, Pramono's prospects will be grim. SBY will suffer a double blow as he sees his party's prospects for survival thrown into doubt and his family's prestige grievously harmed. But an awkward aspect of Indonesia's constitutional arrangements will then come into play, as SBY's mandate lasts until 20 October 2014. Although he hasn't yet thrown his hat in the ring, Jakarta's governor, Jokowi, is the favourite to win the July presidential poll. If he retains his current level of popularity, Jokowi is likely to win outright in the first round, as SBY himself did four years ago. But the president-elect will then have to cool his heels until October during the three-and-a-half month hiatus before he can be inaugurated as president and he can appoint his own cabinet. After his victory in 2009, SBY made the mistake of leaving his full cabinet in office for three months, competent technocrats, party hacks, dead wood and all, thereby allowing a lame-duck atmosphere to sink in even though he himself had received a powerful, fresh mandate. Foreign embassies complained at the time that it was almost impossible to transact any business with the Indonesian government. This risk will be even more serious next year if the scenario outlined above plays out and SBY is stung by a dual defeat. The president and vice-president will themselves be lame ducks, not just the cabinet. As politicians, bureaucrats and the public seek to adapt to a new distribution of power before the handover actually occurs, we are unlikely to see forthright leadership or bold economic policy-making.
I agree with all of Ken Ward's observations. Indonesia has become a vibrant democracy in the Era Reformasi since the Soeharto Orde Baru. There are many obvious advantages but one disadvantage is that economic policy-making is often more cumbersome. As Ken says, there is a real risk of economic policy-making drifting during 2014 simply because of the timing of key events. And, as well, we know little about the economic policies of the key candidates. Governor Jokowi, who is doing well in the polls at present, does not really have a track record at all on national economic issues. Indonesia has a record of "muddling through" various periods of uncertainty with a reasonable degree of success. We may have to hope that the "muddling through" strategy works again. But it is hardly an ideal approach to economic management.
The low cost of capital in developed economies and low notional profit of their businesses were factors, along with a large demand base for all kinds of goods and services from the middle class in emerging economies like India and the possibility of the middle class expanding, which brought investment to India. All of these factors remain unchanged in favour of emerging economies and the most basic of the factors – growth of population – remains constant or positive unlike in developed countries. It is difficult to accept that return to growth of 2.5 per cent rate in US economy because of policy based stimulation can create conditions for developed country potential to outstrip that ofr emerging economies. In a market based international economic order in which most of the countries have no demographic advantage, the current flight of capital from emerging economies can only be viewed as temporary. Fortunately, the problem is that some of the emerging economies are democracies too with very high dose of political pluralism. Therefore, their resilience to meet the situation and get over it is huge. Some of the emerging economies do have, however, the crippling problem of energy insecurity. Countries like India and China should naturally cooperate with each other in energy security related matters with solar, wind energy, and end their dependence on fossil fuel energy. They should invest more in their urban, industrial and agricultural infrastructure development under state control and move towards solid state capitalism, which will deal very severe blow to developed economies of North America, Europe and in Asia Pacific region. These countries have not benefited from foreign institutional investments in stock market in any case as that encourages speculation and distorts the stock markets. Emerging countries like China and India have already created the technological capacities to be able to ignore and discriminate against technologies of developed countries but carry on with their development and the improvement of the life of their people. North America, Europe, Japan should do some SWOT analysis – short and long term.
Ashim Kumar Chatterjee draws attention to a number of key issues that need attention for Indonesian development strategy. I will focus on just two.
First, the suggestion that developing countries need to work to strengthen their own institutions — such as stock markets — in their own way seems a sound approach. It is true that local institutions, including many types of local markets, need to be moulded to suit local circumstances. Indonesian policy-makers have themselves been emphasising this approach in recent years. In some cases, success has been mixed. However, the general approach of strengthening local institutions in ways that suit local conditions is welcome.
But second, the policy of "going local" surely needs to be tempered with the sensible adoption of international ideas and technologies when suitable. For example, Indonesia (along with almost all other developing countries) has benefited enormously from being in the position to obtain something close to a free ride in the adoption of some key modern technologies in recent years. One example is the telecommunications revolution (computers, enormous amounts of software, mobile phones, and so on). Another is modern aviation technology.
Thus surely a balance is needed — it will often be a good approach to design local institutions to fit local circumstances, but it will often be sensible to adopt modern approaches and technologies when they can be adapted to Indonesian conditions. Indeed the well-known slogan of "Act locally, think globally" would seem to apply, even though the slogan has generally been used in other contexts!
Indonesia does not have the firepower to withstand hot money repatriation from its economy. The entire growth cycle in Indonesia during the past few years has been anchored on two phenomena namely:
The inflow of cheap money from overseas courtesy of the Fed monetary policy.
The growth in the commodity demands from China, India and a few other countries.
Both of these so called phenomena are contracting now and Indonesia just doesn't have enough monetary firepower to withstand the foreign exchange leaving its system.
It's clear that the Indonesian authorities consider the inflow and outflow of hot monies is a problem. But it is probably manageable. The Indonesian authorities have (very wisely) allowed the forex rate to depreciate considerably in recent months. This is a great help. It will probably go a long way towards responding to the problem.


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Lately I have been making frequent trips to Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C. due to my wife's illness (details some other time). While walking along a wall at a busy section of the hospital yesterday, I noticed a lone plant growing out of a crack at the base of a brick wall.
It was a young poison ivy.
I have been noticing more and more poison ivy plants around this summer. Either I have become more aware of them or they are turning into a more aggressive plant and spreading themselves better. Could the climate change have something to do with that?

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Portrait of a young man facing right and holding a small book in his right proper hand, his left raised to hold a flower which his is depicted in the act of smelling. He wears a dark green robe with finely painted gold flowers, a closely fitting headband over his head scarf. He stands on a grassy green ground with a distant horizon painted along the upper edge of the composition with a row of fleecy clouds and a red band, probably indicating distant mountains.


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"Up From The Ashes" marks New York's Gothic Knights' third album to date, and in my opinion the band's best work. This is a more mature approach to songwriting, musicianship, and a much tighter, precise sound. This also marks the return of original vocalist Rick Sanchez, who sang on the group's self-titled debut before handing the mike over to Bryan Avatar for the band's sophomore release, "Kingdom Of The Knights". Now, Sanchez is back, and Gothic Knights are in strong contention to share the US power crown with October 31.
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Most individuals of our favorite land snail Eobania vermiculata have shells with 5 bands, although some of which may be fused into wider bands.
One may occasionally come across shells that are devoid of bands. In the picture below the shell on the left is the usual variety, while the one on the right is "bandless".
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Fuck politics -- read this!Fri, April 13, 2012 - 11:55 AM
Especially read the last two sentences. Out loud. To your children. To your grandchildren.
This seems to me -- and maybe I'm an idiot -- to be possibly one of the most important discoveries in the history of mankind.
Why are we not going apeshit over this news?!
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Mon, April 16, 2012 - 9:30 AMI think that's because it's not actually proof; just compelling evidence. Also, the article was submitted in November, accepted in February, and published in March, so there hasn't been enough time for significant peer review and criticism/critique. Plus, even if the entire scientific community comes together and says, "Yes, we all agree that this likely means there is extant life on Mars" (which seems unlikely), most people aren't going to get excited about it until it can be confirmed.
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Want to conceal carry, but...
When my wife was 17, she received a phone call from a frantic friend asking her to please come pick her up from her boy friends house because they were fighting. So she does and long story short, the crazed boyfriend chases the girl outside with a .45 and unloads on the car my wife is driving. Anyway my wife was struck 3 times in the back and almost died. This was 3 years before we even met.
So shortly after we got married, I sold all my handguns because she was freaked out by them. Fast forward to present time and I really want to start carrying but my wife is against it. She has no problem with long guns, just pistols. Am I an insensitive jackass for even considering getting one? How would y'all handle this?
She did go to counseling before we met. She hesitantly has shot skeet with me, but doesn't want to be anywhere near a pistol.
I think there is more to her fear. We knew a kid accidentally shot and killed by a friend as kids. Having 3 children at home, I think she fears for the worst in that regard. And also living in a virtually crime free, middle to upper class area, she just doesn't see the need. It's not the end of the world for me, but if ever put in harms way, I want to be able to defend my family which means so much to me.


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Turkey Trot
This Thanksgiving, join our flock and shake your tail feather before your feast. Whether you run, walk, or stroll, this year's Turkey Trot will benefit Cooperating Minister of Logan County and Sterling Regional MedCenter patients.
When: Thursday, Nov. 27
Registration: 7:30 a.m.
Race Starts: 8:30 a.m.
Location: Peace Lutheran Church, 1404 S. 9th Ave.
Two course options are available:
- 5K run, walk or stroll
- One-mile leisure loop
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1. Complete an application form. Call the Volunteer Coordinator at (520) 381-6541. The application must be submitted prior to your interview and on-line applications are preferred.
2. Contact the Volunteer Coordinator, Kaitee Doll-Bell, at (520) 381-6550 to make an appointment for the initial interview. This meeting will provide an opportunity to get to know one another, as well as discuss placement preferences and expectations.
3. Complete a Criminal Background Check form. Due to the sensitive and vulnerable situations of our patients, this is required of all employees and volunteers in the hospital by The Joint Commission. This form will be completed at the initial interview.
4. We request that all applicants provide a minimum of two character/work references (who are adults and not related to you). We will attempt to check these references by phone or email. If we are unable to verify these references in a reasonable amount of time, the applicant may need to provide a letter of reference or an alternative reference instead. Please notify your references that we will be contacting them so they are prompt in responding to our request.
5. During the initial volunteer interview, the Volunteer Coordinator will make an appointment for you to attend a Health Screening at the hospital's Employee Health Department. This screening is conducted free of charge for the protection of both yourself and our patients.
Employee Health is located at 1676 E. McMurray Blvd. at Banner Casa Grande Urgent Care. This screening may take an hour and will include the following evaluations:
- A Urine Drug Screen: Bring medication list, know your social security number, bring a photo ID & have a full bladder
- Immunization Record Review: Bring proof of immunity for MMR (Measles, Mumps and Rubella), Varicella (Chickenpox) and Hepatitis. Those without proof will have to have a blood test done at the CGRMC Lab to establish their immunity to these contagious diseases.
- TB Skin Test: The initial test will be done during this appointment, if possible. You will need to return to the Employee Health Department to have the results read two days later. A second TB test will be administered one to two weeks later and read two days following the second test. If you have had a TB skin test in the last 12 months, please bring a copy of it with you. The Urgent Care is open 9 a.m.-9 p.m. seven days a week. Be sure to ask for a copy of the TB test for your own records.
6. All volunteers are provided with a Photo ID Badge, which becomes part of your uniform. This identifies you as someone who can be of assistance to patients and visitors with directions, as well as allowing the hospital to keep a record of your hours for annual recognition and infection control purposes. Typically, your badge photo will be taken during your initial interview and then given to you the morning of orientation.
7. All employees and volunteers are required to attend a one day Orientation and Safety Education Session. During this time, valuable information is communicated to you so that you are prepared in the event of an emergency in the hospital, understand the importance of infection control, know the hospital's policy on patient privacy, and a number of other important details that will better prepare you to serve at Banner Casa Grande.
8. The final step in preparing to volunteer is determining your placement. This is done in collaboration with yourself and the volunteer coordinator. Once a suitable placement is established, the volunteer coordinator will arrange training in the department with staff or current volunteers.
We strive to prepare our volunteers for effective service in our organization. We benefit greatly from the presence of our volunteers and hope that they also find the relationships they establish with staff, patients, and visitors rewarding and worthwhile. We hope that you too will make the commitment to help us serve our community by applying to volunteer at Banner Casa Grande today! We are waiting to hear from you.


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On Tuesday, January 28, 2014, Eric Church released yet another cryptic video leading up to the release of his The Outsiders album. The video, "Give Me Back Your Hometown," hints at a tour that will take place in six cities in a span of two days. The tour is expected to launch during the week his forthcoming album, The Outsiders, will hit stores.
The plot of the video shows a gloved hand placing a pushpin on a calendar, specifically on February 14 and 15. It continues to reveal a map with five states marked. Fans can assume that Eric Church will visit major cities in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Georgia, and two sets in his native North Carolina. "Dark Side," a highly personal track from The Outsiders accompanied the video. A blurred shot of what appears to be a tour schedule is also showcased in the clip. The video concludes with the unknown person in the video writing, #TheOutsiders.
A post on the singer's Facebook page announced that the details of the tour will be exposed on February 11, 2014. That date also marks the release of The Outsiders album; fans can pre-order the album here. After this set of shows, Eric Church will head overseas and embark on a tour with The Cadalic Three.
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HTC Sensation now available at T-Mobile UK, free with £40 per month contract
The HTC Sensation is now finally available at T-Mobile in the UK. It was clear that HTC's high-end device would eventually be sold by the magenta operator, and a couple of days ago we found out that T-Mobile would start selling the phone this month. Thankfully, that actually turned out to mean 'in mere days', so here we are.
As you probably expected, the Sensation isn't cheap. Well, it's free, but those of you in the UK probably know what I mean. Getting the phone for free requires signing a new two-year contract that will cost you £40.85 each month.
For that amount of dough, you get 1200 minutes, 500 texts, and unlimited internet, so you probably can't complain that much. Still, £40 per month isn't cheap, and isn't even what we're used to seeing for non-iPhones. That said, if you use the data connection a lot, the unlimited internet alone may make this worth it to you.
To get an HTC Sensation from T-Mobile on Pay Monthly, follow this link. That's where you'll find that T-Mobile offers the Sensation on many other price plans, although getting it on plans lower than £40 per month will require you to shell out some cash for the device upfront. The cheapest plan is £10.21 per month, and with it the Sensation costs £350. The most expensive plan is £56.17, and it offers unlimited minutes, 500 texts, and unlimited internet. Since there are many others, one will certainly fit your needs best, so look around before you order.
The HTC Sensation has a dual-core 1.2 GHz processor, a 4.3-inch 960×540 capacitive touchscreen with Gorilla Glass, an 8 MP autofocus rear camera with dual-LED flash and 1080p HD video recording, a VGA front-facing camera, 1 GB of internal storage, 768 MB of RAM, microSD card support, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, 3G, GPS, and a 1520 mAh battery. The HTC Sensation runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread with HTC's Sense UI overlay.
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Portsmouth, VA – (May 14, 2009) The City of Portsmouth announces the first Olde Towne Portsmouth Farmer's Market on first Saturdays beginning June 6th. Presented by PortsEvents, the Olde Towne Portsmouth Farmer's Market will be located in the first block of Middle Street, between High and Queen Streets, adjacent to the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame Museum.
For 2009, the market will operate on first Saturdays through November 7th from 9:30 a.m.until1:30 p.m. The Farmer's Market will coincide with the First Saturday Olde Towne Business Association Flea Market that is held in the Middle Street Parking Garage each month.
Farmer's Market items for sale will include fresh seasonal produce, flowers, plants, canned goods, baked goods, jams, breads, honey, and more!
PortsEvents is currently seeking vendors to participate in the Olde Towne Portsmouth Farmer's Market. There is no vendor fee or vendor cost to participate. For more information on the Farmer's Market or to become a vendor, contact Andrea Graham by email at email@example.com or by telephone at (757) 537-9482 or (757) 397-2616.


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edie rodman - October 6, 2009 3:03 PM
I'm so glad wine doesn't have oil!
I'm so glad wine doesn't have oil!
What a perfect world we have been given to live in.
Anneliese - October 7, 2009 9:06 AM
HILARIOUS!!!!! I can't decide which establishment I'd like to visit first!
Darryl (Nutritarian) - October 7, 2009 9:34 AM
Hmm, I remember that Dr. Fuhrman recently wrote about how he was drinking wine and enjoying Italian food. And now this... hard to believe that it is just a coincidence. ;-)
DJ Freddie P. - October 8, 2009 3:56 PM
Hold the bread, hold the cheese, hold the meat. HAVE IT JOEL'S WAY !
Denise D'Agostino - October 8, 2009 8:52 PM
Too funny!! Must be Dr, Fuhrman's evil twin!! haha
AJ - October 11, 2009 2:47 PM
well, at least the businesses are in Los Angeles. Nice photo!
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Keith Wiggans enters his fifth season as an assistant coach with the men's soccer program. He spent the 2007 season as an assistant with Charleston's women's soccer team.
Wiggans supervises goalkeeper training as well as other administrative duties.
Wiggans spent two seasons as an assistant coach with the West Virginia men's soccer program and received his master's degree in athletics coaching education.
While at West Virginia, the Mountaineers posted a 15-3-3 record in 2006 with a perfect 9-0-1 record in Big East play, marking the first time in conference history that a team went undefeated playing at least a 10-game conference schedule. Wiggans and the staff were named the 2006 Big East coaching staff of the year. Mountaineers spent eight weeks ranked in the Top 10 this past season, including five in the Top five and earning a ranking as high as No. 3.
Wiggans graduated from the College of Charleston in 2004 with a bachelor's degree in Communications.
Wiggans, a native of Athens, Ga., ended his college career as one of the most decorated goalkeepers in school history. As a three-year starter, he posted a 41-16-5 record and helped lead the Cougars to its first-ever Southern Conference title as well as a NCAA Tournament appearance in 2004.
Wiggans was a four-year member of the All-SoCon Academic Honor Roll, two-year member of the SoCon All-Tournament and All-Conference teams, as well as a two-time NSCAA second-team All-South selection. Wiggans currently holds the school record for career goals against average (0.99), wins (41), shutouts (23) and saves (269).
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PALO ALTO, Calif. ?C Arizonaˇ?s top player had a big day versus the Cardinal but it wasnˇ?t enough as the No. 55 Arizona Wildcats lost to the No. 34 Stanford Cardinal 5-2 today at the Taube Family Tennis Center in Palo Alto, Calif.
Without Jay Goldman in the lineup, the Cats knew they would all have to be on their game for a shot to beat the Cardinal.
Arizona started the day by losing the doubles point though. Claudio Christen and Pat Metham defeated Alex Clayton and Paul Morrissey for one doubles victory. But the other two Cat duoˇ?s couldnˇ?t finish the job.
In singles, Stanford overwhelmed the bottom half of Arizonaˇ?s lineup as they took courts four, five and six all in straight sets.
Although the match was already decided, the Catsˇ? senior leaders did not quit.? Christen had the task today of matching up with the second ranked player in the country, Alex Clayton. Their match would go the full three sets and Christen was able to defeat Clayton 7-6, 1-6, 6-3.
To close the day, another senior, Bruno Alcala, knocked off Blake Muller; 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.
The Cats will now come back home and look to get healthy as they will host Washington and Oregon next weekend.
? ?No. 34 Stanford vs. No. 55 Arizona
?Taube Family Tennis Center
?Stanford, Calif. - 03/29/08 - 1 p.m.
?Final Score: Stanford 5 - Arizona 2
?Singles Results: Stanford 4 - Arizona? 2
?Order of Finish: 5, 6, 4, 2, 1, 3
?1) #121 Claudio Christen (UA) d. #2 Alex Clayton (S), 7-6, 1-6, 6-3
?2) #56 Matt Bruch (S) d. Andres Carrasco (UA), 6-4, 6-4
?3) Bruno Alcala (UA) d. Blake Muller (S), 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
?4) #91 Richard Wire (S) d. Pat Metham (UA), 6-4, 6-2
?5) Greg Hirshman (S) d. Peter Zimmer (UA), 6-2, 6-2
?6) Phil Kao (S) d. Ravid Hazi (UA), 6-2, 6-2
?Doubles Results: Stanford wins the doubles point
?Order of Finish: ?3, 1, 2
?1) Bruch/Muller (S) d. Alcala/Hazi (UA), 9-8
?2) Christen/Metham (UA) d. Clayton/Paul Morrissey (S), 9-8
?3) Hirshman/Wire (S) d. Carrasco/Zimmer (UA), 8-2
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Foreign Capital and Economic GrowthPresentation by Raghuram Rajan, Economic Counsellor and Director of the Research Department, based on a paper written by Eswar Prasad, Raghuram Rajan, and Arvind Subramanian1
At a Conference Organized by the Federal Reserve Bank
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Jackson Hole, Wyoming
August 25, 2006
Good morning. Let me say at the outset that what follows are the authors' views and should not be seen as the views of the International Monetary Fund or its management. The essential question our paper asks is, "Does foreign capital play a helpful, benign, or malign role in the process of economic growth?"
The theory is simple — First, capital should flow from rich countries to poor countries — because in the neoclassical model, the marginal product of a unit of capital is much higher in poor countries that are typically labor abundant and capital poor. Second, more productive poor countries should attract more foreign capital because they have the ability to use it better. And third, because it adds investible resources, and because of the collateral benefits of foreign capital such as bringing in new technologies of production and control, greater use of foreign capital should be associated with more growth.
What is the evidence? In what follows, I will show you evidence that capital does not flow from rich to poor countries in the relative quantities it used to — surprising given that financial markets have been getting better. Moreover, it is not also true that amongst non-industrial countries, the most productive get the most capital inflows. Finally, for non-industrial countries, there does not seem to be a positive association between growth and reliance on foreign capital. In fact, there is generally a negative correlation suggesting that non-industrial countries that are more reliant on foreign capital grow less. For industrial countries, though, there is a positive association.


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Let's think about galaxies and animals. At first, they seem completely different.
But their behavior seems to be governed by (or at least arise from) the same rules.
Think about competition. Animals and galaxies can be argued to both compete in very life-like ways...
Image we have a chemist who makes a new kind of blowing bubble for children. The bubble always floats up. When the bubbles collide, they either become one bigger bubble, or, if they are a similar size, they both pop. Now let's say we have many machines to make these bubbles. They are lined up in a random array, (with varying spaces between the machines.) The bubbles, as they rise, will begin to "compete" for the limited resources: space, and the material that makes up the bubble. In other words some bubbles will gradually become larger and more powerful, while other bubbles will cease to exist. Now, lets' say that the chemist has found a way to put a pattern of colors on all the bubbles. When the bubbles are blown, each one is given a unique pattern. Instead of popping when two bubbles of similar size encounter each other, they change their pattern and become one big bubble. When a much bigger bubble encounters a much smaller bubble, the smaller bubble simply become part of - and part of the pattern - on the larger bubble. Viola! The bubbles can now eat each other! Or, they can just continue to co-exist if nothing changes size. This can serve as an analogy for a number of natural processes I can think of off the top of my head:
Galaxies evolving: Think of each galaxy as an organization of stars. Galaxies of the same size that run into each other will become disturbed and in the end, form a new organization of stars. (Two bubbles of same size running into each other.) In the end, the bubbles will evolve into 'many' A much smaller galaxy that runs into a much larger galaxy will simply cease to exist and donate its stars to the much larger organization (Large bubble running into small bubble.)
Animals living: Animals in the same environment (ie, small animals) will evolve together. Eventually, many species will change over time to adapt into other species. For example, the t-rex (a large bubble) will eat smaller bubbles (say, a plant eating dinosaur – which in turn is made out of yet smaller bubbles. The higher an individual bubble is in the air, the higher it is on the trophic cycle – in terms of how much energy it uses. Cockroaches, would be countless tiny bubbles – if the big unstable bubbles all get popped by the wind, many of the small ones may live… just like real mass extinctions!) Or if two animals of the same size encounter each other, one or the other might be destroyed, as they try to fight to defend themselves…
So, what is the difference between the animals eating each other and the galaxies?
At first, it appears big. Galaxies gradually just coalesce into bigger and bigger galaxies; animals die and/or evolve, being eaten to become part of bigger animals. But in reality, the difference is much simpler.
The animals have a mechanism for keeping smaller bubbles away from larger bubbles or, in other words small bubbles are constantly being made – the small creatures regenerate themselves when they are eaten!
The galaxies do what they do - just becoming bigger and bigger –because no more galaxies are being made! (Also.. perhaps it's possible they could not ever have had a mechanism for physically avoiding each other…) So… the only real difference in how galaxies and (statically grouped) animals eating each other is the fact that more energy (from the sun) is being put into the system for the animals, but no more potential energy (ie, hydrogen) is being introduced to the system of the universe.
Now, these similarities are too great to ignore.
There must be some mathematical way of describing competition – which seems to me there must be some mathematical system for describing both.
I read somewhere (think: the works of Stephen Wolfram, which I've never actually inspected directly myself) that complex behavior can arise from a set of very simple laws … is that what this is all about? The behavior that arises seems very similar, despite the totally different physical nature of galaxies and animals.
(PS: Einstein wandered that "The most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it can be comprehended at all…" If we are just beings evolved to negotiate these simple laws, and the laws governing galaxies and animals are all the same, that would explain why we could comprehend some of it! Imagine if we were bugs, evolved to live by jumping from bubble to bubble. We might find it amazing we could somewhat predict where they were going – but could because we would've been evolved to jump between them!)


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Interior Minister Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz left Tehran today at the end of a four-day visit to Iran, during which he signed, with Iranian Interior Minister Abdol Vahed Musavi-Lari, the security agreement between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Islamic Republic of Iran. At a press conference following the signing yesterday, Prince Nayef reiterated that the Agreement constitutes a framework for cooperation between the two countries in various spheres of common interest, notably the fight against all forms of crime, terrorism, drug smuggling and money laundering.
In reply to a question on Iraqi threats to Kuwait, Prince Nayef said this issue was reviewed with the Iranian officials, and declared that Iran is fully supportive of the Kingdom's position. On the Palestinian issue, he confirmed that the Iranians are concerned with restoration of the Palestinians' legitimate rights, and stressed the importance of an effective and integrated Arab and Islamic stance to end Israeli intransigence, reiterating the Kingdom's condemnation of Israel's recent aggression against the Syrian forces on Lebanese territory.
During his visit, Prince Nayef held talks with a number of Iranian officials. With Iranian President Muhammad Khatemi yesterday, he said, he had reviewed the sufferings of the Iraqi people, pointing out that the situation in the north of Iraq differs from that in the central and southern part of the country and expressing the hope that the media makes the facts clear.


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There used to be an option in Notepad++ that when you save a file, it showed a green vertical bar on the left, and when you make any change, it turns yellow. This behavior is in Visual Studio and SQL Management Studio (example below).
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Orange intros its first own branded Android Jelly Bean phones: Lumo, San Remo, Nivo
Orange has announced three new own-branded smartphones (probably manufactured by ZTE), all ready to be launched across Europe soon. The new handsets are called Lumo, San Remo, and Nivo, being the first Orange-branded devices to run Android Jelly Bean out of the box.
The Orange Lumo (pictured below) is the network's first own smartphone to have 4G LTE connectivity. That aside, the Lumo features a 4.5 inch display of unknown resolution, and an 8MP rear camera.
The Orange San Remo is a bit larger, sporting a 4.7 inch display. It has an 8MP rear camera, too, and it's only 8.2mm thick.
Finally, the Orange Nivo is targeted at young mobile users, coming with a 4 inch display and a 5MP camera.
The new smartphones will be available starting the next few months in countries like the UK, Spain, Slovakia and Romania – but don't expect to find all three of them in all markets. Before that, Orange will showcase them at MWC 2013 next week.
The European network didn't say exactly how much the handsets would cost, but it did mention they'd "be in line with previous Orange smartphone pricing and tariffs." Of course, this means the Lumo, San Remo and Nivo will be affordable compared to other devices in their class.
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Waterfront reigns at top prices
Perusing the Homes of the Year in our most expensive category, one aspect is immediately apparent: almost all of these are waterfront properties. In fact, seven of the 10 are on the water in some way.
Of course, the prominence of waterfront should not come as a surprise. At this price level, we're looking at the most exclusive locations in the world. And, traditionally, many of the most sought-after destinations are waterfront. Four of the 10 are in California, with the U.S. Virgin Islands and five other states represented as well.
The listing prices total almost $500 million ($473,650,000 to be exact, using the current figures and the listing price for the Malibu home that sold).
Many replicas of famous places can be found within these estates. Tranquility has a replica of the staircase from the RMS Titanic, a cigar lounge fashioned after a lounge in the St. Regis hotel and a library inspired by the New York City Public Library. La Grand Rêve is conceived from Chateau Villette, located outside Paris. And Champ d'Or is modeled after Vaux-le-Vicomte, an ornate château outside of Paris that was the inspiration for the Palace of Versailles. It is complete with a two-story closet made to emulate the Chanel boutique at Paris' Place Vendôme, an homage to Versailles' Hall of Mirrors, a tea room inspired by New York's Tavern on the Green and a pool fashioned after the rooftop pool at the Hôtel de Paris in Monte Carlo.
Multiple outbuildings are also common among the listings in this price range. The oceanfront compound in Montecito has a fully equipped two-bedroom second residence. Tranquility has a conservatory accessed through an underground passage and separate residence quarters for guests and staff. And the Cohasset Harbor, Mass., listing includes a 55-room inn and conference facility, a restaurant complex for 500-plus guests and a marina facility with four renovated buildings.
View the top 10 below and vote for your favorite. See the Homes of the Year in our next price range here.
Which $25,000,000+ Home Do You Think Should Be Home of the Year?
- Tranquility (43%, 114 Votes)
- Private Oceanfront (13%, 35 Votes)
- The Grand Point of Medina (10%, 26 Votes)
- Champ d'Or (9%, 23 Votes)
- Le Grand Rêve (7%, 19 Votes)
- Spectacular Waterfront Offering (7%, 18 Votes)
- Oceanfront (5%, 14 Votes)
- Presidio del Mar (4%, 10 Votes)
- Elegance And Grace (2%, 5 Votes)
- A Treasured Lifestyle (1%, 4 Votes)
Total Voters: 268
Tranquility Lake Tahoe, Nevada
Listed by Shari Chase & Susan Lowe | Chase International
Champ d'Or Hickory Creek, Texas
Listed by Cindy Frey | Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage
A Treasured Lifestyle Malibu, California
Listed by Chris Cortazzo & Ron de Salvo | Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage
$57,000,000 (last known listing price)
Spectacular Waterfront Offering
Cohasset Harbor, Massachusetts
Listed by Jonathan P. Radford, VP | Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage
Oceanfront Malibu, California
Listed by Bob Hurwitz | Hurwitz-James Company
Previously $49,950,000. Now $39,950,000.
Private Oceanfront Compound Montecito, California
Listed by Susan Burns | Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage
Previously $43,000,000. Now $37,500,000.
Presidio del Mar Peter Bay, St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands
Listed by Miles Stair & Christie O'Neil | Holiday Homes of St. John
Le Grand Rêve Chicago's North Shore, Illinois
Listed by Timothy Salm & Ronda Fish
Sudler Sotheby's International Realty
Elegance And Grace Hidden Valley, California
Listed by Nicki Laporta & Karen Crystal
Ewing & Associates Sotheby's International Realty
The Grand Point of Medina Medina, Washington
Listed by Tere Foster | Windermere Real Estate / East, Inc.


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I got a quick question on Riemannian geometry. I'm not quite sure whether this is the right place to ask this question, since it might be a rather elementary one from a research point of view. Nontheless I think it might be too advanced for a typical homework question (which by the way it isn't)
So let $M^m$ be a manifold embedded into euclidean space $R^n$. Let L($\gamma$) be the the lenght of a smooth curve $\gamma$: [0,1] --> $R^n$ which is the number $\int_0^1 \ |d/dt \gamma(t)| \ \mathrm{d}t$ . Define the distance function d: M x M --> [0,$\infty$) by d(p,q):=inf L ($\gamma$). The infimum is taken over all smooth paths connecting p and q. This formula defines a metric on M.
I want to show that $\forall$ $p_0 \in M^m \exists U \subset M^m $ open neighborhood of $p_0$ such that (1-$\epsilon$) |p-q| < d(p,q) < (1+$\epsilon$) |p-q| . Note that |.| denotes the usual euclidean distance on $M^m$.
Now we fix an arbitrary $p_0 \in M^m$. Without loss of generality (Translations and rotations preserves the length of a curve) we assume that $p_0$ = 0 and $T_ {p_0} M$ = $R^m$ x {0} .
Now comes the step that I don't understand.
Now there's a smooth function f: $\Omega$ --> $R^{n-m}$ defined on an open neighborhood $\Omega \subset R^m$ of the origin such that { (x,y) $\in R^m x R^{n-m}$ | x $\in \Omega$ , y=f(x) } $\subset M^m$ , f(0)=0, df(0)=0
Now I don't really see where this is coming from. It seems to me that it might be some combination of a characterization of manifolds and tangent spaces we introduced, which is the following:
Let $M^m \subset R^n$, p $\in M^m$ "smooth manifold" , then $\exists U \subset R^n$ and f: U --> $R^{n-m}$ smooth such that p $\in$ U , df(q) surjective for all q $\in$ U $\cap$ M and U $\cap$ M = $f^{-1}$(0).
Can anyone help me?
Thanks in advance.


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Little Pancho was picked up as a stray along the streets of Miami. Only a year-and-a-half-old, this little cutie has been passed up for adoption because of the overcrowded conditions at Miami-Dade County Animal Services.
Listed as available for adoption on June 6, Pancho is officially off of "stray hold" which simply means he can be euthanized for space at any moment. Volunteers who have met Pancho personally, as well as the shelter staff, state this little guy has a wonderful friendly and gentle disposition.
On Saturday an adoption event is being held at the Varela High School from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. located at 15255 SW 96th Street in Miami. The shelter will be hosting pet adoptions with reduced pet adoption fees. Adoption fees include sterilization, microchip, vaccines, heartworm test, and deworming.
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Donald Trump's Veep: Here Are the Odds for Each Potential Pick (Photos)
Online gambling site Bovada has posted the odds for the Top 10 candidates
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Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney, Peter King and Colin Powell all weigh in on Sony canceling the Seth Rogen-James Franco comedy
Bill O'Reilly, Chris Hayes and Newt Gingrich also weigh in the president's plans to reform the immigration system
Network cancels political debate show, sports program from former ESPN reporter, medical show with Gupta, business program with Christine Romans
A happy accident brings former Republican presidential candidate to NBC sitcom
Robert De Niro doesn't think the country is ready for Karen Santorum or Ann Romney. White House calls the joke "inappropriate"
After Super Tuesday and a traveling press happy hour, the Republican front-runner enjoys his best week of coverage
Hollywood stars and media luminaries tweet on the gay-marriage ruling
By the end of Gingrich's seventh term: cats trained to clean hotel rooms
CNN posts its best performance in the key demo for any debate yet
He would have asked for an 'open marriage' too
Will anyone show the former Massachusetts governor some love?
Cable news outlet credits Gingrich's media attacks for his primary win on Saturday
Will he film campaign ads like he did for Mike Huckabee?
Middle of the pack in total viewers, but near the top in the demo
Email was sent the same day as CNN's GOP debate
The "Daily Show" host wonders if "the dioxin of husbands" can be reclassified as a pollutant
The former Speaker of the House goes on another tirade against the mainstream media, prompted by CNN's John King
Claim comes during bombshell interview network considered delaying
Network considered running interview with Marianne Gingrich — who remains angry at her ex-husband — one day before South Carolina's presidential primary
The Republicans ape a liberal enclave to attack one another
"Daily Show" correspondent Wyatt Cenac calls Gingrich "dickish"
The GOP debates also make the "Daily Show" host wonder: "How is Mitt Romney kicking all of your asses?"
What's become a damaging internal scrap in the G.O.P. race moved from Iowa to New Hampshire with bitter feuds still active. Can Romney finally get...
MSNBC's new weekend host talks about her new show and the 2012 election
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Reporter Gloria Borger was pressing the presidential candidate about racist newsletters
Gingrich says he respects Clinton — but Clinton chooses his words carefully
Nate Silver says they do in New Hampshire, but not in Iowa


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I think (hope) I'm on the right track with this problem, but there are details that I can't seem to work out. I've also struggled to find examples of this sort of problem to assist me.
$\rho (\mathbf{x}, \mathbf{y}) = \sqrt{(\mathbf{x} - \mathbf{y})^T \mathbf{A} (\mathbf{x} - \mathbf{y})}$,
where $\mathbf{x}=(x_1,\ldots,x_n)$, $\mathbf{y}=(y_1,\ldots,y_n)$, and $\mathbf{A}$ is an $n \times n$ symmetric positive-definite real matrix. Taking $\varepsilon$ to be the ordinary Euclidean metric, show that $(\mathbb{R}^n,\varepsilon)$ and $(\mathbb{R}^n,\rho)$ are isometric.
My thought process so far: I need to show that $\exists f:\mathbb{R}^n \rightarrow \mathbb{R}^n$, which is surjective, such that
$\rho(f(\mathbf{x}),f(\mathbf{y})) = \varepsilon(\mathbf{x},\mathbf{y})$.
What I'm thinking is to use Sylvester's Law of Inertia, so that
$(f(\mathbf{x})-f(\mathbf{y}))^T \mathbf{A} (f(\mathbf{x})-f(\mathbf{y})) = \sum_{i=1}^n w_i^2$.
This would reduce the equation to $\sum_{i=1}^n w_i^2 = \sum_{i=1}^n (x_i - y_i)^2$, but I'm too tentative to assert that $w_i = x_i-y_i$ for some $f$.
How should I proceed? Or am I completely off-track here? Please be brutal.


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The X-Games are coming up in Austin next month and starting this weekend there will be pre-festivities in metro areas across Texas. One of those will be in San Antonio at two H-E-B locations featuring extreme sports demos on a super ramp and skateboarding legends onsite performing and signing autographs.
Along with the skateboarding, BMX demonstrations and autograph sessions there will be a charity tie-in for Operation Homefront. Operation Homefront is a non-profit organization that provides support for US military families and wounded warriors.
Scheduled to appear:
- Morgan Wade - Born in Tyler, Texas he won Gold in the 2013 X Games Los Angeles for Big Air BMX. He has competed in every X Games since 2004 (except 2011) and has won multiple medals.
- Mat Olson - Texas-born legend and pro stunt rider he safely rode the arches of the Seventh St. bridge in Fort Worth, Texas and recently graced the cover of BMX Magazine (January, 2014).
- Chris Gentry - Born in Houston, Texas he is an accomplished and award-winning vert skateboarder and has been a leading figure in the action sports world over the last 10 years.
- Woody Itson - a Hall of Fame BMX flatland rider. He owns BMX Pros Tricks Team, a BMX and skate trick team that performs around the world with some of the best riders on the planet.
- Scott Ditchfield - Born in Ft. Worth, Texas this 13-year professional rider has competed in tournaments worldwide.
Local XTreme athlete demos
Saturday May 17, 2014
H-E-B parking lot
6030 Montgomery Road
San Antonio, TX 78239
H-E-B parking lot
Sunday May 18, 2014
6818 South Zarzamora
San Antonio, TX 78224
10:30a.m. – 12:30p.m.
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Elderly and retired women in China who want to dance in parks and streets are facing a multitude of opposition, according to the Wall Street Journal on April 2, 2014. In fact, buckets of human waste were thrown at females in the coastal Chinese city of Wenzhou, and it was just because the women have taken to the streets and parks in order to get their exercise by dancing.
Residents impacted by the dancing grannies tell a different story, one in which their children can't study or do their homework because of the noise the dancing grannies make when they crank up their boom boxes. And when it is time to go to bed, the elderly dancers just don't seem to want to call it a night.
Throwing feces on the elderly just because they want to dance at a nearby park is unacceptable, of course. But so is allowing the aging population to take over residential communities and torment those who live there with noise pollution.
In the state of Georgia, there are noise ordinances to deal with such behavior. For example, in the city of Atlanta's Article IV Noise Control, Section 74-133 deals with excessive noise.
It shall be unlawful for any person to make, continue or cause to be made or continued any loud or excessive noise which unreasonably interferes with the comfort, response, health and safety of others within the jurisdiction of the city," the city of Atlanta noise ordinance states.
Specific acts found to be in violation of that section include honking your horn for more than 60 seconds when there is not an emergency, and playing radios, televisions or musical instruments excessively (and at a volume so loud it will be heard by those outside your vehicle or home).
Interestingly, due to the dancers in China refusing to turn down the volume on their radios and mobile players when asked to by the local residents, the residents in the area installed large loudspeakers at their homes to play the following message repeatedly:
Please respect the noise pollution laws of the People's Republic of China and immediately cease illegal activities!"
In Atlanta fighting noise with noise would not be a possible solution to the problem, as the residents in China played that message over and over again and at a deafening volume. So they just made the situation worse. In Atlanta's city noise ordinance, the use or operation of any loudspeaker system operated from 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. during weekdays (and from 10:00 p.m. to 10:00 a.m. on weekends or holidays) is strictly prohibited unless there is a pre-approved public performance or event going on. And even then you have to have a city permit for it.
As summertime nears, outdoor noise levels will increase as people go outside more at their homes and communities here and in China. So if you encounter noise levels that are unbearable in your residential community, don't fight noise with noise, just call the police. They will gladly tell the noisemakers to tune it down or face fines. And they don't have to tell them who called them to the scene, so you don't have to worry about repercussions from those who like to party too loudly or too late.
But you definitely don't want to end up so angry over the noise level that you do like a Beijing man in the Wall Street Journal's dancing grannies story. That man released three dogs and fired off a round from his shotgun to let his noisy neighbors know he had heard enough. And no one should be driven to that kind of violence just to get some peace and quiet.
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I shot 50 rounds thru my LCP and I had about 5 FTF and its nasty. Wont be buying any more. Just my thoughts.
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I shot 50 rounds thru my LCP and I had about 5 FTF and its nasty. Wont be buying any more. Just my thoughts.
LOL seems like good amunition to train with: Range ammo, practice clearing jams, and getting intimate with firearm when cleaning....doesn't seem to bad for "practice" ammo.:image035:
A lot of indoor ranges do not allow steel cased ammo. One even charges 25.00 if caught with it.
I bought a box of Wolf 45 a few years ago, shot half the box. Now it sits in the console of my truck for emergency use only.
I have fired several hundred rounds of Herters 9mm and 45 ACP and haven't had a single problem. But after I've shot through the stuff I don't have any plans on purchasing more.
I must say as someone who doesn't reload I feel better about shooting and leaving all my cases there and not having my spent cases sold by the range for a profit.
FYI, Here's an article on the Lucky Gunner website with some background information about Tula ammo factory. It describes its history, product development and overseas markets:
TulAmmo Review
I used the Rusian ammo in My Star 9mm and Stoeger Cougar 40S&W and neither one liked it!! The Star jammed every other round (not fun if you needed it to work) and the Cougar was so filthy that you couldn't see the rifling in the barrel!! Cheap ain't always good!!:image035:
It really depends on the gun. All the Russian steel cased ammo I've shot in my Glocks (G17, G21) has run just fine. Other people shooting different guns have had no end of trouble. My recommendation to anyone considering it would be to buy a few boxes and see how they work in your gun. If it doesn't work, you're only out the cost of a box or two. If it runs well, you can save a pretty penny (or just shoot more :yup:).
I shot so in my CX4 Storm in .45 cal. and had one round jam , It was like others have said on this thread, the steel case is harder to feed out of the mag.
I was shooting a local 3gun shoot last weekend and it cost me about one to two seconds and one place lower on the score cards .:mad: I will not buy any more I can tell you that much anyway.
My range does not allow it. It runs $8.30 where i buy my ammo and Magtech or S&B runs 11.00 so there is a bit of price difference.
Having said that, I've fired thousands of rounds of Wolf out of my Glock 21 (1300 in one training class) and never had a single problem. I would run a bore snake through the barrel at the end of the day and start all over again until I ran out of Wolf and had to start using WWB. I don't reload and still don't trust the aluminum cases. It shoots the same POA/POI as my carry ammo. I've had similar experiences with Wolf 9mm. I just haven't shot as much of it as .45.
i have a XM-15 bushmaster target rifle, i shot about 100 rounds of this tulammo and only 2 didnt jam.......the gun was brand new and had never been fired so i thought it was the gun :frown:
My armorer explained the deal with steel cased ammo...
Steel cased ammo does not expand like brass does. Brass ammo expands to fill the cylinder and bars debris from blowing back into the weapon. Since the steel casings do not, the debris from the spent cartridge ends up all over the inside of your weapon. If you fire brass ammo after steel cased you run the risk of the brass ammo fusing to the debris and ripping as the extractor attempts to pull it out of the weapon.
If you do not mind doing about 2-3x the amount of cleaning & plan to ONLY use steel cased ammo and not mix ANY brass cased in till after a thorough cleaning then you are fine. Personally, I stay way the F away from this stuff.
I have used it in 40 cal for my glock 22. I did not really have any troubles with it but I did have a couple fail to ejects. For practice ammo it's ideal because of its reduced cost. I would not have it or use it as carry ammo by any means.
This is quite an old post... But I saw it now so I guess I'll add.
I ordered 100 rounds of 9mm when I bought my AK ammo and it shot like crap through my G17 and G19. It was hard to load into the magazine and annoying to handle all around. I shoot Tulammo through my AK (7.62x39) as well as Ulyanovsk Ammo which, from what I can tell, is the same manufacturer. Works great in my AK.
Would stay away from 9mm though
As an RSO during the Shot Show on Range Day we work for the brass ONLY so that the range gets cleans after the use and the Media get to see all the new toy! Sorry Froggie, but I'll work for Brass! Maybe you should ask one of those Captialist Pig Range Master to help clean the range and see what it takes to operate a range!
SORRY FOR THE RANT!:embarassed:


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They may have survived the group of death, but their toughest match would come in the knockout stages. In their second consecutive appearance in the knockout rounds of the World Cup, the United States came up short against Belgium losing 2-1 in extra time. The Yanks fought hard, nearly stealing the game before the final whistle, but the Belgians proved to be the better side in the end; outshooting the U.S. 38 to 15.
Absent from the U.S. lineup was Jozy Altidore. The physical striker was not included in Jurgen Klinsmann's starting 11, even though he stated he would be ready to go after injuring his leg in the first game against Ghana. Belgians Marouane Fellaini and captain Vincent Kompany would start the game even though their fitness was in question prior to Tuesday's match.
USA started off much differently than the Germany game. The attack was more in sync and didn't start the game off on their heels in Thursday's 1-0 defeat. There was vast creativity in the attacking third and the Americans were actually able to get shots on frame. The Belgians matched the Yanks' intensity though. They shot early and often, attacking from everywhere near the American penalty area. Tim Howard was not the only one preventing goals, but DaMarcus Beasley and Geoff Cameron too.
The U.S. suffered an early loss in the first half when right back Fabian Johnson was subbed off from an apparent hamstring injury in the 31st minute. DeAndre Yedlin came in for the speedy defender and immediately made an impression from his first touch. He continued the game as Johnson would, making streaking runs from the right side and joining in on the American attack, nearly setting up goals via Clint Dempsey's head on multiple occasions.
The Belgians would attack, then the Americans. Each side had decent chances, each goalkeeper made important saves, but the score would remain deadlocked at 0-0 going into halftime. Belgium's most threatening player, Eden Hazard, was well contained by the U.S. defense. Whenever he was in control of the ball, he faced multiple white shirts who denied him the opportunity to get past. It seemed as if soccer fans were in for the fifth game of the knockout stages headed for extra time.
The second half began and Belgium came out swinging. The aggressors came at Tim Howard with what seems like all 11 players. The U.S. failed to make even a mildly threatening attack, squandering control of the ball almost as soon as they received it as Belgium controlled the majority of the possession; it was like the Germany game all over again.
Belgium's long spells of possession and onslaught of shots continued for the rest of regular time. Team U.S.A. were able to get shots on frame, but the long arms of Thibaut Courtois denied them each time. When the Americans had the ball, the Belgians were hot on their heels. Team U.S.A. had a slight edge on the possession, but it hardly seemed that way. Substitute Kevin Mirallas tormented the American defense as soon as he stepped onto the field. You could smell a goal from Belgium coming, you just didn't know exactly when.
Shot after shot, corner kick after corner kick, Belgium didn't allow any room to breath. Every American shooting chance was met with a Belgian counter attack, each more dangerous than the previous. They were aggressive in every aspect of the game, but Howard held his line time and again. The American goalie would end up as the Man of the Match, saving 16 Belgian shots throughout the duration of the game.
After facing 20 shots on goal, the Americans found the final surge of energy in the closing moments of stoppage time. A poor clearance gave the U.S. one final chance to steal the game. Jermaine Jones headed the ball down to a wide-open Chris Wondolowski, who completely whiffed the shot as the ball went harmlessly out of bounds. Much like the previous games in the round of 16, there would be an extra 30 minutes needed to find a winner.
The slip by Wondolowski would prove to be costly early on as Belgium finally got the break they needed. Romelu Lukaku fed Kevin De Bruyne in the box, who danced around a pair of U.S. defenders to sneak in the go-ahead goal far post. Three minutes into extra time, the United States were scrambling to keep their World Cup going by finding a bit of luck. It would not come as Lukaku scored Belgium's second goal in the 105th minute. Howard's teammate at Everton would burn him and the Americans twice in quick succession.
In a move perhaps conceding defeat, Klinsmann subbed on 18-year-old Julian Greene slightly before the second half of extra time. The youngster dazzled, scoring a beautiful volley two minutes into his first ever World Cup game. The U.S. fans came alive in Salvador, hopeful for an equalizer which nearly came from a beautifully set up set piece. There were chances, but the Americans were prevented from forcing a shootout.
In the end, for the exception of the closing minutes, Belgium was by far the better team. The United States were so close from their second World Cup quarterfinal appearance ever, but failed to make the most of their opportunities. Michael Bradley, who had been one of the best players throughout the qualifying stages, once again failed to impress in another World Cup game. Even though they lost, the U.S. gave a respectable finish to the game. The quality of play shown in the final 15 minutes was needed much earlier. As the Americans go home, Belgium will face Lionel Messi and Argentina in the quarterfinals on Saturday.


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or, the whale and joe pug @ cafe du nord (photos, review, etc)
Friday night I saw Or, the Whale (myspace) and Joe Pug (myspace) at Cafe du Nord. It was one day after Joe Pug at KZSU and two months after I last saw Or, the Whale. Harbours and Silent Comedy were also on the bill.
Joe Pug was up first. He came on to a small (and growing) crowd, stating, "We've got a great night of music for you." He played a set that included "Hymn #101", "I Do My Father's Drugs" and "Bury Me Far From My Uniform".
Particularly important for a one man band, the sound was good (except for the reverb being a little heavy on his vocals). He played and sang beautifully and the crowd was definitely appreciative.
Harbours were up next. I found their set to be a bit hit or miss.
Silent Comedy got the crowd riled up with their energy but I didn't quite love their roots/ Americana bar band sound.
Or, the Whale was the headliner for the night. They played a set mixed with old tunes ("Fixin' to Leave", "Fight Song", "Crack a Smile") and new songs ("Rusty Gold", "Black Rabbit").
They'd just been in the studio for two weeks and it seemed they were raring to get out and play. It was one of the highest energy sets I've seen from them. The encore ended with a raucous all-hands-on-stage, crowd-sing-a-long version of "Call and Response" that resembled less a concert than a party.
All in all a good night of music.