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[Penguin4x4 1,761]

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[Tirefryr 1,742]

I don't get it. He has to manually control the throttle, but yet when the blades open, nothing. . . .

[Penguin4x4 1,761]

By Lori Montgomery

Washington Post Staff Writer

Tuesday, November 30, 2010; 9:07 AM

The Troubled Assets Relief Program, which was widely reviled as a $700 billion bailout for Wall Street titans, is now expected to cost the federal government a mere $25 billion - the equivalent of less than six months of emergency jobless benefits.

A new report released Monday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office found that the cost of TARP has plummeted since its passage in October 2008, when policymakers thought that the world stood on the brink of an economic meltdown.

"Clearly, it was not apparent when the TARP was created two years ago that the cost would turn out to be this low," the CBO report says. "The transactions envisioned and ultimately undertaken through the TARP engendered substantial financial risk for the federal government."

However, it says, "because the financial system stabilized and then improved, the amount of funds used by the TARP was well below the $700 billion initially authorized, and the outcomes of most transactions made through TARP were favorable for the federal government."

The TARP was conceived in the final days of the Bush administration and pushed through a reluctant Congress in less than three weeks. It is widely thought to have helped stabilize a financial sector on the verge of collapse, though it remains hugely unpopular with the public. In the recent midterm elections, numerous lawmakers lost their jobs or failed in bids for new ones in part because of their support for the program.

All told, $389 billion has been distributed through TARP, which expired in October. The CBO estimates that an additional $44 billion is still waiting to go out the door, primarily to troubled insurance giant American International Group and federal mortgage programs. That would bring total TARP outlays to $433 billion, of which about half - $216 billion - has been repaid.

The rest of the TARP investments, meanwhile, have become markedly less risky, according to the CBO, and in many cases even profitable. The largest share of TARP funds, for example, was distributed as support for financial institutions, including AIG.

The AIG bailout was restructured in September, and is projected to cost taxpayers about $14 billion, the CBO said - far less than the $70 billion originally authorized. But those losses will be more than offset by $22 billion in profits from TARP investments in other financial institutions, including Citigroup and Bank of America, the CBO said.

TARP funds also provided assistance to the domestic auto industry, which has restructured its operations and revived its fortunes. The Treasury reaped $12 billion from GM's hugely successful initial public offering earlier this month. The CBO estimates that the TARP bailout of GM, Chrysler, their financing arms and parts manufacturers will wind up costing taxpayers about $19 billion - significantly less than anticipated.

Much of the rest of the projected cost of the TARP stems from federal efforts to help homeowners avoid foreclosure. Those efforts are also proving to be less costly than expected because of lower participation, the CBO said.

[MKader17 332]

I don't get it. He has to manually control the throttle, but yet when the blades open, nothing. . . .

Diesel is controlled by fuel only, not throttle valves.

Was working with a new diesel engine at school and the "throttle valve" was their ONLY to reduce shudder when the engine is turned off.

just my guess

[Godsmack 361]

I think its time to GTFO here.

J

[j-roadtatts 1,129]

One more thing...

Need a stellar au gratin potato recipe

K thanks

Are you serious?

Potato

chedder

butter

milk

a dash of flour

salt and pepper or any other seasoning you want to add.

I like onions in mine, but W and daughters don't.

[dem beats 1,223]

One more thing...

Need a stellar au gratin potato recipe

K thanks

I will ask my wife. People FREAK for them.

The real trick is to use the absolute most flavorfull cheese you can find. It allows you to use less cheese and then you have less oil. We regularly buy +$20/pound aged cheese.

We serve them in individual ceramic dishes. It stays lava hot, and there is less oil. You can't find these in the US though. The presentation is practicle and impressive. I'm sure you could get it done with a soufle crock.

http://www.kitchenaria.com/tableware/oven-to-table/bean-pot-volcanic/kitchenware_1148.html

It's simple cheese, cream, onion powder, black and white pepper and salt. I like yukon gold.

[Penguin4x4 1,761]

While a pilot took a mid-flight bathroom break, his co-pilot decided to adjust his seat. In the process of that, he managed to hit the control column and send the plane into a terrifying plunge. Things almost didn't end well.

[j-roadtatts 1,129]

Can you say king crab the size of a small childs arm!! Yummy!!

The upper leg meat was bigger than a hotdog. I had never seen king crab this big. One leg filled me up.

[Penguin4x4 1,761]

Now's your chance own a piece of American history: An auction house in California is selling the casket that held the body of John F. Kennedy's alleged assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, from 1963 until 1981. Bidding starts at $1,000.

Oswald was buried on November 25, 1963 in Fort Worth, Texas. Oswald's widow, Marina, and brother, Robert, in 1981 had the body exhumed over a legal dispute to see if the body was actually that of a Russian intelligence agent who looked like Oswald. It wasn't, and Oswald was reburied in a new coffin. The Baumgardner Funeral Home, which handled Oswald's reinternment is selling the casket through Nate D. Sanders Auctions.

[dem beats 1,223]

Can you say king crab the size of a small childs arm!! Yummy!!

The upper leg meat was bigger than a hotdog. I had never seen king crab this big. One leg filled me up.

Lord.... I need at LEAST a cluster. Crab doesn't fill me for anything.

[dem beats 1,223]

Here are the knifes BTW. I forgot I took some picks.

[dem beats 1,223]

left to right it's stamped wusthof(sucks), forged wusthof next to that(nice but I'm now spoiled), Yanagiba (amazing slicer, I thought it would be too long and now I want a longer one), Deba (half hatchet half razor blade).

[dem beats 1,223]

This shot shows the thickness of the spines. It's the same knives just in reverse order.

[dem beats 1,223]

This is a shot of the edge grind and the concave back of the blade on the deba. The hollowed out, or concave back side of the blade helps to make sure food doesn't stick to it when cutting. I think most single grind japanese knives have that feature.

[Duran 387]

Damn, where do I get some?

[dem beats 1,223]

I shopped hard online. I ended up buying at the epicurian edge in the end.

[dem beats 1,223]

ended up... in the end...

sentance structure > me

[dem beats 1,223]

damn hop is slow and work is annoying today.

[dem beats 1,223]

and Duran is jacking TOPs

[Adrian_D 520]

I don't get it. He has to manually control the throttle, but yet when the blades open, nothing. . . .

Diesel is controlled by fuel only, not throttle valves.

Was working with a new diesel engine at school and the "throttle valve" was their ONLY to reduce shudder when the engine is turned off.

just my guess

Would be cool to reduce shudder with a throttle valve. Other than that it serves no purpose on a diesel.

[Duran 387]

and Duran is jacking TOPs

I stole them back from you

[dem beats 1,223]

touche

[X-OvrDistortion 0]

Someone give me a new phone...I am about to break this motherpucking thing....it keeps shutting off for no reason..... /anger

Going for my physical and drug test. I also have to find my degree, who knows where the hell that ended up.....then UP here I come.

[MKader17 332]

One more thing...

Need a stellar au gratin potato recipe

K thanks

Are you serious?

Potato

chedder

butter

milk

a dash of flour

salt and pepper or any other seasoning you want to add.

I like onions in mine, but W and daughters don't.

I know the ingredients but its always the little things that make the big difference