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Since today is my birthday and December marks 47 years of representing others in their insurance needs and retirement planning, I felt I should touch on three areas of the security needs and future planning for most Americans.
Those areas include: investing in the market, which represents most of investors pension plans; variable annuities, which offer a guarantee of future growth and income for retirement planning; and life insurance that provides protection by creating an estate. When we have created the estate, protecting it from depletion from estate taxes.
As we end 2010, Americans are concerned with what they have experienced the last two years, the financial crisis of 2008, government debt, and growth of spending that has not yet begun to correct any of our economic problems.
Market volatility has been flaring up in recent months. With news of government-debt troubles in Europe, continued weakness in the U.S. housing market and stubbornly high unemployment, many investors may be tempted to wait for calmer times before putting money back to work in the market.
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As always, discuss your needs and options with your financial adviser as all three of these areas are part of your planning, security, and future for your family and business.
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June 8, 2011, 07:28 PM
Have you every gone to a gun shop to buy a gun you wanted and came out with something different---better or worse
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June 8, 2011, 08:03 PM
One time, same gun but different features. It was a S&W model 19 .357mag with a 4" barrel. When I got there the salesman said that they were having a sale on the version with target sights, trigger, hammer and grips. This gun and the standard version were the same price so it was a no-brainer. At the tme it cost me a whopping $259.
June 8, 2011, 09:12 PM
Sort of, my first gun I was dead set on getting a shotgun, but when I went back to get it I saw an AR-15 and Ak-47 that made me change my mind. Ended up getting the AR.
Wish I'd of gotten the ak or shotgun. It turned out to be a lemon.
June 8, 2011, 09:16 PM
Yes! Last week! Went to get Concealable 9mm (Taurus 709, LC9 etc.)
Came out with 2 Snubnose revolvers!
But, did get a concealable 9mm (905 Taurus) :D
also Model 85 .38...:cool:
June 8, 2011, 09:24 PM
I went to the gun shop, dead set on getting another glock, my 7th glock. Theyve never dissappointed me. Any way I walked out with a px4 storm full size od green. Took it to the range and I didn't fall in love with it like I thought I would, so I was dissapointed personally, so worse for me. Just traded it for a G23 today YES! I'll trust my gut from now on.
June 8, 2011, 09:30 PM
I went into a LGS looking to buy the xd9 subcompact awhile back but ended up getting the xd 45 compact. I liked it but was too bulky and like thefamcnaj traded it for the g26 which I don't regret
Blue .45
June 8, 2011, 09:43 PM
Yes. I once put a down payment on a Beretta 92FS, but ended up buying a CZ75B, instead.:D Still wouldn't mind getting a Beretta, though.
June 8, 2011, 09:45 PM
I would expect everyone has or will have this experience.
June 8, 2011, 10:52 PM
Have I ever what? you're post title lost half its complete sentence.
June 9, 2011, 04:24 AM
Have I ever what? you're post title lost half its complete sentence.
Come on
Have you every gone to a gun shop to buy a gun you wanted and came out with something different---better or worse
June 9, 2011, 08:36 AM
Have you every gone to a gun shop to buy a gun you wanted and came out with something different---better or worse
No, I haven't, but it's bound to happen sooner or later, lol. ;)
Mt Shooter
June 9, 2011, 08:56 AM
No but I did go and look once and had one follow me home, wife said I could keep it.
June 9, 2011, 09:00 AM
Quite a few times.
I go with something in mind, but the store also has something that is either higher on my list or harder to find than what I went in for. Happens often in shops with a lot of inventory.
Ole Coot
June 9, 2011, 09:08 AM
Very common disease. I walk in, look around and completely forget the one I came for if I check the used guns first and see something I've always wanted. A new one can wait, the older one I may never get another chance to buy.
June 9, 2011, 09:12 AM
A few years ago I had been eyeballing a Encore 25-06 stainless. I finally decided to go buy it. When I got to the store, the owner said that before I buy the TC, I should check out something he had just taken in on trade that day. He brought a rifle out of the back room. It was a .270 Colt Light rifle. This rifle is a tack driver! Talk about right time right place.:D
June 9, 2011, 04:37 PM
I think it's better to go in planning to buy one thing and coming out with something different than doing what I did.
Went into the shop just to drool as I wasn't ready to make a purchase for another month or so. Well, got tired of drooling and walked out with a little 22 Ruger. That was last month, this month I put my name on the list for a Colt 1911 - XSE Government model. Now the wait begins.
June 9, 2011, 05:15 PM
Went to the store to get a NAA cap n ball, but came out with a ROA.
Deus Machina
June 9, 2011, 05:40 PM
Yup! Went to a show looking for a project, hoping to find a 1911 frame to build into a 9mm (I know, I know! But I don't need another caliber) or a cheap lower for an AR.
No 1911 frames at all, or even cheap used ones. AR lowers started at $175, and the only uppers under $450--which I was going to change stuff anyway--were ratty 'demilled m16' ones, according to the seller.
So I bought a Carcano for $45.
June 9, 2011, 09:00 PM
I can honestly say I've never gone in with the intentions of one gun and left with another.
But , quite a few times I have left with the one gun, and an additional one or two more...:D
June 9, 2011, 11:13 PM
Oh yeah, was all set to bring home a ruger 556, had been saving up for one for a while, instead I brought home a Daniel Defense DDM4, and I'm ok with it.
June 9, 2011, 11:55 PM
no. i don't make snap impulse gun purchases. i research them to death lol. i always know what i want before i go in, or at least what i want to look at.
June 10, 2011, 12:39 AM
A couple of months ago I went in for two 9mm plastic ammo boxes and came out with a used (Like new) Winchester 1300 along with the ammo boxes.
June 10, 2011, 01:08 AM
Have I ever....?
But don't you hate when.....
June 10, 2011, 01:47 AM
oh yes, wife wanted a nice target 22 pistol, we talked about it and called our local gun store (he has a lot of old stuff) and asked if he had a High Standard Victor. (I had always wanted a Victor when they were still making them) anyway,,,,
He said yes, come down and take a look...we walked out with a High Standard Trophy with three barrels, and an Olympic slide (one of the barrels was short only) custom case, tools the whole getup. Spent a bit more than we planned, but she love that Trophy.
June 10, 2011, 08:49 AM
Yes. I once put a down payment on a Beretta 92FS, but ended up buying a CZ75B, instead.:D Still wouldn't mind getting a Beretta, though.
I don't even remember what gun I was going into the gun shop for when I came out with the old 2003 OD green steel frame CZ 75B. It fit my hand so well and was so accurate when I took it out the back door for a test run I walked out the front door with it.
June 10, 2011, 08:55 AM
Never thought about it but I don't believe I have ever gone to a gun shop with the purchase of a particular gun in mind. I go for ammo, reloading supplies, etc and if I buy a gun it's because I saw something I decided I wanted.
Smokey in PHX
June 10, 2011, 02:13 PM
If I go in for a particular gun, I usually come out with that gun. Don't ever remember changing.
June 10, 2011, 07:34 PM
frequently. :D
June 12, 2011, 02:09 PM
If I go in for a particular gun, I usually come out with that gun. Don't ever remember changing.
Yep, me too, but we seem to be in a minority.
June 12, 2011, 02:57 PM
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With Mobile Internet being so popular these days, having WiFi on flights is becoming something that is must needed for long flights.
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Should Legal Rules Favor the Poor? Clarifying the Role of Legal Rules and the Income Tax in Redistributing Income
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In our 1994 article in this Journal, we demonstrated that legal rules should not be adjusted to disfavor the rich and favor the poor in order to redistribute income, because the income tax and transfer system is a more efficient means of redistribution. In this article, we revisit our argument and others that favor relying on the income tax system to redistribute income, and we then focus on qualifications to our argument that we previously offered. In particular, we elaborate on a qualification that is the subject of Sanchirico's article in this issue of the Journal and explain why it has only a tangential bearing on the question whether legal rules should favor the poor and it is of doubtful practical importance.
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It's been a big year for the Porter-Gaud boys cross country team. The Cyclones are No. 1 in the state heading into Saturday's SCISA state meet at the Hammond School in Columbia.
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PMB's Top 10Here's how The Post and Courier's Phil Bowman ranks the top 10 high school football teams in the Lowcountry:Rk Last Team Comment 1. 1. Goose Creek Gators' winning-streak at state best 22 games 2. 3. Bluffton Would like to see Bobcats vs. Gators in playoffs 3. 2. Wando Warriors played well against Goose Creek 4. 4. Timberland Wolves looking good as playoffs near 5. 5. Stratford Stratford can't be looking ahead to next week 6. 6. Hanahan Hawks ready to polish off great regular season 7. 7. Bishop England Bishops are 22-2 the past two seasons 8. 10. Summerville McKissick ready for another milestone 9. NR. Cane Bay No easy task with Wando on the schedule10. NR. Baptist Hill Bobcats are Region 6-A champions
Porter-Gaud's top runner, Brent Demarest, is the No. 4 junior runner nationally and No. 10 overall.
"It's phenomenal what he's accomplished," Porter-Gaud coach Hugh Knight said of Demarest, who has the best time in the state at 15 minutes flat. "It's amazing to watch him. The bar has been raised so high in South Carolina and he's right up there."
Cameron Cain is the Cyclones' No. 2 runner and could break the 16-minute mark on Saturday. Brendan Ward, Alex Dahlstrom and Bolton Sanford round out the Cyclones' top 5.
The Cyclones are going after their third straight state championship, but will run on a different course. The match has been held at Heathwood Hall since 2003, but has been moved to Hammond because of the University of South Carolina's home football game against Tennessee.
The game is scheduled for noon, so the meet was moved because of traffic issues.
"We've run well all year, held on to the No. 1 ranking all year and scored 19 points at our region meet." Knight said. "I feel good about how we've trained. But it all comes down to Saturday."
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The Coaches Association of Women Sports released its all-state volleyball teams and selections for the North-South All-Star Games and the Lowcountry is represented well.
Area players selected all-state in Class AAAA are Natalie Tucker, Wando; Dekeiya Cohen, West Ashley; and Mackenzie Cooler and Jordan Franklin of Bluffton.
Colleen Cooper of Hanahan and Brantley Herrington of Hilton Head were the only local Class AAA selections.
Bishop England and Timberland both had two girls make the Class AA all-state team: Ellie James and Mary Harriet Moore of Bishop England; Destinee Wells and Jordan Smith of Timberland. Katelin Hills of Academic Magnet also was named all-state.
Shanyra Libson and Kortnee Johno of Cross were named all-state in Class A.
Local players named to the Class AAA/AAAA South all-star team include Breanna Lauer and Mackenzie Lesemann of Wando, Chiquita Rivers of Goose Creek and Abby Roulson of Bluffton.
Local players named to the South Class A/AA all-star team include Julianne Dahlman and James of Bishop England; Smith and Wells from Timberland; and Elizabeth Mappus of Academic Magnet.
The North-South games will be held Nov. 17 at Erskine College.
Garrett commits to SMC
Bishop England catcher Cameron Garrett committed to play for Spartanburg Methodist.
He cracked the starting lineup midway through his sophomore season in 2011 and had a key role in the Bishops' march to the Class AA state championship.
He batted .340 with seven doubles and three homers. He drove in 14 runs.
He batted .247 last spring with six doubles and four homers. He drove in 20 runs.
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Bellator's 8th season came to a close last week after its 95th event. This season was a crucial one for Bellator, as it was their first season televised on Spike TV, giving the organization more exposure than it had ever received before. Spike took a gamble airing Bellator as it was not at all well known by anyone outside of MMA's hardcore fan base, but this gamble paid off. Every week Bellator delivered tremendous action, showcasing the talent and drive of their fighters, who consistently gave the fans great fights, finishes and tournaments. Every single card delivered not just in action, but in ratings, with multiple cards peaking over one million viewers. No one will disagree that this season was a huge success for both Bellator and Spike.
Now let's break down the season!
Season 8 of Bellator held five tournaments featuring the featherweights, lightweights, welterweights, middleweights and light heavyweights.
Featherweights: One of the biggest stories surrounding the featherweight tournament was the decline of Marlon Sandro. Once a feared knockout artist in Japan, entering this tournament it was clear Sandro had lost a step, recording no finishes by way of strikes in his eight previous Bellator fights. However, he was still considered a dangerous fighter and a top seed of the tournament due to his aggressiveness, power and Nova Uniao refined grappling. In the first tournament fight Sandro faced Akop Stepanyan, an almost unknown Russian prospect, who almost defeated Sandro using a variety of creative kicks and strong takedown defense. Sandro won the decision, but the win came with controversy as many fans and commentator Jimmy Smith scored the fight for Stepanyan. In the semifinals Sandro fought another Russian prospect, Frodo Khasbulaev, who made it to the semi finals by submitting the highly touted prospect Fabricio Guerrero. In a high-paced grappling match that one UGer described as the "Wanderlei Silva vs. Brian Stann of submission attempts," Frodo outlasted Sandro and delivered a ground and pound beating to force a stoppage in the third.
In the finals Frodo fought Mike Richman, who won his first fight in the tourney by headkick knockout, which he followed up with a close decision win over Alexandre Bezzerra in one of the better fights of the season. The tournament finals saw Frodo land wild hooks in the stand up, while mixing in takedowns when he could. Richman, who most believed would have the stand up advantage in the fight, could never quite find his range, and was out struck and out grappled to a unanimous decision defeat. Frodo will face off with the winner of Pat Curran vs. Daniel Strauss after their bout in the Summer Series.
Lightweights: Saad Awad kicked off the Season 8 lightweight tournament with an upset knockout over Canadian prospect Guillaume DeLorenzi, after replacing the injured Patricky Pitbull. Awad took the fight on short notice, but surprised DeLorenzi early, finishing him just 31 seconds into the first round. In the semi finals he took on blue chip prospect Will Brooks and once again pulled off the upset in just 43 seconds, again via knockout. On the other side of the bracket David Rickels defeated Lloyd Woodard in an all out war, where it was Rickels' gas tank that eventually earned him a decision in a tremendous fight. In the semis, Rickels faced tournament alternate Jason Fischer, who was tough, but ultimately could not handle Rickels' pace, as Rickels won another decision. In the finals it seemed as though Awad was going to pull off a third upset. His wrestling was working well for nearly two rounds, but with just seconds left in the round Rickels got to his feet and let his hands go, knocking Awad out just as the bell rang. Rickels will fight the winner of Michael Chandler vs. Dave Jansen.
Welterweights: This season's welterweight tournament is yet to conclude. Finalist Douglas Lima broke his hand, and the final fight was postponed. To get to the finals Lima displayed top notch striking, using devastating leg kicks until Michail Tsarev could no longer stand up, finishing by him by TKO in the second. In the semifinals he fought alternate Bryan Baker, whom he knocked out brutally with a punch in the first round. In the finals he will meet Ben Saunders in a rematch. Saunders won a dominant decision in the quarterfinals, and went on to finish Raul Amaya with a brutal head kick knockout. Lima won their first bout by way of knockout, but Saunders has clearly improved his striking and grappling since then. Both Saunders and Lima are fan favorites because of the excitement that they always bring to their fights, making this a can't miss bout that will likely take place in the summer series.
Middleweights: In what was a bit of a trend this season, the tournament favorite Brian Rogers was eliminated early. He fought hard against Dan Cramer, arguably giving the fans the fight of the season, and an early contender for fight of the year. Both fighters were taken down and rocked more than once, but a big knee in the third dropped Rogers and sealed the fight for Cramer, who won a decision. In the semi finals Cramer faced off with Bellator vet Brett Cooper, who used his wrestling to win a decision against Norman Paraisy in the quarterfinals. Cooper attempted to do the same against Cramer but was largely unsuccessful. Likely two minutes away from losing a decision, Cooper landed a dramatic come from behind knockout after rocking Cramer with a huge uppercut, then relentlessly following up with big right hands until the ref called the fight.
On the other side of the bracket, WEC veteran Doug Marshall proved he is still as dangerous as ever. In the quarterfinals he brutally knocked out Andreas Spang in the first round with a huge right hand. In the semi finals Marshall didn't have much of a chance to put his knockout power on display, as his opponent Sultan Aliev refused to engage on the feet. However it was Aliev's passivity on the feet and the floor that got Marshall the judges nod in a controversial split decision. Although no one would call Aliev's performance exciting, many felt his control on the floor and against the cage successfully stifled Marshall's game, but others argued that a fighter shouldn't be rewarded for fighting the way that Aliev did.
In the finals Cooper started the fight off strong, successfully taking Marshall down and keeping him there for a couple of minutes. When Marshall got up though, he landed a big elbow that hurt Cooper, and followed up by winging huge right hooks which connected flush and put Cooper out cold. Marshall will now face Alexander Schlemenko in what is guaranteed to be a stand up war that will likely end in a knock out.
Light Heavyweights: Bellator had big plans for their Light Heavyweight division, having both King Mo Lawal and Babalu Sobral making their debuts for the promotion in this tournament. Both fighters were on opposite sides of the bracket, setting up what seemed like the inevitable final of Lawal vs. Babalu. This did not work out. In the opening round a spinning back fist and follow up punches from (yet another) Russian prospect Mikhail Zayats ended the tournament hopes of Babalu in the first round.
Zayats earned a spot in the finals with a first round armbar over Jacob Noe. King Mo had a successful opening round, effortlessly knocking out Przemyslaw Mysiala in the first. In the semi finals though, Emmanuel "The Hardcore Kid" Newton pulled off one of the biggest upsets in recent memory, knocking out an overconfident King Mo with a perfectly placed spinning backfist.
The finals featured a razor close battle between Newton and Zayats, where neither man had a clear edge on the feet or the ground. A late flurry from Newton earned him the third round and the fight, netting him a unanimous decision win, 29-28 on all cards. Newton will have a chance at revenge for his latest loss, he will next face off with Attila Veigh in a rematch for Bellator's Light Heavyweight Championship.
At bantamweight, title holder Eduardo Dantas faced off with teammate and mentor Marcos Galvao. Galvao came into the bout with a ton of momentum after a dominant tournament run in season 6. This was a crucial bout for Dantas who was coming off the first loss of his career since joining Bellator. The fight was closely matched, but it was Dantas who eventually got the better of Galvao, landing a big uppercut and knocking him out. It was a very impressive performance by Dantas who proved he is still a top bantamweight, and improving every time out.
Featherweight Champion Pat Curran fought twice in Season 8, beating Patricio Freire and Shahbulat Shamhalaev.
The fight with Freire started off slow with an extended feeling out process, but eventually evolved into an extremely technical boxing match where both fighters had big moments throughout. Freire took control early, but a huge combination to the body clearly took a lot out of "Pitbull" and from there Curran began to take over. Freire fought hard to the end but it was Curran who got his hand raised in a very close decision in a fight that will likely be considered for fight of the year.
Shamhalaev entered the bout with Curran after a dominant run through the featherweight tournament where only one of his opponents made it out of the first round (all three were finished by KO). The title fight did not last long. Curran got a takedown before either fighter got much going on the feet and quickly sunk in a guillotine as Shamhalaev scrambled to his feet. With both of these wins Curran proved he is one of, if not the best fighter outside of the UFC.
Lightweight champ Michael Chandler showed off his skill set, dominating former Olympian Rick Hawn. Chandler out struck and even out grappled Hawn, winning every aspect of the fight. In the second round Chandler sunk in a rear naked choke to retain his belt. This was Chandler's first title defense since he took it from Eddie Alvarez, and he proved his hype is very real.
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DEAR EDITOR: What is wrong with the idea that the government is spending too much money? It's simple, the number of people who the government must serv....
Your right. Maybe we can have a deficit of 2 or 3 trillion next year. No big deal, we will just file bankruptcy. Or wait, maybe we can seize everyones money. More is being spent on education than ever before and it's worse. Now comes 'Common Core', im sure retina scanners for our kids are cheap though. So please spend, spend, spend. The bill will never be due. Do you think the government has an unlimited supply? Your the one that is a nut. How long would your household last if you spent roughly a quarter more money than you had every year. Use some common sense. Oh, and here comes Obamacare to cost us billions more, which will leave my family without insurance since im not in the Senate, I can't get mine paid for. Don't worry though, the FED is printing billions and handing it to Wall Street, everything will be fine, stock markets up lol. Obamas buddy GE is one of those companies that doesn't pay taxes, thats ok though, they are on his side, so no big deal.
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People like to complain about it but contribute no good idea's on how to resolve it. They cheer when millions of children just got taken off food assistance but say nothing about the rich and Corporate America get 10 times or more in welfare.
They worship their God Reagen who raised the debt ceiling 8 times with clean bills, tripled the deficit and then compare Obama to Hitler for cutting the deficit in half.
Kind of makes you think there are some real mental issues with these folks now days.
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I could not agree more:
"Tea party people are ignorant and they want the rest of us to be even more ignorant to each other."
It isn't happening for me. Obamacare is good and right for the majprity of the American people.
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Obama cut the deficit in half? What planet did that happen on? He has run a trillion dollar plus deficit every year he is president. Sorry, but your beloved president is king of crony capitalism. He had a super majority for almost 2 years and did nothing to stop the supposed corporate thieves. He sits by while the FED prints billions and hands it to those very rich people and corporations you hate. When were millions of children taken off food stamps? The food stamp rolls have increased, like the debt, every year. No millions of children cut. Obama even cut the work requirement for some people. Go look at the debt clock some day. I think the crazy people are the ones that think you can just spend trillions, and never have to pay for it. I have a solution, cut funding to half of the worthless government programs that aren't needed. Limit welfare to people that need it only, for a limited time.Cut taxes to promote growth.Quit funding islamic terrorists, I could go on and on.
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Stew here's the fact on deficits under Obama and Bush : Obama Deficits FY 2015*: $577 billion FY 2014*: $744 billion FY 2013*: $973 billion FY 2012: $1,087 billion FY 2011: $1,300 billion FY 2010: $1,294 billion
Bush Deficits FY 2009†: $1,413 billion FY 2008: $458 billion FY 2007: $161 billion FY 2006: $248 billion FY 2005: $318 billion for more years click
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Stew: Proving your ignorance.
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The numbers you just put up prove my point. The only ones that are smaller are the 'projected ones', lol if you think those numbers will hold up in reality. FYI, Bush was a progressive also, not sure what your point is. He was more on your side of the spending spectrum than mine. Would a Conservative create the DHS, the Patriot Act, 'go against free market principles to save the free market'. Bail out companies, thereby picking winners and losers? No, a Conservative would not do this. So both people you listed, that are and did spend us into oblivion, were your side. No, Bush was no where near as radical as Obama, and actually liked his country, but he was a progressive light, and therefore more like your ideology than mine.
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Have to point out also, Bush wasn't president in 2009.
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Warren Proud, The Republicans are handling Obamacare all wrong. Let it go into effect. Most of the people that need it won't buy it no matter how inexpensive it is. They are used to getting everything free. The cheapest plan is about $100/month and has deductibles of about $5500-$6000 per year and that doesn't include co-pays. They will never buy it.
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The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office estimates the current year deficit will be $642 billion when the fiscal year ends Monday at midnight. (The deficits include annual interest payments on the national debt.)
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2012 is not this year by the way. When I refered to this year I meant the 2013 budget year.
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Good luck with that. I don't know where you are getting the numbers, but I really don't think they are right. They havent had a budget in years. How would Obamas first year with stimulus, that Bush didn't approve, be his? Good luck on those numbers, all the CBO does is redo its wrong numbers continually. They have already redone numbers on Obamacare several times before its even taken effect. Those numbers went up, not down.
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Stew: It's from the CBO! You will know this after October first because that is when the fiscal year ends for the givernment and the new one begins. They will report the acyual deficit for fiscal year 2012 then.
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If you believe these figures are correct, how did that happen? The spending numbers I saw, even with the horrible sequestor, were still higher than last year. Was it from the hundreds of billions that they cut from Medicare, this could be a little of it, but not enough to cut the deficit in half, this is the only one though that actually happened? The war in afghanistan that they stopped? The welfare rolls that have gotten smaller? The wasteful spending they have stopped? The new IRS agents that they didn't hire? Where did all that billions of savings come from?
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It happened because of 2 things one the economy is getting better so more revenue and two the taxes on the rich. I know you will argue how bad the economy is on a personal level but on the agrigate it is better which raises revenues. Had we put more taxes on Corporations as well it would be even better. Note the etter states that in the 50's corporate revenue wa 40% of the budget income now it's less than 9%.
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When did all these mammoth tax increases happen? No economy barely moving upward. I think you are mistaken. I didn't realize tax revenue increased, by your estimate, 500 to 700 billion dollars, in one year. Wow, they should just do that every year. The economy isn't even back to 2008 levels, not even close, and we are making that much in taxes. We should have the national debt taken care of in 4 or 5 years. Does that seem legitimate,even to you? Use some common sense.
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You see? They talk out there rear end and don't even know about the deficit. It just sounds better if they fabricate numbers from Faux in the hopes that people dumber than them believes it. LOL! The sheep must follow the Baggers.
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You know, I really get tired of the hypocracy here. COngress may pass the budgets but the President always sends what he wants in a budget to congress before congress works on passing a budget. Yet when your gut is in the white house and budgets are bad you blame congress when our guy is there you blame the president. SO yes, go ahead and look at it and see who faught for what when and what was passed. he house does not control the budget the house starts the budget. The President doesn't even have to submit a budget just sign off on it.
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Believe what you want, the bill comes due some day. Then we will all pay. I assure you though it will be mostly the middle class and lower class that suffer because our country is in complete denial. The rich will be insulated from the economic disaster that is coming, remember you supported what leads to it. You two obviously lack all common sense. Sorry, for the fiftieth time, I don't watch FOX news, I don't watch any worthless mainstream media. It's like you guys were programmed to say that. Hear it on MSNBC or CNN? Seems you leftists are the one that follow talking points and such from TV. I think for myself, I don't need FOX to tell me wasting trillions,year after year, is bad.
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Article 2 section 3:Section 3.
He shall from time to time give to the Congress information of the state of the union, and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in case of disagreement between them, with respect to the time of adjournment, he may adjourn them to such time as he shall think proper; he shall receive ambassadors and other public ministers; he shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed, and shall commission all the officers of the United States. There is no set deadline Constitutionally. Define "from time to time". The State of the Union can just be a letter to the Congress and for over a cenrury that's all it was. I believe it was Wilson that started the joint session to address the state of the Union. ANy other deadline is a self imposed one.
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Oh, and since you guys insist on blaming the President for the current deficit when you argue that the House is in charge of the budget, you can blameyourself for the deficits since 2010 when retard republicans took over the house and have killed anything to pass that would actually deal with the budget in a meaningful way. Sabotage the government from within is the republican agenda and motto.
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Stew: Your problem isn't that you think it's how you think. Disregard facts and push ideology that has been proven wrong over and over again.
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LiberalSerfdom, What would you do if Faux News went off the air today? would you be able to even think?
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Thanks for pointing that out Leif! Very good analysis.
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I see letters from this writer and instantly know the content is as silly as his screennames poor spelling! thediffrence ... Too funny!
Such poor spelling and/or typing skills I certainly would NOT trust his math skills!
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The inevitable happened at 9 o'clock. The Taoiseach issued a statement saying he had accepted Willie's resignation. It praised him for his contribution, made no reference really to the events that downed him.
The Greens issued a statement a few minutes later. John Gormley went further, outlining why the Greens insisted today on what they refused to insist on yesterday. They will suffer criticism for the change of heart.
Gormley's statement read:
"Yesterday afternoon I met Willie O'Dea and he assured me that an article in today's Limerick Leader would vindicate him. The article published today does not do that. In fact it does the opposite.
"At the very conclusion of yesterday's Dail debate Mr O'Dea said his original actions in the matter were based on information given to him by An Garda Siochana. We were very concerned by this behaviour by a member of Government.
"We have also taken the view that Willie O'Dea's comments and conduct during yesterday's debate and in subsequent media appearances were inappropriate.
"All these factors have led us to conclude that Willie O'Dea could not continue as a member of this Government. The issue has already taken up too much energy and attention at a time when crucial economic challenges face the Irish people.
"We are committed to continuing to work with our partners in government to face those challenges."
The Minister was gobbled up by Sean O'Rourke on the News at One. If you ever want to hear what waterboarding sounds like, listen back to the interview. O'Dea sounded abject in the face of O'Rourke's onslaught. He was finally forced to make a puiblic apology for his slur, something that he and all his Fianna Fail colleagues had failed to do about now (the only apology he had offered was the legal one in court on 21 December which he had no choice but to make as well as pay over a big chunk of change).
He did sound unlike the Willie O'Dea of old. Abject and defeated. His worst moment was when he protested that he was a victim too. At least he apologised. It was something he should have done a long time ago rather than brazening it out with smokescreens and diversionary tactics and trading insults with the opposition in the Dail and his Sunday Indo column.
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Occasionally, as in the case of Rudolph Giuliani during this past week, the sudden appearance of not one but two juicy investigations overwhelms the system's capacity to absorb and regurgitate. But when the nation's news executives decided which of two highly embarrassing Giuliani stories to feature, nearly all of them made the wrong choice. While they lavished enormous attention upon a Politico story dealing with adultery and bureaucracy, they should be devoting at least as much time to yet another in the long series of Wayne Barrett scoops in the Village Voice, because this one involves business and terrorism.Conason is right. Barrett is a little obsessed and maybe does push pins into dolls of Giuliani every night, but his reporting is accurate, smart, and in this case, important. Conason even comes up with ten questions that reporters can ask Giuliani about his Qatar connections so they don't have to read the whole Voice story. So readers, go read the article. And Conason, thanks for giving us a bloggily self-referential way to assuage our own guilt. Giuliani's Terrorist Ties [Salon] Rudy's Ties to a Terror Sheikh [VV]


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Some 280 pre-kindergartners from Saline, Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti and surrounding areas will learn comprehensive safety skills this summer at Safety Town at Houghton Elementary School in Saline.
The 4- and 5-year-olds will attend multimedia sessions and participate in hands-on activities two hours a day for nine days.
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"It was fun because they got wet," he added.
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The program, which has been conducted for 25 years, is a joint project of Saline Area Schools and the Saline Police Department.
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The fire alarm grabbed the attention of 5-year-old Riley Fox of Saline, who asked: "Do you have any earmuffs?"
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Tulane's Garrett Cannizaro is virtually a shortstop by birthright.
He always has played the position, from youth leagues through his first two years with the Green Wave. He followed in the footsteps of his oldest brother, Andy Cannizaro, to the Green Wave, and took his place in the middle of the infield.
Andy Cannizaro holds the Tulane record for steals (52 in 2001) and helped the Green Wave to its first World Series appearance.
But Garrett Cannizaro won't be at shortstop to start this season. He has been moved to third base, to accommodate the personnel of this year's team.
"Last year, I did not see this coming," Cannizaro said. "It has to do with having so many infielders, they can play all the positions.
"It's not my decision to say where I will play or whoever plays. Wherever I am in the lineup, I will go out there and play my hardest to get my at-bats and do whatever I need to do."
Brennan Middleton, who played second base most of last season, will move to shortstop. Transfer Troy McCartney likely will play second base.
First base will be manned by a group of players, including Jeremy Schaffer, Sean Potkay, Tucker Oakley and Nick Schneeberger, who played first last season.
Although Tulane Coach Rick Jones says first base is "a little bit unsettled," the Green Wave is expected to have better corner infielders with the changes.
"We've made some adjustments there, so we'll see how that goes," Jones said.
Tulane has struggled to find consistent defense at third base. Cannizaro's range and reaction time is expected to help solidify the spot.
"Garrett has played really, really well (in) preseason," Jones said. "In fact, (assistant coach) Jake Gautreau said this is the best I've seen a third baseman play for us."
Cannizaro had some time to transition, and that will only help, Middleton said.
"It was the same thing for me last year when (third baseman) Quinn (Pippin) got hurt," Middleton said. "I had to move over there, and I never played there before in my life. I think (Garrett's) had more practice over there now than I had ... being able to play in the spring before the season starts, instead of having to go straight over there. But he looks really good over there."
The biggest adjustment?
"Quickness of the ball getting over there to you," Middleton said. "It's not about angles and taking routes to balls, it's about reacting — reading and reacting."
Cannizaro said he is willing to go wherever the team needs him.
"I wasn't mad," Cannizaro said. "I still consider myself a shortstop because I know I can still play shortstop. I know if for some reason Brennan gets hurt or if there is any reason he can't play shortstop, I know I am confident in myself to step over there and play shortstop without a problem, and I think the coaches know that."
Middleton said he too came up as a shortstop. He moved to second when he arrived at Tulane.
"I am pretty excited to start off with playing shortstop. I've played shortstop whole life," Middleton said. "I was recruited as a middle infielder, but I didn't know where I was going to play when I got here. But me and Garrett work well in the middle here, obviously, the first two years."


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As outbound trains whisked commuters home at the end of a workday last week, dozens of others around the waiting area and hallways of Suburban Station had no plans to leave.
An elderly Ukrainian man who spoke only broken English fished through a trash can, found a half-filled McDonald's cup, and took a sip.
Another man who said he was from Cuba shuffled from one end of the station to the other, clutching a dirty blanket.
A young man shouting with slurred speech sat at the top of the steps leading to a platform.
They are known as "long stayers" - the homeless who have been sleeping at night in the Suburban Station concourse for months, sometimes years. Many suffer from mental illness, addictions, or both. And as the temperature drops, their numbers grow.


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So the Dominos in Japan are now serving a luxury pizza that will set you back 66 dollars. Whaaaat? Apparently, it's topped with kobe beef, onions, potatoes, cheese, and steak sauce. And according to RocketNews it's actually pretty good:
"The pizza was filled to the brim with flavor, so much so that it was almost too much for me to handle! It took me back for a while, and I was admittedly a little lost for words; such culinary expertise in a pizza has got to be a first!" exclaimed one member of staff.
He added "When taking a bite, the juices from the meat spill over into the surrounding ingredients, blending in with the oil from the cheese to create a sense of flavoured harmony. At first, the idea of mixing cheese from a junk pizza with high-grade beef may make many a little hesitant, but the combination of the two and the taste that lingers on the palate are spot-on!"


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Today you may feel more composed than usual in the face of adversity and strife. This is likely due to your being in an extremely relaxed state that is the result of your having actively centered yourself using meditation or meditative techniques. Even if you are called upon to deal with circumstances that might otherwise frazzle your nerves today, your response will likely be cool, calm, and completely collected. Consequently, this can be the perfect day to see to those objectives that promise to challenge you in complex and harrying ways as you will likely cope with all manner of difficulties without giving in to stress.
We can interact with the world around us in a calmer and ultimately more effective fashion when we have centered ourselves so that our response to outside stimuli is comprised of a balanced mix of emotion and rationality. Equilibrium is the key that allows us to unlock the doors to our potential because it guides us away from choices that are representative of only one side of ourselves. We are less apt to fall prey to avenues of behavior that appeal only to our passions or are purely logical in nature. Instead, we are grounded in the need for a multifaceted approach to all aspects of existence and cognizant of the need to consider how our choices will impact our lives, both practically and emotionally. You will remain composed in the face of great challenges today when you approach them from a centered state of being.
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My apologies for the bad weather but this is a great shot of an aircraft that will soon no longer be flying around. The rain effect on the engine blasts is fantastic!!!
KLM 430 making a typical MD-11 climbout of RWY30R in DXB heading to Amsterdam as the last MD-11 passenger flight looms towards the end of October 2014. [1400px]
KL671 Amsterdam-Montréal
Stored... now with her center gear missing. At least Eng#2 smiles....:-)
At this time still awaiting her faith. Now not in service anymore, but at time of uploading still parked at Schiphol awaiting sale or a ferry to Victorville.
Departing SFO enroute to AMS
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There is a new sex scandal rocking the Catholic Church. Fortunately this one doesn't involve children.
From The New York Times:
They called the Rev. Alberto Cutié "Padre Oprah" for his insightful advice about relationships. Now his parishioners, his television and radio audience, and readers of his best-selling book, "Real Life, Real Love," know he speaks from experience.
On Tuesday, photographs in a Spanish-language tabloid showed the 40-year-old priest with deep blue eyes lying shirtless beside, and cuddling with, a dark-haired woman on a North Florida beach. Within hours, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami removed him from his post as pastor of a Miami Beach church, and now all of South Florida seems to be abuzz with discussions of celibacy, celebrity and temptation.
Radio and television news programs, in Spanish and English, have spent hours parsing the case. The original pictures, from TVNotas, have been reproduced all over the Web, while on Wednesday at his former church, St. Francis de Sales, camera crews hovered on the sidewalk as a secretary hung a "no trespassing" sign.
"He was held up as an example of something different," said Carlos Saladrigas, a well-known businessman here who has known Father Cutié since he entered the seminary at age 18. "It's like any icon — when they breach the trust of society, it hurts."
I don't want to imply anything about Cutié, but this indiscretion reminds me of what a priest once told me about an instruction he received in seminary: "If you feel you can't keep your commitment to God, please, find a woman."
Seriously. This is a lot better than the alternative—though I don't want to suggest that celibate men are more likely to become pederasts. That just happened to be the case for celibate Catholic priests. Whether they were predisposed, I guess we'll never know.
Michael Paulson at the Boston Globe says the Cutié controversy has sparked a fresh debate on celibacy. (The Jesuit magazine America editorialized last month that the church needed to seriously consider dropping the restriction for priests.) The former president of Catholics for Free Choice had this to say:
For every high profile case, there are hundreds of cases of priests in informal marriages of long duration, loving affairs, one night stands, gay and straight sexual relationships and love for better and for worse. And there are children, some who know their fathers and some who do not.
Father Cutie has been suspended from the parish, his radio program is over, he has been asked, like hundreds of others, to go away, enter a period of "prayer and reflection" and decide whether to stay a priest and leave the woman he loves, or to leave the priesthood and be with her. And he would be asked to make that decision even if they had a child. He would be asked to abandon the child and there would be no guarantee it would be supported. It is a stupid, cruel and unnecessary choice.
Quite humorously, members of the media are referring to these photos as "racy." Totally. I should have put an NSFW disclaimer in the headline.
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AITA chooses Lee-Hesh for Olympics
BANGALORE: The All India Tennis Association on Friday picked Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi for the men's doubles event of the London Olympics, rejecting the latter's insistence on being paired with Rohan Bopanna in the mega-event next month.
The AITA selection committee "unanimously" picked the Paes and Bhupathi after a meeting, leaving out Bopanna from the scheme of things.
A nation is allowed two entries for the men's doubles competition of Olympics but AITA has decided to send only one team despite the fact that Bhupathi and Bopanna had refused to be considered for selection as individual players or as a team with Paes.
"We have taken into consideration the form of Mahesh Bhupathi, who won the French Open mixed doubles and also of Leander Paes' Australian Open performance. We thought, these two make the best players to win a medal at the Olympics. That's why we have decided to field them," AITA secretary general Anil Khanna said at a press conference.
Asked why AITA chose Bhupathi and Paes when the former was not interested in playing with the latter, Khanna said it is a decision to be made by committee and not the players.
"They have played four Olympics together. They played for India despite differences so we expect them to bury their differences and play for the nation at London Olympics also.
"They have $6000 every month from the government (to train). They cannot refuse to play," he said. Moments after the press conference, Bhupathi and Bopanna issued a joint statement criticising the AITA decision.
"We have repeatedly and consistently communicated to the AITA our desire to only be considered for selection as a team and not as individuals to be paired with any other players," read the joint statement form Bhupathi and Bopanna.


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To Accomplish An Ambitious Goal Just in Time for Her 49th Birthday—to Get Back Her Bikini Body!—Valerie Bertinelli Turns Up Her Workout Routine (Hello, Squats) to Take Her Figure from Fit to Fabulous
And yet as any woman knows, those innocent-looking strips of Lycra can be a terrifying sight—especially for someone just shy of her 49th birthday (April 23), who only two years ago tipped the scales at 172 lbs.—more than 40 lbs. over her goal weight for her 5'4" frame. But after whittling herself down to 132 lbs. in about 9 months on Jenny Craig (for whom she serves as a company spokeswoman), Bertinelli, who had last worn a bikini when she was 20, was ready for a new challenge. "I thought, If I'm so afraid of a bikini, there's something wrong. And so I had to get back into one!"
And so—after about a year of exercising on her own while losing weight, primarily by walking 10,000 steps a day—she hired a personal trainer in December. Before long she was running up to five times a week and doing regular strength training (for details, see box). Finally, during what she calls the bikini "homestretch"—the last three weeks—she trimmed her daily caloric intake from 1,700 (which is how much she eats to maintain her weight loss) to around 1,200, and cut out salt and her regular "splurge" glass of champagne. "It was crunch time," she explains, "like getting ready for your class reunion!"
The result? Bertinell dropped another 9 lbs. to get down to 123. (She says she hopes to "settle in" at 125, and that she has drawn a "stake in the ground" at 132 lbs., meaning she hopes to never let herself get above that number again.) Even better, she is now in the best shape of her life. "I never, ever, ever had deltoids!" she says, breaking out into a laugh. "Oh my God, when I'm doing exercises and I see them pop out, I'm like, Yes!"
Even so, Bertinelli admits that, after a lifetime of being "consumed" by body issues (as a teen on the '70s sitcom One Day at a Time, she would go on crash diets), it remains a challenge for her to shake the "voices in my head" that say, "She's let herself go," Bertinelli says, adding that she often feels, "I'm just one jalapeño popper away from being 40 lbs. heavier again—that's what still resonates in my head." And when she looks at her body, "My eyes go immediately to the parts I don't like, the 'jiggly bits.'" (What are those, one might ask? She points to her upper thighs.)
Which is exactly why she wanted to bare her bikini body to the world. "I felt the fear—and I did it anyway!" she says. "Yes, I'm working on the mental part of adjusting to this body. But I deserve to have ripped arms! We all just need to appreciate our bodies for what they are, jiggly bits and all."
And so on the morning of the shoot for her latest Jenny Craig ad—which, yes, features her in a bikini and will be revealed during the April 1 Oprah show—Bertinelli got out of bed at 5:30 a.m. and told herself, "Here I go. Let's just do it," before squeezing in "a last-chance workout" at her Palm Springs, Calif., hotel gym.
When the moment finally arrived for her to reveal her bikini body—and her pierced belly button, which she had done in 1996—Bertinelli did so with the support of her longtime boyfriend, Tom Vitale, 47, an investment fund manager, who whistled appreciatively. "She has worked so hard," says Vitale, who himself has lost 31 lbs. on Jenny Craig (see sidebar), "and I am very, very proud of her." It was hard for Valerie not to feel proud too. Her body "is not one of those perfect bodies you see in Hollywood, where everyone is a double size 0," says the star, who is a comfortable size 6. "But I'm happy. I feel really good for my age." And although she knows she will "have to stay vigilant" to keep the weight from creeping back on, that's a challenge she is willing to face. "This," she says, "is just the beginning of the journey."
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>>>> What new few feature would you like to see in Firefox? I doesn't
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Paste and go is when you paste a URL from the clipboard into the
location bar and immediately go to this URL without the need to press
the Go button or to press the enter key in the location bar.
Quite often I copy some URL from another application or from the text on
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Buying guns off the internet
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December 30, 2002, 03:13 PM
If I want to buy a gun from an internet dealer, and have it shipped to a FFL, what's the step by step procedure I'd have to follow? Would I have to pay sales tax?
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December 30, 2002, 03:23 PM
You shouldn't have to pay sales tax if the firearm is coming from another state (or if you live in Montana regardless :D ).
Just go to your FFL and say that you need an FFL copy for a gun transfer. They get you one and ask for your contact info. They'll either charge you there or charge you when the gun comes in. My FFL charges me $15 when the gun comes in and runs the background check and then I'm off with my new toy. Oh yes, after you get the FFL mail it to the gun dealer or person you bought the gun from along with payment. Then they send you your gun.
December 30, 2002, 03:24 PM
I'm not sure but i only think you pay sales tax if its in your state, if at all. As for the rest you just need a local FFL to handle the transfer to you.
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December 30, 2002, 09:17 PM
If you are buying from an "internet dealer" (someone that does mail order business in various states), they *may* be required to collect sales tax for the sale.
Otherwise, the only tax you should have to pay is the cost of the FFL doing the transfer, provided that is taxable in your state. In Florida, there is a "services" tax on stuff like barbers, pool cleaners, gardners, etc. The state just can't stand seeing something get by without a tax on it.
December 30, 2002, 11:53 PM
This is what has worked for me in various forms.
before I found a decent FFL holder in my area, and wasn't concerned too much about the "right now tax"
1) find a gun I want to buy.
2) pay for the gun.
3) ask dealer if they had any FFLs on file in my state.
4) call said FFL, and tell them to expect something
4) get it shipped to said FFL
The more refined method.
1)find FFL.
2)find gun.
3)buy gun, get info for having an ink signed copy of the FFL sent.
4)give FFL above info, and have them send the appropriate material to the original dealer.
5)when FFL calls, go bring local paperwork and hope I don't get screwed by NICS.
6)enjoy new toy.
Tips on finding an FFL. Lists like gunbroker has are nice, but their rate shouldn't be stupid, and when you contact them, they should be polite and nota big enough idiot to worry about having to collect their fee up front when they will have a several hundred/thousand dollar item of yours as hostage.
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text: ASID To Hold 4th Annual Design Summit In Chicago Furniture Industry News Update - Furniture World Magazine Posted: 1/21/2008 The American Society of Interior Designers - Illinois Chapter (ASID-IL) announced the date for its fourth annual Design Summit 2008: A Sustainable Outlook, a one-day conference and exposition at The Merchandise Mart Design Center in Chicago. Following another successful event last year, the ASID-IL Chapter's Design Summit will be held Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008, from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. on the 8th floor of The Merchandise Mart. "Design Summit is a local forum for knowledge-sharing among industry peers, practical learning for students of interior design and a great place to showcase great commercial and residential interior products and services from Illinois-based Industry Partners -- all in a fun atmosphere," said James Landa, 2007-08 ASID-IL chapter president. "Designers can fulfill CEU-needed credits, too, while staying current on trends and important movements, such as Green Design." Open to all designers, students and vendors in the interior design industry, Design Summit 2008: A Sustainable Outlook features inspirational speakers, career-building, networking, educational sessions to enhance specialized skills, and interaction with design industry resource professionals. This year's focus is sustainable design. CEU SESSIONS Design Summit presents a total of six professional educational sessions, all CEU-accredited. Topics include: -Introduction to Green Design (Who, What, Where, When and How) -Materials and Sources for Green Design Residential vs. Green Design Commercial -Legislation and Professional Practice: NCIDQ, Title Act, Practice Act and Recent Events Impacting the Profession -Business: Marketing/Advertising -Finding your first job in Interior Design: A Panel Discussion for Students In addition to the seminars, two keynote sessions will be offered, including a panel discussion with local experts on Green Design. One keynote session will be presented in the morning beginning at 8 a.m., with one during lunch hour beginning at 12:30 p.m. All seminar and keynote titles and presenters will be announced shortly and posted online at www.asidillinois.com. EXPO: DEMONSTRATIONS: Vendors will showcase their latest products and a number of them will host demonstrations in their booths throughout the day. The 2008 Design Summit showcases design industry product and service resources, which seasoned designers and emerging talent will not want to miss. For a complete listing of Design Summit vendors, please visit www.asidillinois.com the first week of February. Registration begins at 8 a.m. with the Expo floor and Summit running from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. The Design Summit cost is $50 for ASID and IIDA design members (includes seminars, lunch, Expo); $75 for non-members; and $25 students with identification (includes seminars, lunch, Expo). There is no charge to visit the Expo only. For more information about the ASID-IL Chapter Design Summit 2008: A Sustainable Outlook, please visit www.asidillinois.com, or call the ASID Illinois Chapter headquarters at 312-467-5080. ABOUT THE "FIND A DESIGNER" SERVICE: The Illinois Chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers offers a free, convenient, user-friendly online service that consumers and business professionals can use to search for interior designers throughout the state. Find A Designer, available at www.FindADesignerIL.com, allows site visitors to preview profiles of ASID-IL designers before contacting them for a project interview. The online service includes easy-to-navigate Web pages, more than 75 designer profile pages, and the ability to search by location and designer specialty. Consumers have the ability to review as many designer profiles as they'd like and find out more about each designer, as well as view samples of their work 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at their convenience. ABOUT ASID: The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) is the oldest and largest professional organization for interior designers in the world. It is a community of people-designers, industry representatives, educators and students committed to interior design. Through education, knowledge-sharing, advocacy, community-building and outreach, the Society strives to advance the interior design profession and, in the process, to demonstrate and celebrate the power of design to positively change people's lives. Its more than 36,000 members engage in a variety of professional programs and activities through a network of 49 chapters throughout the United States and Canada. ASID interior designers specialize in a wide range of areas. In the commercial sector, its members provide design and consulting services to the office, health care, institutional, hospitality and retail environments. In the residential field, its members provide services ranging from space planning to home office design to customizing a home to meet specific client needs. The American Society of Interior Designers - Illinois Chapter (ASID-IL) is a non-profit professional association representing the interests of more than 1,600 Illinois interior designers, students and design industry partner members. Its vision is to be the voice of design in Illinois and to provide information through quality, timely communications, to educate its members and clients, and to expand and to support market expansion. The Chapter is lead by a volunteer board that includes the Chapter's president, president-elect, 5 directors and a student representative. Furniture World Magazine-Business solutions for furniture retailers


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Making Friends with Floods
An ecological park reclaims a degraded stretch of a Chinese
By Graham Johnstone and Xiangfeng Kong
China is rapidly becoming an urban nation. According to
UNESCO, the majority of the population will be living in cities by 2050. Amidst
this massive rural–urban migration, officials in China's provinces are
pondering how to manage natural and human-induced disasters in light of the
fact that existing urban-development policies have wrought drastic
environmental and social harm: New dam projects have submerged the homes of
millions of people, and cities have lined riverbanks with concrete and filled
in wetlands. For the most part, this industrial approach to development has
steamed ahead with little regard for heritage, culture, or aesthetics.
Against this backdrop, in 2002 the government of Taizhou
City invited landscape architect Kongjian Yu, International ASLA, founder of
the Beijing-based firm Turenscape and a professor in Peking University's
Graduate School of Landscape Architecture, to design an urban waterfront park
on a 21-hectare site (about 52 acres) along the Yongning River. A city of about
5.5 million people on China's southeast coast, Taizhou lies about five hours'
drive south of Shanghai. Yu's earlier analysis of Taizhou's growth pattern
based on ecological infrastructure has become the master plan for the city's
development, providing him with an informed background from which to plan this
new project.
Most of the river on the site was already embanked with
concrete, or "channelized," as part of the local flood-control policy. City
officials asked Yu and his design team, landscape architects Yujie Liu and
Dongyun Liu, to come up with a concept that would be accessible to both
tourists and local residents while also providing alternative flood-
control and stormwater-management solutions that could be
used as a model for the entire Yongning Valley. The result was a striking
synthesis of art and technology called the Floating Gardens.
Yu, who earned a design doctorate from the Graduate School
of Design at Harvard University, applied a typically integrated approach that
involved Turenscape's main disciplines of architecture, landscape architecture,
and urban design, following the firm's environmental design principles. This
national flagship project promotes the restoration of local biodiversity along
the country's waterways and the protection of cultural identity within new
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