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If the books in Maggie's bedroom could speak of their greatest fears, they'd scream of being thrown violently at the floor, walls and ceiling at strange hours of the night. Maggie is about five feet and four inches tall, and she doesn't own a fly swatter. So to kill the endless squadrons of mosquitoes that infiltrate her ground-floor apartment in Brooklyn, she hurls the heavier books like bombs. Many of the books once were mine, but that was a few years and two apartments ago, before a string of book-nappings perpetrated by Maggie. And despite being weaponized, the books would probably say they are happier with her than they ever were with me.
"This is all your fault," Maggie says, turning on the light at 4:13 in the morning. "I heard one of those little fuckers buzz past my ear."
"Maggie, are you sure?"
"What? You think this is in my head?" She motions to a small bloodstain on the wall near her desk. The stain is in the shape of the palm of my hand. I killed a mosquito there a few nights ago.
"Okay, okay." I get out of bed and pull on my boxer shorts. Maggie herself becomes an American-Apparel-boy-short-clad, but otherwise naked, commando. She extends the fingers on both of her hands all the way out, but with no spaces between them. She then rotates her hands around each other, like she is getting ready to karate-chop something. She frightens me; she's a crazed ninja out to reclaim her own blood. I can't remember if she was always this way. I can't remember if I always was up for domestic bug-killing duties in what is otherwise a non-traditional, very un-domestic relationship.
"I'm so sick of this. I can't believe this always happens," she says.
"I don't understand why you think this is my fault. This really doesn't happen when you're alone?"
"No, Ryan!" Maggie says, with her short blonde curls bouncing off her cheeks like her hair is mad at me too. If Maggie's theory is to be believed, these buzzing bastards are the only flying cockblockers in the world. "The mosquitoes only attack me after we have sex," she continues. "It's the pheromones and sweat and come and everything! It's like honey to them or something, and I'm the honey pot! The honey pot of blood!"
So in her mind, the mosquitoes are like the psychopathic killers in bad horror movies. The unsuspecting couple starts making out in the cab of a pick-up truck, and once things get hot and heavy, the axe murderer, chainsaw guy, or whoever comes out from the bushes and offs them both. In our case, the killer would apparently come dressed as a giant mosquito.
"But what about in the morning?" I say. "We have sex in the morning, and the mosquitoes don't get you then."
"That's because in the morning I take a shower and go to work. They don't have time to get me. But I bet if I laid around in bed all day, like you, they would start biting me."
The strange thing is the mosquitoes don't seem to like me at all. They really do only bite her, lending credence to her theory. And as much as I fear this is some excuse she's concocted to stop sleeping with me, the bloody carnage on the walls and red welts on her naked body prove otherwise.
Maggie and I have been sleeping together on and off for about two years. Whether we dated briefly when we first met depends on whom you ask. But one thing is certain: If we find ourselves in the same bed together, we end up having sex. I like this arrangement because there's not much not to like about Maggie. She knows me really well, we like the same kinds of books and she's Goldilocks with regard to my penis.
I pretty much wish she were my girlfriend, but I've given up asking. To the men in her life, Maggie is one giant mammal, with all of us suitors sucking up what little of her blood we can. The last who bit Maggie was some guy living in Germany. She shooed him away after about eight months. I prefer not to think about him.
Maggie sits down on her bed, temporarily defeated, and reaches for answers from her milk-crate bookshelf. Some people seek oracles, some people pray. Maggie asks questions of the books in her room, turning to a random page, placing her finger on a line, reading it and then interpreting it as an answer to her question. She doesn't make all of her decisions in this manner, but with matters of the heart, or libido, it's her version of a Magic 8-Ball. She grabs a copy of Kurt Vonnegut's Slapstick, her favorite. "Is Ryan the Pied Piper of mosquitoes?" she asks as she flips it open. She then reads the line beneath her finger: "Perhaps some people are born unhappy. I surely hope not."
Maggie pauses for a moment and considers this. Despite evading a legitimate relationship with me, she sometimes softens when viewing our situation through certain lenses. She either stole this copy of Slapstick from me or stole it back. Our books were shuffled around at one time, like children from a divorced family being ferried between Mom's house and Dad's house. "I guess maybe this isn't your fault, and maybe I'm just looking for a reason to stop fucking around."
I like her, so I endorse this insanity a bit by giving her another way to back out. "Well, if you want to stop having sex and go back to being friends just tell me."
"Maybe," she says, "But not right now." We climb back into bed, leaving the light on. I pull off her shorts and throw her on top of me. We rarely do it this way. Usually it's just missionary, like we're getting down to business. We know that way works. But having her on top right now is nice. Maybe if we switch it up the mosquitoes will leave her alone.
And then — SMACK. Maggie's hand is extended on the wall behind her bed, and not to support herself. She just killed another one, and killed the mood in the process. "Let's try to go to sleep now," she says.
In the morning, we don't have sex. She goes to work and I go home. I'm living in a railroad apartment, a place Maggie refuses to sleep. The flying fiends piss her off, but a roommate randomly walking in on us might cause her to start chucking books at humans instead of insects. During those nights away from her, I dream of showing up at her place with a backpack full of rolled-up magazines, an arsenal of doom ready to obliterate my hated enemies. In another dream, the Beatles have reformed under the name "The Mosquitoes" and are singing a high-pitched version of "You're Gonna Lose That Girl."
The idea of a mosquito net was broached a few times, almost always by me. But this would mean a joint purchase and a collaborative, very couple-like effort. And joint purchases outside meals or movies are totally off-limits, as they imply a level of domesticity that Maggie simply will not tolerate. "If you start installing things in my apartment, it's one step closer to you living here!" she says. I'd hoped the number of attacks would decrease when the weather started to cool off. But colder temperatures tend to create more late-night sex, and the assailants must have miniature parkas.
One afternoon in early fall Maggie calls me from Bedford Avenue; she's browsing the secondhand clothing tables. "There's a coat here about your size!"
"How can you be sure?"
"Well, it's on a coat hanger, and I figure that's a good stand-in for your body!" I can hear her smile through the phone. Moments like this make me feel like Maggie and I are more than just sex buddies/amateur exterminators.
But two weeks later I'm rubbing aloe on Maggie's back, trying to undo the damage of another massacre. We've talked again about limiting our sex to just the morning, but we tend to get horny in the middle of the night. Both of us are trying to make the bug-hunting ritual into some kind of cute secret to the success of our unorthodox relationship. But really, it's starting to feel like we're paying a penance for the sin of not really being able to commit. With her body glistening from the cream, she rolls over to her books again, looking for answers.
This time she grabs a Hemingway. Apparently Papa is going to solve this once and for all. It's a hardcover lacking its dusk jacket. She bought it from one of those tables of books people sell on the street, near the clothing racks containing those hangers that remind her of me. Not one of his novels, the book is rather a kind of Hemingway digest, with a bunch of his journalism and quotations. I'm hoping it has some of his hunting tips, too.
She doesn't even ask the book the question this time. We both know the question.
"I love sleep," Hemingway says. "My life has a tendency to fall apart when I'm awake." She sighs and closes the book, blinking at the ceiling, her eyes searching for invisible creatures.
"He's right, Ryan. Ernest is right. I'm not getting enough sleep." On nights like this, neither of us does.
But like the dying man on Kilimanjaro, I don't want to give up so easily. "I don't think that's exactly what he meant."
"Doesn't matter. I'm not getting enough sleep. I'm cranky and tired at work after every night you come over. And I'm sick of being so itchy all the time." I start desperately searching my brain for solutions, but covering myself with bug spray is decidedly un-sexy. I suggest maybe getting her apartment fumigated, but she's not having any of that.
Our sex is to fall casualty to a plague deadlier than any locust. And if I'm honest, a real romance would probably not be so easily toppled by lesser life forms. If chemicals and odd sleeping patterns are the only way to hold on to Maggie's touch, it probably isn't good for me.
Finally, either she wins, the mosquitoes win, or I give up. Late in the fall, Maggie becomes an exclusively clothed person. From time to time, when we share a platonic dinner, I think about suggesting we go back to her place, for some good, old-fashioned post-coital book throwing. But I fear finding mosquito bites on her arms or legs or back. Would this mean she had a new lover? Would I be able to be happy for her, imagining another man's hands and books killing those creatures?
When we talk on the phone, I listen hard for the buzz of a mosquito, hoping that if those buggers are back in her room then maybe, just maybe, it wasn't all my fault. And at night, I hear the ghosts of the mosquitoes we killed together, quietly threatening to bite her even when she is curled up in a ball, dreaming and totally alone. If they're still after her even now that I'm gone, then maybe, eventually, I can get some sleep. n°
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Throughout the day… my prayers have been for the families of those police officers killed in Dallas last night.
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Enter Marcel Styles. Lived in Cedar Hills all his life and never once made a single friend. Well except for his Russian nanny. But soon all of that changes when a tall, blonde girl walks into his English Classroom.
Marcel is that someone else.
But just when you think you have heard it all, Marcel has one more secret tucked neatly in his pocket.
This secret could kill, and it has.
Take a journey with Marcel and Ember. Find out what they're hiding beneath those thick lenses, and the beautiful blue eyes.
ForeverHarry_1 Jul 10
Well, you're sitting on him, so technically you'd still have to stand up for yourself.
ForeverHarry_1 Jul 10
As soon as the big bang started. Me and you can create a big bang to, if you'd like.😉
OmiiMamii Jun 16
Even before like one direction and the fame and shii .. if I new any of the boiis I would talk to all of them ...Ik fs they would all be my friends.😊
NiallerStyler14 Jul 31
Nothing like boii youre the hottest nerd on eart h like😂😍😍
crybaby_moonwalker Jun 24
I can't relate much because I only have tiny freckles under my eyes and on my nose
OmiiMamii Jun 16
That's not even funny. How many times does your mom say "your stupid"?


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Image 3TB HDD (GPT) from 2T image (MBR) - Is it possible?
My original hard drive failed on me a week or two ago and is completely unusable. I do have a backup image of the drive on an external hard drive. When I first set out to remedy this, the plan was to simply image the new 3TB disk with the system image on my external.
So, I inserted the Win7 installation dvd, booted to it, selected the image option, navigated to my external hdd and selected the timestamped image to use. Hit OK and it was off and running. Approximately 2 hours later it was done imaging my new hdd and asked me to restart... and I did.
Here is where I've been stuck ever since. When the machine rebooted, I received a BSOD and it showed a stop code of : 0x0000007B - which I think is a hardware related issue. For grins, I removed the hdd at this point and loaded it into an enclosure and attached to another running pc via usb - that machine mounted the drive and my old filesystem was there and my files were in tact. So... what I took away from that is that the hdd was written to, but it's still not booting (perhaps not a hardware / driver issue after all?).
A few more hours of research uncovered the fact that Windows 7 can't necessarily use all of the 3TB drive unless you use GPT partitioning. Obviously, I liked the idea of a larger replacement drive and that's why I bought it, but now, I'm wondering, is it even possible to image it from my backup image seeing how the backup image surely used MBR partitioning.
I'm hoping someone knows how to do this relatively easily. Otherwise I may need to attempt to return the drive for a 2TB replacement.
Finally, one thing I did try was to image the hard drive, and then place it in the enclosure and attach it to another computer. From there, I used AOMEI Partition Assistant Lite to convert the MBR disk to GPT. This completed successfully. I placed the hdd back in it's computer and it just shows a blinking underscore when turned on and doesn't do anything. Diskpart shows the disk and it has 3 partitions. But I don't know what I'm doing from there. I also tried bootrec /fixboot and /rebuildbcd... nothing has helped. Bootrec /ScanOs did find one Windows installation E:/Windows it said.
Please Help! Thanks in advance.
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Welcome onboard Goldstar1382.
Can Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2008 read, write, and boot from GPT disks?
Yes, all versions can use GPT partitioned disks for data. Booting is only supported for 64-bit editions on UEFI-based systems.
Windows and GPT FAQ (Windows Drivers)
I think that should answer your query straight from the horse's mouth. Get a 2TB drive.
EDIT: Since you were experimenting with the 3TB drive quite a bit, here is something more you can try.
I refer you to the last figure in this post Benefits of GPT vs MBR Primary and MBR Logical Partitions ?
The backup GUID Partition Entry Array exists in LBA n-32 to LBA n (n=last Sector). Even if the Primary GUID Partition Array in LBA 1 to LBA 33 gets destroyed or corrupted it will be read automatically from the backup and the GPT nature of the drive will still be maintained.
Using Bootice (64bit version - since your OS is 64bit) write zeros in sectors LBA n-32 to LBA n. This should disable the GPT regeneration. As an additional precautionary measure also write zeros in sectors LBA 1 to LBA 33.
Now put your 3TB drive into the system and install using the image.(Better still, preformat it as a 2TB MBR drive and then install the image. ITB will remain as unallocated.)
Boot and check whether everything works fine. If it works give me a pat. If it doesn't - no boot - just forget.
(If successful you will only be able to use 2TB)
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|18 Sep 2014
Image 3TB HDD (GPT) from 2T image (MBR) - Is it possible?
In spite of what I had stated above, it may still be possible to eat the cake and have it too.
I just came across this article Booting Windows 7 from a GPT Disk Using BIOS (non-UEFI)
Booting Windows 7 from a GPT Disk Using BIOS (non-UEFI) | Windows OS Hub
If I have understood correctly, the process basically involves installing Windows on an MBR disk as usual, then converting the MBR disk into GPT using a program gptgen http://sourceforge.net/projects/gptgen/ and booting the system with an MBR USB flash drive (64 MB at least) or an SD-card, on which Windows Boot Manager (bootmgr) is stored. The boot flash drive provides initial boot and transfers control to the loader of the main system stored in the GPT volume.
May be of interest to you, if you still want to retain the 3TB HDD.
(You may also see milindsmart's post here Boot Windows 7/8 from GPT on BIOS system : No hybrid MBRs or DUET! Milindsmart commented on the above article stating in many ways it is similar to his post here. And the author of the GPTgen+USB boot article said that he had not seen milind's post and what he did was his own. Anyway it would seem there are atleast two ways of doing it.)
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"Even once layoff notices are rescinded, the process has a bigger impact on low-income schools, which tend to have more junior employees," Srikrishnan writes. "Budget cuts can eliminate a position in one school or in the central office, but if the employee in that position is more senior, he or she will be bumped to a different position, where a more junior employee may have been – and that junior employee will either be bumped to another position or laid off." As churning teachers scramble for the best possible positions, it rolls down to the least wealthy schools, which get an onslaught of new employees who don't know the school or its students.
• School board Trustee John Lee Evans writes in the Union-Tribune the district needs to do a better job making its budget understandable to the public so we can understand the layoff process.
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January 2013
In 2012, Indonesia was among a number of countries managing to post a fairly high economic growth amid the financial crisis besetting mainly world major economies including the United States and Europe. The global crisis, however, began to bite resulting in the country's trade deficit, which is the first in 40 years. In October 2012, the country recorded a trade deficit of US$ 516 million as a resutl of shrinking exports with a surge in imports.
Slump still hit the European and US markets in 2012 resulting in weak demand for Indonesian primary commodities such as coal, palm oil, rubber and cacao. Meanwhile, swelling oil fuel subsidy weighed heavily on the country's econopmy. Growing economy has resulted in an increase in oil fuel subsidy. The condition was worse as the country's dependence on imports for oil fuels is growing with the decline in the countyr's oil production. Growing dependence on imports for oil and oil products began to bite. Deficit in oil and gas sector is widening and the deficit could not be offset by shrinking surplus in trade of non-oil/gas commodities. The result is growing pressure on the rupiah value.
Despite the unfavorable trend, Indonesia has become one of the world's main investment destinations largely becausde of its potential domestic market and the fairly high economic growth as well as its improved government debt rating that has placed the country to the level of investment grade. At the same time, Europe and the United States as well as other Asian countries like Singapore recorded lower growth limiting p;laces for lucrative investment.
In 2012, foreign direct investment (FDI) in Indonesia reached US$24.56 billion compared to US$16.21 billion in 2010. Ventures in portfolio investments also are attractive. In the first 11 months of 2012, the Indonesian share market grew 14.5% or the best performance in Asia.
In entering 2013, expectation is higher. A number of economic indicators improved such as favorable trend recorded for the US economy marked with improved data of its manufacturing sector and declining unemployment.
China, which has emerged as world's economic growth driver, began to show revival and recovery in 2012. China recorded a higher economic growth in the last quarter of that year. The wortl's second largest economy has ended the period of more than two years of slowdown. Its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew 7.9% year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2012 - higher than a growth of 7.4% recorded in the third quarter of that year.
India, which has also ranked among a few countries with the highest economi growth amid the global economic slowdown, has continued to post a healthy growth. Other Asian countries also recorded good growth making Asia a potential market for Indonesian commodities.
Currently Indonesia, which has posted a fairly high growth amid the global economic woes, is facing a serious challange of maintaining the trend. Indonesia has been able to ward off the impact of the world economic malaise largely thanks to its larger domestic market and increase in the price of its primary commodities. In the second half of 2012, however, the prices of the commodities declined on weak demand in the world market, while supplies form China continued to flood the world market.
Early 2013, the prices of primary commodities such as crude palm oil, and rubber rose giving rise to hope of a resurge in the country's exports. As was in 2012, the country's economic growth is expected to be driven by household consumption and growing investment.
In 2012, the domestic market expanded for automotive products including cars and motorcycles. In 2012, car sales hit a new record at 1,116,230 units. However, sales of motorcycles fell. Based on data from the Indonesian Association of Motorcycle Industry (AISI), sales of motorcycles in 2012, dropped 11.2 percent to 7.141 million units from 8.034 million units in 2011. The decline followed the new regulation of the central bank setting the advance payment of at least 20% for the purchase of motorcycles on credit. The advance payment was too high for low income people.
The Association of Motor Vehicle Industries (Gaikindo) predicted car sales in 2013 would reach 1.1 million units with the country's macro economic condition has tended to improve.
Similarly, despite floods of imports of electronic goods, the countyr's electronic industry still recorded an increase in sales. Based on data from the Electronic Marketer Club (EMC), sales of electronic goods in the first nine months of 2012, rose 28% to Rp21.4 trillion from the same period in the previous year. In the whole of 2012, sales were estimated to reach Rp30 trillion, or an increase of 20% on-year.
Despite the world economic slowdown, the government and Bank Indonesia are optimistic setting a high growth for the economy in 2013. The government as said by the finance minister, Agus D.W. Martowardojo, has set the economic growth target at 6.5 - 6.9 % this year. In the 2013 draft state budget, the economic growth target is set at 6.8%.
Meanwhile the central bank is more conservative setting a growth target for the economy at 6.6 -7 percent with the world's economy expected to grow at a slower pace of 4% from 4.5%.
The World Bank and Asian Development Bank (ADB) also predicted a fairly high growth for Indonesian economy. The World Bank predicted the country's economy would expand 6.3% in 2013 on assumption that domestic consumption remains strong. ADB predicted the country's economy would grow 6.6 percent in 2013.
Overview of Indonesian Economy 2012
In 2012, Indonesia's econoy grew 6.3% amid the world slowdown though declining from 6.5% in the previous year. The economic performance was relatively goods in 2012, exceeding Indian growth of 5.35%. Compared with other ASEAN member couintries Indoensia fared much better. Thailand recorded a growth of only 2.3 percent in the first half of 2012, Vietnam 4.3 percent and Malaysia 5.15 percent.
Huge domestic market and prudence in financial management had saved the country from being his by a second crisis in 10 years.
In 2009 when the world's financial crisis struck, Indonesia's export earning shrank by almost 15% from US$ 138 billion to US$116 billion. However, toward the end of that year, the condition improved and in 2010, the country's exports rose to US$157.8 billion. In 2011 exports hit a new record crossing the US$200 billion level to US$ 203.6 billion.
In 2012, the country's exports began to slow down as a result of weak demand amid the global slump. China and India, which earlier recorded a sharp increase in growth also recorded a slow down. In the first 10 months of 2012, Indonesia's exports reached US$158.66 billion or down 6.6% from the same period in the previous year. Meanwhile imports grew sharply. In the first 10 months fo 2012, imports were valued at US$ 159,18 billion or an increase of 9.35 % from 2011.
The increase in imports, however, indicated a revival of the manufacturing sector as imports have been dominated by industrial basic materials and capital goods. However, imports of consumer goods are also high to follow an improvement in the people's purchasing power, and free trade with China from which imports of consumer goods with cheaper prices surge.
The world's confidence in the country's economy is shown by growing inflow of foreign investment to the country including short term investment in the capital market. The increase in short term investment is marked with rising share price index recorded by the Indonesian Stock Exchange. By the end of 2012, the index of Indonesian Stock Exchange (BEI) was recorded at 4,316 points, up from 3,821 points a year earlier or an increase of 12.94%.
Meanwhile, the rupiah value fell 6.9% in 2012 from 8,779 per dollar to 9,384 per dollar. The rupiah exchange rate was still determined by the condition in the global market. The Indonesian Central Bank, however, said the rate was still safe. The Indonesian economic indicators also showed no causes for concern. The rupiah fall benefits importers improving their competitiveness.
The inflows of foreign capital contributed to the rise in the country's foreign exchange reserves, which reached a new record at US$111.3 billion by the end of 2012. In 2009, the Indonesian foreign exchange reserves reached US$96.2 billion .
A number of international rating agencies have raised the Indonesian foreign debt rating. By the end of 2011 Indonesia was given the investment grade. Fitch has given a rating of BBB- or investment grade, and Moody's gave a Baa3 rating for the country's foreign debts. In 2012, the rating agencies maintained the country's rating. Rating & Information Inc. Even raised the Indonesian rating to BBB- from BB+.
Economic Challenges in 2013
The world economy has remained in the doldrums after the financial crisis struck in 2008. Analysts are mixed with some predicting immediate recovery and other remaining pessimistic. In the beginning optimism prevailed over the policies adopted by the European leaders in dealing with the impact of the crisis, but later the optimism dissipated with new waves of crisis . Several bailout attempts have failed to end the crisis. Optimism lasted only in a few months before new crisis emerged again.
In the second half of 2012, the condition was encouraging after a new setback in the first half. However, in entering the year 2013, the trend reversed with macro economic indicators in the euro zone contracted. Hundreds of billions of US dollars have been funnelled in to help Greece recover from deep debt crisis, but failed. The virus of the crisis even spread to other countries in the region. The economny of the eruro zone countries contracted 0.1 percent in the third qiuarter of 2012 after a contraction of 0.2 percent in the previous three months.
Similarly, recovery attemps have not yet been fully successful in the United States. The fiscal cliff problem over budget cut and tax hike still beset the US economy until toward the end of 2012.
The world began to turn to China and India as well as Indonesia and other ASEAN countries for global economic growth drivers. China has suffered a setback in growth but it still could manage a relatively strong growth of 7%. Indonesia, which recorded the second highest growth rate of 6% began to be seen as a new growth driver in Asia.
Indonesia, however, is feared to run into a host of problems in 2013. The stumbling blocks are too big to go through to maintain a high economic growth rate. The challenegs are both internal and external
External Fcators include:
Sluggish progress toward recovery of the world economy with turbulence remaining a threat in major economies , Europe , the United States and Japan.
Worries are prevailing over fluctuations in rupiah exchange rate after Japan allowed its yen to weaken, belived to be an attempt to boost its exports . It was feared a retaliatory measures form China could disrupt global attempts toward recovery.
Sharp fluctuations in the prices of oil anmd foodstuff could trigger a rise in the prices of other goods including industrial basic materials in the country. The nuclear crisis in Iran will bring about a surge in the prices of oil .
Internal Factors
In 2012, for the first time in many years Indonesia suffered a trade deficit with sluggish exports and surging imports. Exports slowed with the falling prices of primary commodities such as crude palm oil, coal, and rubber, the country's main export earners. Exports shrank on weak demand in the global markets amid the big slump. Meanwhile, local manufactured products are facing marketing difficulties in competition with cheap imported products especially from China.
High energy subsidy has weakened the government financing capacity in implementing its major infrastructure projects. Improved purchasing power of the people pushed up demand for oil fuel resulting in swelling energy subsidy in 2013. The government will face a big challenge in raising the oil fuel prices to cut subsidy in 2013 if the price of oil in the world market remains around US$100 per barrel.
Sluggish development of infrastructure including power plants, roads, and other transport facilities remains a big problem to be solved in 2013. Toward thye end of 2011 the government launched Master Plan for the Acceleration and Expansion of Indonesian Economic Development 2011-2025 with infrastructure development plan partly to start in 2012. There will be a lot of stumbling blocks such as in land clearing, but in 2013 implementation of more infrastructure projects would begin in big way.
The year 2013 is said to be a year of politics as the country is preparing for general elections including legislative and presidential elections in 2014. Political parties would be busy campaigning to win the elections. The government could also be expected to fully concentrate on its duties. Members of the cabinet which is made up of political representatives would also be distracted from their duties in other sectors including in economy.
World Economic Outlook 2013
In entering the year 2013, optimism that arose with improvement of the condition in the latter part of 2012, dissipated again. A number of macro economic indicators were not as expected. The indicators showed that the euro zone economy would contract in the first quarter of 2013.
China and India though suffering a setback still fared much better. Currently the two Asian giants and other emerging countries in Asia including Indonesia are seen as a growth driver for the world economy in 2013.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicted the world's economy would grow 3.5% in 2013 slightly higher than 3.2% in 2012 but still far below 2011's growth of 3.9%. IMF also predicted advanced economies in 2013 would grow only slightly by 1.4% from 1.3% in 2012. The developing economies are predicted to grow 5.5% higher than 5.1% in 2012.
Indonesia is expected to continue to post a fairly high growth of 6.3% in 2013 . The World Bank also predicted Indonesia's economy would expand by 6.3% mainly because of the strong growth of investment.
Indonesia's Economic Prospects 2012
Deficits in trade balance and in balance of payments in 2012 caused much concern, but many still are optimistic the economic condition would be better in 2013 than in 2012.
Among factors expected to sustain Indonesian economic growth in 2013 :
High economic growth , relatively low inflation and interest rates in the past five years which improve the purchasing power of the people and push up market demand; prudence in the management of state finance and minimizing deficit in balance of payments at no more than 2% of the country's GDP and in the safe management of macro economy, relatively political and economic stability that would attract investment.
Healthy banking system. After the country recovered from the impact of the monetary crisis a decage ago, Bank Indonesia has strictly adopted prudential banking principles that it was well prepared in dealing with the global financial crisis in 2008 and going through the years scarcely suffering scratches.
Abundant natural resources. The country gained when the prices of primary commoditie shot up.
Huge domestic market with relativly strong purchaisng power of the people helping offset a decline in exports.
Decrease in dependence on European and US market with the emergence of new big market China and India as a number of other ASEAN countries to dispose of the country's export commodities. Indonesia could rely on more diversified markets without awaiting the revival of the traditional markets of Europe and the United Stastes.
The prices of Indonesia's major commodities began to scale up toward the end of 2012 and the trend is expected to continue through 2013. Meanwhile the government has launed measures to curtb imports to redress trade balance.
Both the government and Bank Indonesia are still optimistic the country's economic condition would improve in 2013 to be better than in 2012 thanks to strong domestic demand and growing exports.
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Viewing Texas A&M Through the Eyes of a Recruit
Now that the football season has ended, I thought this would be a good time to talk about something I enjoy talking about: recruiting. National signing day for recruits is a few short weeks away. Recruiting season is in full swing. The lack of success on the field over the last decade has led me to be perpetually overexcited for the incoming class of recruits. Each group seems to have the missing pieces that will lead Texas A&M back to glory. As we all know, that hasn't quite panned out as hoped. But it still provides us with endless fodder for debates, as only speculating on the future can.
I want to take a look at our university through the eyes of a highly sought-after recruit. Why would a star football player from the state of Texas choose A&M? Why would he rather play for the Aggies than the Longhorns, Tigers, or Sooners? What sets our school apart from the rest?
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From everything I have seen, new coach Kevin Sumlin is one hell of a recruiter. I know he didn't have any otherworldly recruiting classes at Houston, but c'mon, it's Houston. If I had the chance to play at A&M, UT, or OU, I probably wouldn't choose Houston. As referenced here before, Sumlin is a Bob Stoops protégé, which hopefully means Sumlin can recruit like Stoops. That is a good thing.
Rank: 4 stars
I am preaching to the choir here – 12th Man, Kyle Field, Wrecking Crew, Corps of Cadets, Yell Practice, etc. No explanation needed. If school tradition is truly what a recruit is looking for, then he may want to check out Aggieland.
Rank: 5 stars
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On game day, the 12th Man becomes the loudest bunch of fans in the nation. Kyle Field has consistently been recognized as one of the most difficult stadiums for opponents to play in. There is no doubting the passion and devotion among the Aggies (any school that has students willing to wear overalls for an entire Saturday is fanatical). Unfortunately I haven't seen anything like this yet at Texas A&M, but I will still give the Aggie faithful a high grade.
Rank: 5 stars
Playing in the SEC
The SEC is the best football conference in America. Six straight national champions is quite the claim to supremacy. If I am from the state of Texas and I'm choosing between playing in the Big 12 and playing in the SEC, it is an easy decision. With the chance to play on CBS, against top competition, in some of the best stadiums in America, the SEC simply offers more than the Big 12. The lone drawback for a recruit from Texas is the distance from home at away games. Texas families can typically travel to Austin, Waco, and Fort Worth much easier than Fayetteville, Oxford, and Tuscaloosa.
Rank: 4.5 stars
Kyle Field is obviously a great place to play… but not to look at. "The Tacklebox" will be renovated soon, but as it stands now, is horrible to look at. The indoor practice facility is state-of-the-art, and the Bright Complex is nice, but With the money and support our program has, our facilities are currently lacking in comparison to the likes of Alabama and Florida. Until the updates are completed, A&M falls short in this category.
Rank: 3.5 stars
When I decided to attend Texas A&M, academics played a large role in my choice. The problem is I was a business major looking to join a fraternity, not a star athlete. Let's be serious here. Everyone is well aware of the academic prestige at A&M, but I don't think this significantly factors into recruits' decisions. They care about football, not how challenging their Math 141 class will be. Instead of dreaming on the job opportunities the Mays Business School will offer them, recruits want a football program that gets them to the NFL.
Rank: N/A
College Station
Let's go through the list of attractions in College Station… Northgate, Northgate, and Northgate. Did I say Northgate? Anyone that has spent time in the town of College Station knows that there just isn't much to do, other than drink beer. While this is certainly fun, recruits might be looking for a little more. I cannot deny the power of our rivals' city of Austin – the state capital has the best Tex-Mex in the state, 6th street, and sits in the Texas' most scenic region. College Station has Cheddars, Research Park, and roughly more churches per capita than any town in America. If that doesn't fire you up, I don't know what will!
Rank: 2 stars
Playing Time
Without doing research, it seemed that under Mike Sherman the Aggies were not big on playing young guys (especially freshmen). But if a guy was a true playmaker and could handle the pressure as a youngster (see Christine Michael and Trent Hunter), he saw the playing field early on. Kevin Sumlin may employ a different philosophy, but it remains to be seen. With dynamic athletes like Trey Williams and Matt Davis coming down the pike, one must at least entertain the possibility of freshmen seeing significant playing time in 2012.
Rank: 3.5 stars
Chances of getting drafted in the NFL
Quarterbacks aside, the Aggies have a solid reputation for getting players to the NFL. Von Miller, Red Bryant, and Martellus and Michael Bennett are all recent Aggies playing in the NFL. The move to the SEC should further position the A&M football program as a launch point to professional football.
Rank: 4 stars
Total rank: 31.5 stars out of 40 possible
I was hoping for more than 31.5/40 stars from this totally speculative, arbitrary report card, but I can't say I'm surprised. Obviously some of these factors have the potential to increase as we improve facilities and Kevin Sumlin wins national championships (right?), but at this moment I feel pretty confident in this report.
In the end, I think recruits are ultimately swayed to attend Texas A&M because of something that can't be measured. They might be impressed with Kyle Field. They could be thoroughly disappointed with the College Station lifestyle. But what draws everyone to A&M in the end is different from what you find anywhere else. Call it the Aggie Spirit, the power of the 12th Man, "AggSwagg" – call it whatever you want – but there is something special about Texas A&M, and we know it's what separates us from the rest.
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- Trey BahneyJanuary 25, 2012 at 3:35 PM
Pretty good rundown. Always fun to do the recruiting ranking because it reminds us how well A&M should be doing at recruiting.ReplyDelete
Few thoughts:
1. Giving Sumlin a 4 is pretty ambitious given the surrounding iconic coaches A&M has. Between Brown, Stoops, Miles, and Saban, you've got a pretty long ways down the list before you get to Sumlin. Here's to hoping that changes quickly.
2. I think you might be short-selling A&M on getting to the NFL. Look at Ryan Tannehill, he's projected as a first rounder and possibly even a top 10 overall. That's with him playing receiver and backup QB for more than half his career and ending his senior season with a 7-6 record. Having Texas A&M on a player's resume will never hurt their chances of getting drafted.
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