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Experts who watched a recent video of Kirk walking and climbing stairs say the Illinois Republican is making excellent progress. They say he always may need a cane, but even that is difficult to predict.
Kirk credits Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago researcher George Hornby with pushing stroke patients to work harder during their recovery.
Hornby says patients getting his experimental therapy are urged to walk 10 times farther than they would in standard therapy.
The 52-year-old Kirk suffered a stroke in January. He walked nearly 15 miles and climbed 145 flights of stairs over nine weeks while participating in Hornby's research.


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RUBILAR-ROGERS, David; MORENO, Karen; BLANCO, Nicolás y CALVO, Jorge O. Theropod Dinosaur Trackways from the Lower Cretaceous of the Chacarilla Formation, Chile. Rev. geol. Chile [online]. 2008, vol.35, n.1, pp. 175-184. ISSN 0716-0208. http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0716-02082008000100009.
We describe sixteen theropod dinosaur trackways from site III (Lower Cretaceous?) of the Quebrada Cha-carilla in the ChacariUa Formation (Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous), northern Chile. The trackbed belongs to a meandering river environment, with recurrent track assemblages. We find that the main direction of the ichnites from site III parallels that of water flow. Two theropod footprint morphotypes are recognized: A) digit II and IV occupying about 0.5 times the total footprint length, and B) digit II and IV occupying less than 0.35 times the total footprint length. We estimate similar speed (~7 km/h) for the two parallel theropod trackways of morphotype A, suggesting synchronized walking. We also describe some of the largest theropod footprints from South America (>60 cm), which are all of morphotype B
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Bangkok Faces Worsening Flood Threat
BANGKOK—Thailand's flood crisis escalated as fast-rising floodwaters began surging into one of Bangkok's two airports, shutting down commercial flights there, while Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra warned that the city center could also be inundated if its stressed flood defenses buckle.
In a televised address Tuesday, Ms. Yingluck said the volume of floodwater was greater than expected and could swamp the city center as well as more vulnerable outlying areas.
"The power of the water is more than the flood barriers and water gates can withstand," said Ms. Yingluck as she faced her toughest test since being elected in July. "There is a high possibility that water will break into inner and central Bangkok as well as outlying areas."
In some places, she said, the floodwater could reach a level of a meter and a half if the city's water barriers break, but emphasized that government agencies are working hard to prevent that happening, with special attention being paid to protecting royal palaces and key infrastructure.
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News that floodwaters breached a wall of sandbags surrounding the Don Muang airport in the north of the city, which is used for domestic flights, appeared to be a tipping point for many residents, who rushed to city-center supermarkets to stock up on water, rice and other basic essentials only to find empty shelves due to earlier rounds of panic-buying. For several days, convenience stories and major outlets have displayed messages apologizing for the way the worst floods in half a century have disrupted their supply chains, leaving many people wondering whether they should leave the city until the situation improves and worsening the crisis facing Ms. Yingluck, the youngest sister of ousted leader Thaksin Shinawatra.
"I have a list of things my wife told me to buy, but I can't find any of it here," said Noppol Wannasri, 41 years old. "Perhaps we should get out of town for a while."
Even though most areas of Bangkok are still dry, many residents appear to be thinking the same thing. After local airlines Nok Air and Orient Thai said they were suspending flights at Don Muang airport until the end of the month at least, a surge of travelers descended on the remaining airport, Suvarnabhumi Airport to the east of the city center, which has international and domestic flights. Thai television showed long queues of people checking in to fly to parts of the country less affected by the chronic flooding or inquiring about tickets.
The government's flood relief center—based at the Don Muang airport—issued evacuation alerts to more areas around Bangkok Tuesday as the city's flood defenses came under increasing pressure. The latest area to be evacuated was Muang Ake, just north of Bangkok in Pathum Thani province.
On Wednesday, officials began moving hundreds of inmates from three prisons around the city in anticipation of the deluge.
Ms. Yingluck's government Tuesday declared a holiday from Thursday through Monday in affected provinces, including Bangkok, to help people get to grips with the extent of the crisis and called on private businesses not involved in the supply and production of key goods and services to do the same.
Financial institutions and the country's financial markets will remain open, Thailand's central bank said.
Nine of Bangkok's 50 districts have been declared to be at risk from flooding—with most in the north and east of the city. Late on Monday, Bangkok city Gov. Sukhumbhand Paribatra warned people living in Bang Phlat to find safe places for their belongings beyond the reach of rising floodwaters after an overspill from the Chao Phraya River running through the city center breached a construction site for a new subway project.
The deluge since the onset of unusually heavy rains in late July has killed at least 366 people, submerged an area roughly the size of Connecticut and shut down large chunks of Thailand's manufacturing base. The effects have rippled around the world, disrupting the supply of key components such as hard-disk drives and auto parts, potentially undermining Thailand's reputation as a pivotal—and reliable—cog in the global economy.
In the latest disruptions, Japanese digital-camera maker Canon Inc. revised downward its full-year outlook due to concerns about the impact of flooding in Thailand Although Canon doesn't run its own camera plants here, its inability to secure supplies of key parts from flood-struck local companies is hampering its camera business. Despite ongoing efforts to broaden its range of suppliers, the company said it will inevitably suffer some negative impact toward the year-end shopping season.
Meanwhile, Honda Motor Co. said Tuesday it has halted production in Malaysia due to parts supply disruptions caused by flooding in Thailand, in the latest sign of the spreading business impact of the disaster. Honda said in a statement it has yet to decide when to resume operations in Malaysia; one of its plants in Thailand already is submerged and the firm is one of the highest-profile victims of the crisis.
The Japanese car maker had scaled down production in Malaysia from Oct. 10 in an effort to avoid a complete halt in manufacturing operations in the country.
Tuesday, Japan unveiled a package of emergency-assistance measures to limit the impact of crippled supply-chain networks on Japanese manufacturers with production bases in the flooded areas of Thailand. The steps will focus on providing short-term funding to Japanese companies and their Thai affiliates, as flooding has raised the possibility that the latter will be unable to meet payment requirements.
Bank of Thailand Gov. Prasarn Trairatvorakul said Tuesday that the severe flooding will likely drag down economic growth this year to below 3%, but reconstruction efforts in the coming year could boost growth in 2012 to around the 4% mark.
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16 Surprising Facts You Didn't Know About Popular Songs
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There are plenty of unknown stories behind popular songs that have become part of our lives.
Some famous songs were initially rejected, written for someone else, by someone else, or have hidden meaning in the lyrics.
From Britney Spears' "Baby One More Time" to Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the U.S.A.," learn the surprising stories behind your favorite songs.
Justin Timberlake's "Rock Your Body" was originally written by Pharrell for Michael Jackson.
One of the best songs on Justin Timberlake's debut solo album, "Justified," was meant for Michael Jackson.
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Timberlake's "Rock Your Body," which was also written by Pharrell Williams and The Neptunes, was supposed to be on Michael Jackson's final album "Invincible." However, Jackson's management ultimately rejected the song and it ended up with the beat-boxing Timberlake instead.
For JT, this helped jumpstart his solo career with "Justified" debuting at No. 2 and selling more than 3.5 million copies in the U.S.
Aerosmith's "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing" was originally written for Celine Dion.
1998's "Armageddon" would have sounded a lot differently if not for Aerosmith's power ballad "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing."
Especially if it went to the artist it was intended for ... Celine Dion.
Since the film starred singer Steven Tyler's daughter Liv, the band was set to write a song for the soundtrack. Yet with the band running low on time and ideas, they went with a song written by Diane Warren for Dion.
"I Don't Want To Miss A Thing" went on to hit No. 1 on the Billboard charts, get nominated for an Oscar, and become one of Aerosmith's biggest hits.
Kurt Cobain accidentally named Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" after a deodorant for teenage girls.
Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" ushered in the age of grunge, and changed music forever.
However, the song takes on a new meaning when you realize its title was a complete accident that had to do with a deodorant for teenage girls.
Katherine Hanna, the lead singer of Bikini Kill (and band mate of Cobain's girlfriend at the time), scribbled the phrase on Cobain's wall as a joke about his smelling like the female deodorant "Teen Spirit."
Cobain — mistaking it for a rebellious phrase — turned it into a song title, helping "Nevermind" to sell 30 million albums worldwide.
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The Art of Healing
Springtime sun streams into Jean Ranstrom's art studio near Alexandria, Minn. After two months away she's back, happily surrounded by her easels, paints, chalks and paper.
After a successful knee replacement surgery on Jan. 10, while recovering at home, she developed a condition she never expected.
"I'd never even heard of an ileus, but I've since learned it's not that unusual," she says. "I never would've gotten through this without Jessica Paulsen at Sanford. She was fantastic."
Jessica, a physician assistant at Sanford Health in Alexandria, suspected an ileus when Jean came to the clinic on Feb. 5. X-rays confirmed it.
What's an ileus?
An ileus refers to a slowing down or halting of the digestive system. Symptoms include: Crampy abdominal pain that comes and goes
Ileus can happen for several reasons, including any type of surgery. Anesthesia, days of immobility and pain medication can all contribute.
Most people experience minor symptoms that typically disappear in a day or two after bowel function resumes. A few may experience long-lasting symptoms including extreme pain. Sometimes hospitalization is needed.
"Jean was very uncomfortable and willing to do whatever was needed to get this ileus resolved," says Jessica. "Her preference was to stay home if at all possible. We worked closely with her to make that happen."
A love of art motivated Jean's choice. Prior to knee surgery, she'd put together small kits so she could paint miniature pastels at home rather than trekking out to her studio. "Small jewels," she calls them.
"I'd go nuts if I couldn't paint," says the 74-year-old who started at age 10. A prolific oil and pastel artist, she's won awards, received grants and exhibited at shows across the country.
A step-by-step approach
Jessica researched the latest strategies in ileus treatment, then arrived at a step-by-step approach. Unlike many medical conditions, an ileus does not have well-defined treatment guidelines because what works for one person doesn't necessarily work for another.
"Jessica was so willing to share information. She was an absolute gem and left no stone unturned," says Jean. "I always knew if one thing didn't work, we'd try another. I was in the clinic twice a week for three weeks. Each time I got the care, encouragement and support I needed."
Early measures included dietary changes, ambulating as much as possible and even chewing gum to try to stimulate the digestive system. Jean diligently followed Jessica's recommendations, hoping one or all of them together might work.
While waiting, she greatly appreciated the help she received at home from her husband, Fraye, and their grown children.
"We have a fabulous family," says Jean. "They took turns being here and were always willing to lend a hand, whether it was cooking or housework."
Faithful to her art, Jean continued to paint, focusing her attention on green apples, landscapes and milkweeds.
"I think art is a great healer," she says. "You can't be figuring out how to get a weed to look a certain way if you're worrying about a health problem. Painting requires 100 percent of your concentration."
Getting creative
Early measures failed to resolve Jean's ileus. Jessica never gave up. Her research led her to believe a "colonoscopy flush" could help the bowels restart. It's the same process used by people preparing for a colonoscopy.
"We had to get creative because basically we'd tried everything else and the next step was going to be hospitalization," says Jessica. "I ran the idea past Dr. (Douglas) Griffin, my supervising physician, and he thought it was worth a try."
The day after the colonoscopy flush, Jean reported success. She felt better than she'd felt in weeks. Today her system is completely back to normal. Her knee has healed well, too, with range of motion that has exceeded expectations.
"Through all this, she kept right on doing her knee exercises," says Jessica. "She's one determined woman."
Sharing her gift
Her ileus resolved, Jean looks forward to her normal routines: housework in the morning, a light lunch, the entire afternoon in her studio.
In July, she'll begin her annual stint as an artist-in-residence at Mount Carmel, a nearby Christian retreat center. There she teaches, visits with guests and shares her passion for "Plein Air" (open air) painting. Every day, weather permitting, she loads up her easel and supplies and treks to a beautiful outdoor setting. By afternoon, a painting is complete.
"When my knee was bad, I had a tough time walking the grounds and scoping out the scene I wanted to capture. This year will be different," she says, smiling and patting her left knee. "It's going to be a wonderful summer."
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April 10, 2013
In An Era Of Smart TV, Why Are Some Shows So Dumb?
We live in an era with smart TV, where the sets are connected online and provide access to all sorts of content. We're also in a type of golden era of TV shows again (not quite the era of The Sopranos, The Wire and LOST but still very good) with thinking shows such Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Homeland, The Walking Dead and Game of Thrones.
The question is, why, with all these smart sets and such good programming, so many network shows are simply so dumb? All four of the broadcast networks continue to roll out shows that are simply head scratchers; which makes this TV junkie think these are concepts that HBO, Showtime, AMC and even FX all passed on.
Some are rating duds, which hopefully prove the viewing audience won't simply accept this level of nonsense. But sadly, some of these awful shows are connecting with viewers. To the latter point, perhaps we can hope that people are viewing as hipsters and watching ironically.
How else, after all, can we explain Monday nights, which serves to only set the sad tone for the whole week? CBS leads the night of prime time with the past-its-prime How I Met Your Mother. There are people that can drag out a story, but this show (which was never high art to begin with) continues to lower the bar for all sitcoms to come. This show has been followed by a revolving door of awful TV for years, including the "is it still really on" Rules of Engagement.
CBS is far from the only guilty party in making Monday's a night of dumb TV. ABC offers up Dancing With the Stars; but while a dance show might not be the smartest fare on TV, it is far from the dumbest.
Fox and NBC both deliver the goods (and by that I mean the bad) with The Following and Revolution respectively.
The Following could best be described as a train wreck of a TV show. We know we shouldn't watch it, we know it is going to be horrible, and yet we can't look away. Consider the comments on IMDB.com and I'm not alone in this opinion. This is a show where a serial killer who has preyed on college age women has managed to attract a cult of worshippers, many of whom he apparently interacted with while in a maximum security prison. Not only does this character manage to escape from said prison, but a team of FBI agents can't track him down week after week.
In the 1960s it took four full seasons for Dr. Richard Kimble to track down the "One Armed Man" on The Fugitive. Let's hope The Following has The Ending before that long.
Revolution on NBC is no better. It has a similar feel to AMC's The Walking Dead. Society has collapsed, the characters are struggling to survive and yet The Walking Dead could be considered fine art compared to Revolution, which is trying way too hard to be the next LOST.
This is a world where the lights go out and a United States Marine sergeant and his best buddy form a militia and somehow create a mini-empire that covers roughly one-quarter of the United States in the ensuing 15 years. That part might be believable, but suddenly we're to believe that the "militia" relies on muzzle loading muskets from the era of the American Civil War, everyone seems bathed with clean clothes (something we don't see on The Walking Dead) and with not a dentist in sight everyone has nice perfect white teeth.
Were those the only problems with the show, it could work; but the writers seem compelled to make this about so much more. This isn't about a handful of people surviving the end of the world, but instead is setting up a major revolution (hence the name of the show) against the vile militia. Yet, we see supposed insurgents who don't bother with sentries, don't operate as independent cells and somehow can be tracked down week after week only to get away again. In other words it has the writing of a Saturday morning TV show for kids, but is meant for adults.
The argument has been made that these aren't trained soldiers leading the uprising, but neither were Vladimir Lenin, Mao Tse-tung or Ho Chi-Minh. They all seemed to do OK.
That isn't to say that neither of these shows are the worst things on TV; a scan through the TV listings shows that there are far dumber shows out there. The problem is that TV dramas have fallen so low (I tend to cut sitcoms some slack, even if How I Met Your Mother should get to the point already).
Now in fairness, some of this mid-season's other shows haven't made it, and nor has dumb been relegated to Monday. In fact, a number of canceled TV programs aired throughout the week.
NBC has already axed the Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde themed Do No Harm, while the time ran out for ABC's Zero Hour. ABC had previously deep sixed the submarine drama The Last Resort in January, and had evicted 666 Park Ave last fall. That suggests there is hope that maybe the dumbing down of TV won't continue.
We'll have to wait until next fall's shows are announced to be sure. Until then you can catch me yelling at the TV on Monday nights.
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HUDSON — How sweet it is, Suncoast Harmony Chorus members say about the blend of voices of the 28-member group.
The Sweet Adelines International local chapter will celebrate its 27th anniversary next month.
The chorus would like to add more voices to the group, leaders say. West Pasco Chamber of Commerce conducted a recent ribbon cutting during an open house of the chorus' new headquarters at CARES Rao Musunuru, M.D., Enrichment Center, 12417 Clock Tower Parkway. Hudson.
At the open house, the singers performed a sampling of songs that included "God Bless America," "Rockin' Robin," "Shenandoah" and "Let There Be Peace."
The women perform a cappella, four-part harmony music, barbershop style, Amy Riddle, the chorus's director, explained. For women who would like to learn more, rehearsals take place at 7 p.m. each Tuesday at the CARES site.
Great friendships are forged at the group, Riddle said. An assistant principal at Land O' Lakes High School, Riddle was choral director at Gulf High School in New Port Richey. Riddle also has earned certified director status from Sweet Adelines International.
The chorus is making plans for its 2014 show. "A Passion to Sing" will be performed Sunday, Feb. 23, at the Richey Suncoast Theatre in New Port Richey.
The group also performs for civic and charitable organizations, private groups, churches, community events and fundraisers. People can hire the entire group or quartets for company events, church socials, family reunions and other parties, according to the website.
"We are of varying ages and want to encourage young ladies who are considering joining our chorus," spokeswoman Patty Ritter said. "We encourage anyone who is interested to come to our rehearsal and find out more about our chorus and barbershop singing."
For more information go online to www.suncoast-harmony.com, or call Riddle at (727) 842-5847 or Ritter at (727) 505-0001.
Along with Riddle and Ritter, other members are assistant director Cindy LaPorte, Dolores Bray, Karlene Burger, Sue Carper, Ann Clark, Rita Cox, Claudia Farrow, Donna Freeman, Donna Gray, Gail Hahn, Lee Hannon, Barbara Karpay, Sara LeBeau, Debbie Link-Lengyel, Judy MacDougall, Jane Martin, Brenda Martyniak, Cathy Moore, Pauline Porter, Mickie Ryan, Maria Spence, Marge Stefanick, Andrea Strogney, Carrie Tate, Linda Waltman and Betty Warrick.


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From the diaries by Erick Heritage Action for America and the Club for Growth are outstanding organizations. If you look at scorecards, theirs represent the purest of some very impure cards. HAFA and CFG should be commended for their efforts to hold politicians feet to the fire, but we need an added element. We need to score unanimous consent requests. The House, today, passed a | Read More »


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it has been a long time since i've read either book. i think about edmond dantès whenever i get angry at someone. yeah i know let it go... but here i am trying to post and still feel violated.
the bees are all still alive.
we have had some very cold weather. our neighbor and trash collector guy had all of his bees die during the last cold spell. he came by and offered his sugar water that was now useless. i refused because i don't plan to feed them. each hive had plenty of honey this fall. my goal is to have the healthiest bees possible but under natural conditions. somehow i think that feeding them sugar is kinda like humans eating at mcdonalds everyday. a person can live on it but won't remain healthy.
after his bees died i began to question my logic. i was worried about the bees and today i feel better. when richard the trash guy came by i offered him a nuc of bees. i said these bees are local and are hardened to the conditions in the ozarks. so in the spring if all the hives survive i'll checkerboard them and slip some of the extra brood comb with a few bees in a box for him. it is not really any skin off my back. i'll need to do this to keep them from swarming anyway. i don't want to start-up any more hives for me to take care of either. if i manage these four hives they should produce more than enough honey for our needs. mead production may start in a few years but not right now.
the pigs are doing fabulously.
i have really enjoyed them even though their waterer froze and catastrophically failed.
here is the repaired version with a 50 watt birdbath heater installed in the bottom.
there is a specialized pig nipple threaded into this 4' pvc pipe. it almost holds three gallons of water. if we continue to raise pigs i'll upgrade to a larger diameter pipe and add another nipple.
i fed them an old pumpkin and they loved it. they eat hickory nuts and persimmons when we pick them off the field and toss them into their pen. it is amazing to watch them crunch a hickory nut with their molars.
kassi loves her little pony.
she's hugging it tight.
henry is getting so big.
huge in fact and still growing.
the chickens are finally starting to lay.
they have been giving up about six eggs per day for a week or so. yesterday i installed a light in their coop in an effort to extend their daytime hours. i might trick them into laying heavily throughout the winter. we have been without a reliable supply of eggs for far too long.
see it there in the back?
tabitha is finally really starting to heal up from the pneumonia.
going outside has not been an option without repercussions. luckily it is extremely warm today. rome likes it outside too.
toly loves to swing
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- jenny said...
That's one of my favorite books, too!
It's good to see you posting again, I hoped that you wouldn't be hesitant to post. I have learned a lot from some of the things you posted about your homestead and I do enjoy reading about yourself and your family. There's always one bad apple among lots of good ones.
Love the cheeks on Rome!
- syncbox said...
It must be warm there... Toly is dressed for summer! The pigs look happy.
Don't let the trolls get you down...
Hope your holidays are the best ever - and that everyone is warm and well this year.
- Ellen said...
Thank you for your post. I live very far away and enjoy seeing and hearing about your family's adventures. I understand your hesitancy to make your story available to who knows who. I just wanted to tell you that I have been reading for months and appreciate all you share. I hope to get a few acres of my own soon and I have learned a lot already from what you are doing. Thank you.
- tansy said...
everyone is looking healthy and happy!
we get 1 egg a day right now if we are lucky. it is quite irritating considering we have around 60 hens.
- Wendy said...
Our chickens seem to be taking a vacation. My husband and I actually had "the talk" yesterday about culling our flock. With only so much room for laying hens, we really need all of them to be producing - at least a couple of eggs a week, and there are a couple out there who aren't laying at all right now. Last year, this time, we were getting four eggs per day from six chickens. Now, it's one per day from seven chickens ... if we're lucky. Guess we'll be ordering baby chicks in the spring :), and May or June will be right about the time when we'll be running out of meat from the quarter of a cow we ordered. It'll be good timing.
- karl said...
jenny, we like our babies to be really pudgy.
donna, thanx
ellen, remember reading several blogs before we moved and how inspired it made me feel. i hope that i can pass it along in a similar fashion.
tansy, yep we are crawling out from under the rock of sickness. oooh i'd be so mad at 60 chickens that it'd be like some chicken horror flick--chainsaw included;) we had 25 girls at one point that weren't laying (and should have been). we discovered they had mites. wood ashes in their dust bath areas will help. in the end, we had to bag them in a paper sack with some diatomaceous earth and shake each bird. that is a big task for 60 hens though.
wendy, lazy chickens... are they molting? 'tis the season..
- Danielle said...
Can the pigs not just drink out of an open container? I know nothing about them, so this is probably an annoying question.
- karl said...
danielle, sure they can but pigs mess up their water if left to an open container. this way the water they drink is always fresh--assuming i can keep it from freezing.
don't get me wrong people water their pigs from a trough all the time. the guy we get our pigs from gave the version 1.0. i up graded it to version 1.1b. now after the freeze it is version 2.0a. alpha testing should end by tomorrow morning then i'll build a cover for it and declare it version 2.1
ok, i know i'm a geek somtimes
- Maria said...
I'm glad everyone is starting to feel better!
I feel the same about feeding bees. I really wanted ours to be 'au natural', but after the tremendous drought we had this summer (and thus no flowers), 2 of our hives died of hunger. So, I fed the other two some sugar syrup. So far so good this winter.
- Farm Girl Cat said...
I really love reading yours and your Tabitha's blogs. Sorry that some idiot made you feel crappy. We have 32 chicken that are not laying anything right now :(
- warren said...
I know you aren't looking for advice, but I feed bees sugar, only when necessary...better McDonald-ized than dead I guess. But, I definitely think you were right to pass on the other person's sugar water...if his bees died, you don't want anything that he used...who knows the cause! Anyhow, Merry Christmas!


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South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley's (R) office has a policy of deleting some of its emails, potentially violating the state's public records law.
Only emails between the governor and the public are saved, while all other emails are deleted, reported The State on the Sunday after the South Carolina newspaper requested all of Haley's in office emails. Her office said all important correspondence is retained, while internal emails are not. Her office has defended the practice, arguing that space is limited, that former Gov. Mark Sanford had the same policy, and that Haley rarely uses email to conduct state business anyway.
Jay Bender, a media lawyer, told WCBD-TV on Tuesday that he thinks the deletion is against the spirit of the state's public records law, but he was not certain that the letter of the law was broken. State law requires certain public records to be retained and transferred to the state's Department of Archives and History, according to the Charleston, S.C. television station.
Haley is not the only governor to come under fire for deleting emails. Staff for former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who is running in the Republican presidential primary, purchased their state-issued hard drives in 2006 before he left office, wiping all emails from a server. Common Cause Massachusetts said to the Boston Globe that that incident too may not have violated the letter of the state's public records law, but may have violated its spirit.
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Sorry if this is old news - I saw an episode of HOW IT'S MADE on the Science Channel featuring the Brompton. Good stuff. They repeat those a lot so check your listings to see if it comes up again.
Sorry if this is old news - I saw an episode of HOW IT'S MADE on the Science Channel featuring the Brompton. Good stuff. They repeat those a lot so check your listings to see if it comes up again.
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It looks like this is series 15 episode 8 from last year. It's pretty recent. Can anyone find this on youtube or the discovery channel site? (The bandwidth sucks where I am now.)
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Looks like 11/25 @ 12:30PM EST. Just set the Tivo! Happy Thanksgiving, too.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1696769/ No luck in my local TV lineup.
Edit: direct link to the episode on Amazon ($2 fee): http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003MFYO6G
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Thanks for the heads up. I'll be recording it
See ya on the trail,
Let us Know when there is a You Tube uploaded access , to archive video
and offer the on demand access for folks.
Thank you for the link. That was very interesting.
See ya on the trail,
Thanks for recording and uploading the link.
I also saw the episode on Brooks saddles too. That was fun.
All that heavy machinery needed just to make the Brompton bike! I was surprised at how expensive and time consuming the whole process is but now you know why there won't be a Ti Brompton any time soon. To think Mr. Ritchie used to do all that by himself!
Thanks for the link! this is cool!
those are some pretty expensive machinery involved with just simple looking bends in the main bar, but that tells you the amount of force you would have to put on to even break that frame. I think the hinges and other parts would go before that frame. And that guy has pretty good brazing skills, so clean looking.
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If there is a mix problem move the fader or effect/process the problem.I fail to see how a group helps unless it is a collection of instruments that needs to be adjusted and then of course it would be why they were created in the traditional sense.
Groups are sure useful for "bigger" or more global tweaks related to group and of course for something along the lines of drum bus compression, but I do not see it as help to a mix balance issue as your groups will surely reflect those track by track issues anyway.
I think it is best left as a practical means of making already well mixed material more manageable.
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Tony Martin wins Volta ao Algarve, Van Garderen second, Contador falls to fourth
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- Published Feb. 20, 2011
- Updated Feb. 21, 2011 at 10:36 AM EDT
PORTIMAO, Portugal (AFP) – HTC-Columbia's Tony Martin won the Volta ao Algarve in Portugal on Sunday after winning the fifth and final stage, a 17.2km time-trial from Lagao to Portimao.
There was disappointment for Spain's three-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank), who was only cleared to compete on Tuesday after being absolved of a doping charge by the Spanish Cycling Federation.
The German national time trial champion and 2010 worlds bronze medalist completed the 17 kilometer course looping around the city of Portimao in a time of 21 minutes and 53 seconds, five seconds ahead of Holland's Lieuwe Wiestra (Vacansoleil).
Overall Martin finished with a 32 second advantage over HTC-Highroad teammate Tejay Van Garderen, whose solid sixth place in the final time trial guaranteed the American second overall in the final podium of the Tour of the Algarve.
"It all went really well," HTC-Highroad director Brian Holm said," the course was pretty tough, a few tricky corners, but when Tony's in the kind of form he's got right now, to be honest, that didn't matter much, they could have thrown anything at him and he'll still have done well."
"Tejay also did a great time, but we weren't surprised, we could see from the training camp that both of them were in really good shape."
"Still, we did all the reconnaissance work this morning, the whole team checked out the course, and Tony did it one more time alone just to be 100 percent sure. After that it was just a question of crossing our fingers that they didn't puncture when they did the time trial itself."
"We could see on the split times they gave over the radio that they were going fast right from the start, and they kept that up all the way through."
Bidding to win the race for the third successive year, and just four seconds off overnight leader Stephen Cummings, Contador could only finish fourth overall after finishing 15th in the stage.
"I gave it everything I had but at this point it just wasn't enough," said Contador. "I need more training and and more race kilometers and I need to do more pacing before I can match the strongest riders today. Tony Martin did a perfect stage and he naturally deserved the win. I'm looking forward to coming back to my usual level but I also know that it takes more training."
2011 Volta ao Algarve, bike check
UCI commissaires checked every bike before the start of Sunday's TT to make sure they met UCI standards. Photo: Andrew Hood
2011 Volta ao Algarve, Leopard Trek
The accent is on the "O" in Leopard Trek, cycling's new mega-team. The Schleck brothers and Jens Voigt race this week at the Ruta del Sol in Spain, which continues through Thursday. Photo: Andrew Hood
2011 Volta ao Algarve, Brad White
UnitedHealthcare's Brad White lines up on the start ramp. The Algarve marked the team's European debut for the 2011 season, highlighted by Boy Van Poppel's top-10 in Saturday's sprint. Photo: Andrew Hood
2011 Volta ao Algarve, Contador's TT frame
Mechanics prepare the bikes for Sunday's TT. In the foreground is Alberto Contador's Specialized TT frame. Contador rode to 15th on the stage in his dramatic return to racing following the Spanish cycling federation's stunning reversal to clear him of doping charges last week. Photo: Andrew Hood
2011 Volta ao Algarve, David Millar
David Millar (Garmin-Cervélo) had his game face on as he warmed up for Sunday's TT. A silver medalist at the world championships and gold medalist at the Commonwealth Games, Millar will be looking to hit his peak later in the season. He finished 32nd at 1:21 back. Photo: Andrew Hood
2011 Volta ao Algarve, UnitedHealthcare
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2011 Volta ao Algarve, Philippe Gilbert
Philippe Gilbert also won a stage, making the Algarve tour a success for Omega Pharma-Lotto. Gilbert's first major goal of the season is the Tour of Flanders, where he promises to try to deliver the victory. Photo: Andrew Hood
2011 Volta ao Algarve, André Greipel
Yes, folks, that is a smile. André Greipel was thrilled to earn his first victory in an Omega Pharma-Lotto jersey and lines up next weekend for the opening of the Belgian calendar at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne. Photo: Andrew Hood
2011 Volta ao Algarve, Algarve coast
The Algarve coast has been hosting the race for nearly 40 years. Albufeira, seen here, is where most of the teams stay during the five-day race. Photo: Andrew Hood
2011 Volta ao Algarve, Bobby Julich
Bobby Julich is enjoying his new job at Team Sky as coach and trainer. At Algarve, they had him roped in to drive the second team car during the race. Photo: Andrew Hood
2011 Volta ao Algarve, Ryder Hesjedal
Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Cervélo) sporting a new look for the 2011 season. After a breakout 2010, the Canadian is taking aim at the spring classics for important early season goals. He'll race Eroica over the white roads of Tuscany on March 5 and then fly to France to start Paris-Nice the next day. Photo: Andrew Hood
2011 Volta ao Algarve, Tejay Van Garderen
Tejay Van Garderen (HTC-Highroad) rode to an excellent second place overall behind teammate Tony Martin for his sixth second place since turning pro last year. Up next for the sophomore is Paris-Nice. Photo: Andrew Hood
Stage 6
1. Tony Martin (GER) HTC-Highroad in 20:53
2. Lieuwe Westra (NED) Vacansoleil, at 0:05
3. Tiago Machado (POR) Radioshack, at 0:26
4. Jesse Sergent (NZL) Radioshack, at 0:27
5. Andreas Klöden (GER) Radioshack, at 0:30
Full Results
Final Overall standings
1. Tony Martin (GER) HTC-Highroad in 18:48:45
2. Tejay van Garderen (USA) HTC-Highroad, at 0:32
3. Lieuwe Westra (NED) Vacansoleil, at 0:39
4. Alberto Contador (ESP) Saxo Bank, at 0:41
5. Andreas Klöden (GER) Radioshack, at 0:46
Full Results
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Jamie Bestwick just came back from a great road trip with the Levi Strauss Signature team, along with etnies teammate Morgan Wade, as well as Cory Martinez and Anthony Napoliton. They hit some great spots on their way from the LSS HQ in San Francisco, Woodward West, Rick's trails in Corona and The "Grind for life" charity event at the YMCA in Claremont. Jamie said it was great hanging out with those guys and spending some time riding places he's never been to. The whole trip will be online pretty soon when the LSSBMX site is up, so look out. Jamie's been busy designing some new colors for an etnies shoe.
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Ruben Alcantara in his words: Well...now we didn't have much rain here in Malaga but I found a way to water the jumps very easily...and works great! My van has a big water tank for the shower that I can use to water the jumps and make it smooth and sticky...works awesome! Each day I love this van more and more...this was my last nice session at the trails for a while because I'm leaving tomorrow to Austin...
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Mike Escamilla is probably busy as usual but I haven't heard from him in a week. I'll keep you posted.
Joe Rich is working hard at T1, enjoying the new ramp set up and trying to get some sleep in there somewhere. South by Southwest is in town and isn't too forgiving, if you know what I mean..?
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Morgan Wade spent a week in AZ with his girlfriend Natalie and her family and friends. It was rad! He had a great time hanging out and riding bikes. He got to ride the Goodyear Park near Phoenix! That place is nuts! Morgan filmed some clips with Kyle Carlson, who's going to make a little web vid for VitalBMX with it, so look out for that one. Anyway, Morgan's back in Tyler now, and on Wednesday he will be getting his dental implants where he had that tooth pulled on the etnies trip!
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Good lord, I saw 100 bands during SXSW. I saw Blonde Redhead, 31 Knots, The River Boat Gamblers, Big Business, Turbo Negro, The Raunch Hands, Messiah J and The Expert, The Portals, Green Milk From The Planet Orange, The Kittens, Anti MC, Tia Carrera, Jape, Matt And Kim and about a million more I can't remember. I would ride a little bit in the morning and then rock out out all day. My band played one night, too, and that was super fun. Felt really inspired after all this other music.
Josh Stricker has the flu and he feels like death warmed over. Life kicks ass.
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Tell me. Is that a deer in the headlights look or what? By both player and agent.
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haha, i was going to say the same thing.
Hi John – MLB has just gone crazy with $$$ and long contracts. I'm glad the Mets are using some restraint.
I guarantee he's going to suck. All these overhyped Japanese players do.
you're an idiot. he just got off a cross-country plane flight and had been up until 3 a.m. negotiating.
matsui of the yanks was a big bust
While Matsui of the Yankees can't be called a bust he's hardly the player he was hyped up to be. I don't see the Godzilla-like numbers he was putting up in Japan. He's a nice player but no way is he elite. Other than him, Ichiro, that closer up in Seattle and a couple of decent years out of Nomo none of these Japanese players has been any good. Just a few years ago there was a bidding war for the rights to Kaz Ishii. How'd that turn out? How'd Hideki Irabu the "Nolan Ryan of Japan" turn out? How about the guy who was then the best player in Japan, Kaz Matsui?
Look, when Benny Agbayani and Matt Franco can go to Japan and become star players that just goes to show you the level of talent they have over there.
Matsusaka has no business getting $50 million based on what he did in Japan.
yeah those looks are pretty much "just got off a plane and been up too long thinking about money and am being surprised by an annoying photographer" kind of looks, more than deer in a headlights. Come on, have some empathy.
You have a point, but both the players in Seattle and NY are elite.
Both are widely lauded as having exemplary fundamentals and playing the game correctly.
Others' may have better power numbers but both players have all around solid games.
Irabu was a bust certainly as well as the others' but how many can't miss prospects in the minors or college or HS never pan out? If you want to stick with the Yanks there was a pitcher they signed for big $$ he threatened to play football signed in ny then got switched to 3rd i think then finally went into the NFL and became a bust in two sports.
You just don't know. Yes Japan is not MLB, but what is? As for Nomo, I agree he ain't much, but he did have a knack for showing up on one team or other after horrible years. What does that say?
do we wanna get into the roids debate which makes almost all numbers moot?
The points about all the Japanese players makes Boston's 51mil payment to negotiate a waste.
This guy will never live down the contract.
Of course this free agent season is a farce too. All those mediocre players getting paid like the babe should be.
not sure what the point is, are you having your picture taken after a flight, late at night when you're not expecting it? if you did, would you have a big smile across your face? would you be super photogenic? cut these guys some slack man, and be more respectable in your reporting
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To Anon …
If I'm landing in the city where I'm going to work and get $52 million, even after an all night flight, I'm all smiles.
So would you. if you say otherwise, you're either stupid, naive, or both.
Besides, he didn't travel coach, either. Plus, he had to know there would be people waiting for him. They aren't stupid enough to expect nobody would be there waiting for him.
He looks intimidated to me. And, I'll be there will be more than a few times where he's intimidated on the mound.
so in one shot, one single photo, he looks intimidated to you, and that means something to you? that actually means something to you? give me a freaking break, it's one photo, have you seen the dozen others where he's smiling like crazy? the one's of him at the bruins game? the story where he told the car to stop so he could wave at some of his adoring fans? sounds like a happy camper to me, and if you knew anything about matsuzaka, you'd know the guy is one tough mother. Of course it'll be a big change for him, but don't expect him to be scared, or intimidated, the guy brings it, bottom line, and he doesn't back down.
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How To Smuggle Money Out Of China
With Chinese authorities clamping down on the shadow-banking system, taking action of their bubble-bursting reforms, and now increasing the trading bands on the Yuan (to increase volatility and hopefully unwind, in a controlled manner, the biggest and most one-sided carry trade in the world's markets), we thought it perhaps surprising that growing numbers of Chinese are using UnionPay - a state-backed bank card - to illegally funnell billion of dollars out of the country. As Reuters reports, its unclear why the PBOC has not clamped down on this as documents show they are well aware of it... and as one clerk noted "don't worry... everyone's doing it."
Growing numbers of Chinese are using the country's state-backed bankcards to illegally spirit billions of dollars abroad, a Reuters examination has found.
This underground money is flowing across the border into the gambling hub of Macau, a former Portuguese colony that like Hong Kong is an autonomous region of China. And the conduit for the cash is the Chinese government-supported payment card network, China UnionPay.
How It Works:
In a warren of gritty streets around Macau's ritzy casino resorts, hundreds of neon-lit jewellery, watch and pawn shops are doing a brisk business giving mainland Chinese customers cash by allowing them to use UnionPay cards to make fake purchases - a way of evading China's strict currency-export controls.
On a recent day at the Choi Seng Jewellery and Watches company, a middle-aged woman strode to the counter past dusty shelves of watches. She handed the clerk her UnionPay card and received HK$300,000 ($50,000) in cash. She signed a credit card receipt describing the transaction as a "general sale", stuffed the cash into her handbag and strolled over to the Ponte 16 casino next door.
The withdrawal far exceeded the daily limit of 20,000 yuan, or $3,200, in cash that individual Chinese can legally move out of the mainland. "Don't worry," said a store clerk when asked about the legality of the transaction. "Everyone does this."
Why has The PBOC done nothing about it?
The practice violates China's anti-money-laundering regulations as well as restrictions on currency exports, according to Chinese central bank documents reviewed by Reuters. Chinese authorities also fear the UnionPay conduit is being used by corrupt officials and business people to send money out of the country.
It's unclear why the central bank, the Peoples Bank of China (PBOC), hasn't cracked down harder on the practice, although the documents Reuters reviewed show the bank was aware it had become a growing problem.
Industry experts point to a weak enforcement culture in China, a reluctance to hurt Macau financially with 80 percent of the city's revenues drawn from gambling, and a willingness to tolerate some capital flight - especially if it can be tracked through names on bank cards. Moreover, the rapid growth of UnionPay, including the spread of its terminals at retail stores across the world, is playing a key role in China's strategy for making the yuan a global currency.
Any steps to clamp down on UnionPay cashback transactions would likely rattle Macau, because the cash also feeds the casino sector on which the territory's $43.6 billion economy overwhelmingly depends. Macau is now the world's biggest gambling hub, with revenues seven times those of Las Vegas. Last year, gambling revenue rose 19 percent to $45.2 billion. Nearly 40 percent of that went to the government in taxes.
The people are following their money out of the country...
Many card users follow their money abroad. Since the mid-1990s, an estimated 16,000 to 18,000 Communist party officials, businessmen, CEOs and other individuals have "disappeared" from China, according to a separate PBOC report prepared in 2008 - taking with them some 800 billion yuan ($133 billion).
It won't stop soon...
Though relatively unknown in the West, UnionPay has quietly grown to become one of the biggest card brands and payment networks in the world, accepted in 142 countries. There are more UnionPay cards in circulation now than any other brand - 3.53 billion, or nearly a quarter of the world's total, according to the industry newsletter, the Nilson Report. Visa remains the world leader by transaction value with $4.6 trillion in card transactions in the first half of 2013; UnionPay was second with $2.5 trillion.
If UnionPay poses a problem for Chinese authorities, it is a problem of their own making. The card brand is often seen as an arm of Chinese state policy.
UnionPay was established in 2002 by the PBOC and the State Council or Cabinet.
UnionPay dominates the card market in China thanks to a central bank decree that requires all card issuers, including foreign ones, to process their yuan-based transactions through UnionPay's electronic payment network.
And is increasing as capital flight spreads...
Today, the outflow is gathering pace.
In Macau, UnionPay card transactions reached 130 billion Macau patacas ($16.77 billion) in just the first four months of 2012, up from 88.1 billion patacas in all of 2011, according to a confidential report by Macau's banking regulator, the Macau Monetary Authority reviewed by Reuters. Around 90 percent of those transactions were "highly concentrated in jewellery, ornament and luxury watch sales", the report said.
If that rate persisted for the full year, UnionPay sales in Macau for all of 2012 would have reached nearly $50 billion - nearly $45 billion of it for jewellery-related sales, a figure exceeding even Macau's total gambling revenues that year.
"Are these actual transactions? Where does this money come from?" the deputy head of the Monetary Authority, Wan Sin Long, asked in the document.
And there's no limit...
"I would say there's no upper limit for UnionPay," said the black-suited manager, who spoke on the condition he not be identified. "The credit limits aren't enforced at all."
An executive at Las Vegas Sands, speaking on condition of anonymity, said vendors with UnionPay card-swiping machines have been caught wandering around the casino.
"People walk around with mobile union pay card machines on the gaming floor," the executive said. "They are linked to China (computer) servers, not (ones in) Macau. So it is like they are getting cash out in China. When we see them on the floor we kick them out."
That practice also exists outside the casinos, too. Macau's merchants lately have tried to better disguise the UnionPay transactions by routing transactions electronically across the border to China to escape the scrutiny of Macau authorities, a banker in Macau said.
"They closed the Macau tap, but they've opened an even larger China tap," said the Macau banker with direct knowledge of the practice. "The merchants are always cunning."
Backdoor to Yuan internalization and the demise of the dollar?
UnionPay's increasing use overseas is part of Beijing's multi-pronged strategy to eventually open up China's capital account and internationalize the yuan, which is formally known as the renminbi or yuan. Beijing also eased restrictions on many kinds of capital transfers as it gradually loosens up control over the currency, making it easier for money to leave China's borders. The efforts have paid dividends. The renminbi has already overtaken the euro to become the second-most used currency in trade finance, according to data from global transaction services organization SWIFT.
"(China) may be happy to see UnionPay sweeping different markets across the world in different countries and territories," said Yan Lixin, head of Fudan University's China Centre for Anti-Money Laundering Studies in Shanghai. "It is backed up by the government. It is the real son of the government."
And no one seems to care:
"We can remit as much money as you like with your UnionPay card," said a red-haired man surnamed Lai at one jewellery shop. A yellow sign carried the slogan: "Welcome Renminbi. Welcome UnionPay cards."
"You don't actually buy anything," said Lai, standing near a half-empty display case containing a messy spread of watches and jewellery. "We just help people get money out of China so they can gamble more."
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China can get a copy of the play book from our IRS and a few other agencies on how to track down their citizens and more importantly, their money.
Covert to Bitcoin. Cross border. Convert back to currency of choice.
That was my first thought, but billions in bitcoin would move the market just a little bit.
Boris see sign in Chinese mercantile window:
Yu bai sum ting, eni ting, wi pei yu mo ni. Ebeli ba di du seim ting, ebeli dei. Yu kan tu!
Boris u silly boy
No xili boi, mi bi gu ruxia man!
Market cap of Bitcoin will rise to whatever level is necessary to handle whatever volume of transactions need to flow through it. That said, the more spikey the demand, the more sudden and dramatic the market cap changes will be.
No shit douche.... this is why china is banning bitcoin... your orgin of ethnicity has been pushing the largest bubble in history thought capital flight. AkA... borrow as much Yuan as possible, convert yuan, buy shit around the world pushing up prices, then DEFAULT on the Yuan loan.... I hope you all get beheaded on US tv.
You know why the authorities in china aren't cracking down. It's because those authorities are the same corrupt officials or their family members who are laundering their stolen gains out of the country before it collapses. You see they know when the money dries up and things implode their will be another surge of populism and nationalism that happened decades ago. Where the rich where killed and the party took over. The rats are getting out before the boat sinks.
"... is playing a key role in China's strategy for making the yuan a global currency."
That makes the most sense.
Ultimate goal of PBOC:
Yuan bai fo lein ting, yu kan pei in ren min bi!
My late father woukd often say, that given the chance, even die hard communists become rabid capitalists.
Makes me wonder whether that Malaysian jet disappearing was really a set up by the Chinese passengers who have now landed in outback Australia in the hope of some amnesty for illegal immigrants.
Diehard capitalists in the world upcoming will become rabid communists when they go door to door asking if anyone has any spare food.
It's even easier than described in the above. Every city to include the 2nd and 3rd tier PRC cities has the Triads whom have been around much longer than the Party and be around long after their gone.
Simply hand over x amount of gold or currency and specify where you or your family member would like to meet in Canada or the USSA with the equivalent amount of hard currency waiting for you. No border controls, no paper trail.
Less 10% of course - transaction fee.
That's how up North in VAN (and presumably in Kali) you get these ChiComs showing up buying properties with literally briefcases of cash money.
Cash does have a way of smoothing transactions, but I wonder how much the real estate guys lose to the 'transaction fee' when they try to do anything with all that cash.
I'm guessing the equivalents of the Triads at the other end.
Has a certain symmetry (in more ways than one!)
Exactly like the entrepeneurial strategy of the Knights Templar, eh? I couldn't help but smile when I compared the contents of your post to your avatar.
Simply take your own overvalued Chinese property and buy Canadian over valued property to keep the bubble going here in Canada. Canada's government recently figured this out and supposedly put a ban on Chinese visa's about ten years too late but never the less they did. Subsequent law suits against the Canadian government by the denied Chinese should prove interesting in relation to the outcome.
Well there's always Canadian natural resources and companies to buy. We need all the cheap credit liquidity that we can handle to keep the bubble going now that everyone here in Canada is convinced that properties 40-60% over-valued are normal.
"Bubbles are here to stay" Federal Reserve.
I've decided to not take part, but just sit back and watch.
Thank god they haven't found Fernando's.
Fernando's new beginnings:
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The video reporter is trying to defend...what?? Nonsense...so what if it's '"illegal"?? "Illegal" merely means the government doesn't like it, not necessarily that any fraud or theft is going on. And it ISN'T.
This is a good thing for individual freedom.
Yes, this is a Reuters fluff piece to simulate investigative reporting. Why hasn't the PBOC done anything? "Nearly 40 percent of that went to the government in taxes." The remainder went to the Macau casinos, which didn't get built without an ongoing agreement to grease the appropriate palms.
You set up a fake Apple store and manufacturer clay gnomes imbedding gold bullion coins. If it fits, it ships under USPS protocol.
I think the two most important points to consider when smuggling money out of China are 1) have some money and 2) be in China.........
The top .01 percent of the population that condone and practice Corruption, Greed and Fraud has been the downfall of mankind and "civil" civilization since the beginning of recorded history..
Aristotle, the father of all science and structured deductive thinking in the western world, defined truth and honesty and its opposite lies (propaganda) and fraud.
Confucius, Lao Tzu and other Oriental philosophers also recognized the difference between good and evil and the consequence of allowing evil to prevail and rule over honesty and truth.
The Twenty First Century has become the end battle ground between Good and Evil. We will see if the Chinese clamp down on Corruption, Greed and Fraud.
Maybe the Chinese commies are trying to let more of the regular population cash in on recent national spoils, to lessen the social outrage as the hyper-debt and malinvestment pays its inevitable returns.
They're buying condos in Hawaii. Everywhere you look the trophy condos are being bought by Chinese through some very clever fronts.
Print fiat money and give it to me and I'll buy up the United States of America for ya.
Hell I'll buy up the entire world with that funny money. No problem as long as the globalist traitors commit treason against their respective nations.
Sometimes i think the commie regime is better than the one we have in the West. If not, why we see their corrupts run to the West and not the contrary? Why Cozine, Soros, etc. havent run to China? Here the corrupts and powerful dont have to respond to Justice. V.g., does any banksters have go to jail for the ponzi sheme that defraud trillion of dollars and throw us in this mess?
Gambling is for suckers. Although all the neon is pretty at night.
Chinese always outshine us when it comes to corruption. They have a few years on us. Vancouver is all Chinatown now. Makes for good eats.
Transform those aircraft-carriers groups to casinos and anchors them outside China territorial waters, use helis, destroyers and torpedoes boats to go to their cities, ports and up rivers to trasnsport those inverterates gamblers to the floating casinos. Wellcome to the new gunboat policy and the chineses love it. A win-win for all.
Annnnd the bit deal is what exactly? It's also possible to max out a credit card the same way for a long long long time.
A little aside on China and their knife wielding 'seperatists'. Language people notice they are 'seperatists' not rebels or something else.
And the region they reside in.
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region,[3] is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China in the northwest of the country. It is the largest Chinese administrative division and spans over 1.6 million km2. Xinjiang borders Russia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. It has abundant oil reserves and is China's largest natural gas-producing region.
Hmmm who else is an autonomous region why ............. Crimea and what do we call Crimeans?
And to pipeline wars.
The pipeline is owned and operated by PetroChina West–East Gas Pipeline Company, a subsidiary of PetroChina. Originally, it was agreed that PetroChina would have owned 50% of the pipeline, while Royal Dutch Shell, Gazprom, and ExxonMobil had been slated to hold 15% each, and Sinopec 5%. However, in August 2004, the Board of Directors of PetroChina announced that following good faith discussions with all parties to the Joint Venture Framework Agreement, the parties had not been able to reach an agreement, and the joint venture framework agreement was terminated
The Central Asia–China gas pipeline (known also as Turkmenistan–China gas pipeline) is a natural gas pipeline from Central Asia to Xinjiang in the People's Republic of China.
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I suspect we will be hearing alot more about these 'seperatists' in coming months and our support for their right to autonomy.....
Some more reading
Establishing control over the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region means getting a springboard for US penetration into the heartland of Eurasia. For instance, the geographic position of Kazakhstan makes it kind of a buffer zone against the Islamic radicalism coming from Afghanistan. Crossing the Kazakh territory, radicals would get to Russia (Kazakhstan borders on Astrakhan, Chelyabinsk, Saratov, Volgograd, Novosibirsk, Omsk and Tyumen regions of the Russian Federation). Muslim Bashkiria and Tatarstan are in the vicinity.
While the USSR contained the spread of Islamic extremism, having tightly closed the southern border, Kazakhstan and Western Siberia remained parts of the Soviet Union. It has all changed by now. The US intervention into Afghanistan has exacerbated the situation near the southern part of Russia. In case the US gets a foothold in the Xinjiang Uygur Region, the things will exponentially worsen, there are many Uyghurs living in Central Asia (250000 in Kazakhstan, 60000 in Kyrgyzstan, 50000 in Uzbekistan etc).
The Region is rich in oil and gas, as well as rare-earth metals. There are 52 minerals extracted there. It's an important trade and transportation hub, an economic center of western China. The Chinese commodities cross its territory to get transported to the Pakistani port of Karachi and then to South Asia. Pakistan and China are strategic allies, the destabilization of Xinjiang would hinder the flow of goods from Islamabad to Beijing. The Chinese law enforcement agencies report there are people on the wanted list in Pakistan among the dead Uyghur separatists. At that Beijing does its best to have good relations with Islamabad (1).
There is a major telecommunications project under construction – the Trans-Asia-Europe Fiber Optic Line, which is to connect Shanghai, China and Frankfurt, Germany passing through the Region (2). Oil and gas flows from the Caspian will cross it on the way to the Asia-Pacific. The Region borders on Tibet. The hue and cry raised by Washington from time to time over the human rights violations in Tibet is a trick the US propaganda machine resorts to while waging an information war against China.
I thought this was a gold bull site!
....and it came to pass throughout the far and wide that the peoples thought the thriftest were actually not very thifty the end.
hahaha...the Chinese fairy tale in a nutshell.
And now we know the "who and how" of soaring California home prices.
Just think!
All this Chinese borrowed money...a massive *8 times* the Chinese GDP with nothing but the "value" of empty cities and empty office buildings as a fractional collateral, is being laundered by way of real estate purchases with the blessing of US officials and the Fed.
Chinese funny-money backed "investment" firms are getting away with turning this country into a RENTER NATION just so that the facade of a "vibrant", capitalist economy with "fair and open markets" can be maintained for as long as possible.
The lies are backstopping the lies. This is going to end badly and soon.


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