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African Union chairman President Jakaya Kikwete arrived home yesterday from the 11th AU Summit, which was dominated by the crisis in Zimbabwe.
Meanwhile, Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai rejected talks on a unity government as a way out of the crisis.
The two-day summit at the Egyptian resort of Sharm El-Sheikh was originally scheduled to discuss how Africa could fully implement the Millennium Development Goals before the Zimbabwe impasse took centre stage.
African leaders discussed the acute shortage of water on the continent where nearly half of the population lack access to clean and safe drinking water.
State House director of communications Salva Rweyemamu said in a statement that the summit also discussed proposals for a single government in Africa.
Elsewhere, Mr Tsvangirai rejected talks on a unity government, saying President Robert Mugabe must first stop violence and accept him as the rightful election winner.
AU leaders have called for the two sides to negotiate to end the crisis after Mr Mugabe's re-election in a June 27 ballot that was boycotted by the opposition and dismissed by much of the world as a sham.
Mr Tsvangirai pulled out of the election because of attacks on his supporters. He had won a first round vote on March 29.
"Significantly the conditions prevailing in Zimbabwe are not conducive to negotiations. If dialogue is to be initiated, it is essential that Zanu-PF stops the violence, halts the persecution of MDC leaders and supporters," he told a news conference in Harare.
Mr Tsvangirai said talks had to be based on recognising only the first round vote, which he won. He said his Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) should be the legitimate government after beating Mr Mugabe's Zanu-PF in parallel parliamentary elections.
Mr Mugabe's officials earlier welcomed the call from African leaders for talks on a power-sharing government.
"The AU resolution is in conformity to what President Mugabe said at his inauguration, when he said we are prepared to talk in order to resolve our problems," Information Minister Sikhanyiso Ndlovu told Reuters.
"We are committed to talk, not just with Tsvangirai but to other parties as well." Mr Ndlovu later dismissed Mr Tsvangirai's position on talks as grandstanding and said he was confident the two sides would soon be together at the bargaining table.
Mr Tsvangirai said talking to Mr Mugabe would be meaningless unless the African Union sent a permanent envoy to expand mediation efforts by South African President Thabo Mbeki, criticised for being too soft in his diplomacy with Mr Mugabe.
Despite the AU support for a power-sharing deal modelled on the one that ended post-election violence in Kenya earlier this year, disagreement over who should lead the government could prove an insurmountable obstacle.
Mr Mugabe, 84, was sworn in for a new five-year term on Sunday after election authorities announced he had won about 85 per cent of the vote in a run-off, which was condemned by monitors and much of world opinion as violent and unfair.
Zimbabwe 's once prosperous economy has collapsed, bringing the world's highest rate of hyper-inflation, food and fuel shortages and 80 per cent unemployment. Millions of Zimbabweans have fled to neighbouring countries.
Mr Mugabe has branded the MDC a puppet of former colonial power Britain and the United States and vowed to never let it rule Zimbabwe .
Western countries are pushing for UN sanctions on Zimbabwe 's leaders and a draft US resolution called for a UN travel ban and asset freeze on Mugabe's inner circle. But some countries on the Security Council have shown little appetite for such measures, already imposed by Europe and the United States.
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, whose country has taken over the European Union presidency, said on Tuesday the EU would only accept a government led by Mr Tsvangirai. The European Commission repeated that line yesterday.
"Any transitional government must include Morgan Tsvangirai as prime minister or head of government," Commission development spokesman John Clancy told a briefing in Brussels.
South African President Thabo Mbeki, however, told the South African Broadcasting Corp. that the outside world could not impose conditions for a solution to the impasse.


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Far away in Moscow, SMERSH has laid a death-trap for Bond with an enticing lure: the irresistible Tatiana Romanova, who lures 007 to Istanbul promising the top-secret Spektor cipher machine. But when Bond walks willingly into the trap, a game of cross and double-cross ensues -- with Bond both the stakes and the prize.
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"[Simon Vance] delivers an entertaining performance of one of Fleming's best 007 novels. Using a rich palette of international voices and accents, [Vance] takes an engaging story and infuses it with the additional drama that only a fine actor can provide." (AudioFile)
"From Russia with Love is perhaps the most successful of the Bond series: Fleming has managed to blend excellent characterizations with a highly suspenseful and clever story. The detail is rich and colorful, and the novel contains purely romantic elements that are missing from most of the other books." (Raymond Benson, author of High Time to Kill)
Touching Lives One Martini at a Time
"The Best of Them All"
This thriller is great fun because it has a great Cold War plot, a believable romance, danger, and friendship, all along the backdrop of a city which is still exotic to Westerners. It is also plausible, unlike many James Bond novels. It is the simple story of a trap set up to avenge the death of a Russian operative using a pretty girl as bait. Along the way is a psychopath hit-man sent to kill Bond, an Enigma-type code machine, and a beautiful Russian girl who may or may not be falling in love and may or may not be defecting. Each facet of the novel is true and no one portion takes away from the other. It is a nice hat-trick Fleming pulled off here. Even a John LeCarré fan would like From Russia, with Love.
The plot is ingenious as you are given the trap first and then see how Bond is lured into it. As most present-day people saw the movies first and read the novels second, one might expect Grand Guingol set-pieces and villains. But it is a simple story, drawn out piece by piece as each participant is introduced and given their job. Unlike many Bond novels, where you only know what Bond knows, in this case we know more and that creates greater tension.
Darko Kerim is a great performance by Vance. His throaty Turkish rasp was filled with the mirth and joie de vivre you'd expect from a former circus performer who rose to become the head of the Turkish station. You grew to like the guy and could see why the Bond character, always suspicious and terse, would grow to like him also.
Fleming's novels are not terribly emotional, so it is difficult to become vested in the characters. This novel is different. As the characters are well-defined and the relationships are believable, one actually wonders what will happen to the beautiful Russian. And, frankly, despite all the torture and violence in Bond novels, this is the only one where you think he might get killed, even when you know the plot. It is very hard to put this one down.
This is the best Bond novel, hands down. Even if you don't read Fleming (and you have to be a fan to read a preponderance of them), this thriller will stand the test of time. You don't have to understand the canon to read this one and it doesn't matter if you read more stories. Enjoy a good Cold War yarn.
"One of Fleming's best makes a great listen"
I read this book in high school... let's just say a long time ago, and haven't read it since. I still think the movie is the best of the series, but there's plenty that's changed. I purchased this audio book a while back and enjoyed every minute of it. I think it's one of the best of Fleming's books, right up there with ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE. In fact, I think I enjoyed it MORE now than I did 25 years ago. It's not a bad book for newbies to Fleming to start with. Then again, when you get to the end you'll want to run out and buy DR. NO right away- not that that's a problem.
Simon Vance is a wonderful reader as well. He gives each character a nice characterization and keeps them from being confusing. My only problem is the way he pronounces Romanova, but that's only because I've seen the movie a bazillion times.
If you want to listen in order, start with Casino Royale. It's a good book and great listen as well, but almost 3 hours shorter than FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE. Either way, you won't be disappointed.
"Sex Lies and Murder"
SMERSH has decided that it must strike back against the West. Leaders of the organization decide that in order to redeem recent setbacks that a British agent must die. The agent chosen is none other than James Bond, Agent 007. It is not enough to simply kill Bond, they need to discredit him and embarrass London as well. A clever trap is set for Bond using a beautiful Russian agent.
To do the killing SMERSH decides to use their best killer. This man is an Irish psychopath known as Red Grant who enjoys killing. It is what he lives for. This man is the perfect killing machine. Will Bond be able to see the trap before it is too late?
This has all the great stuff that makes a Bond novel. You have the beautiful woman, the cold blooded killer, the evil Soviet organization, the intricate plots. This novel was a bit different in one way. The first third of the novel tells the story of Grant and the SMERSH plot. So you don't even see the main character until the second part of the book. Overall it's a great story and is quite enjoyable.
"James Bond w/ an unexpected twist"
This is one of the great retro Ian Fleming novels, and includes an inside look at SMERSH.
The girl, a Russian spy
His accent
They did make a film. It was one of President Kennedy's favorites.
The book ends with an unexpected twist, which prompted me to do some additional research about the book & story.
Denzil and Judy share this account. Some reviews (Bond and Sci Fi) are Denzil and the chick lit reviews are Judy.
"James Bond"
I never knew how much background the movies had to leave out until I listened to this book. Great story telling by the Ian Fleming and a performance by one of the best in the business.
"Fleming's Best - By A Moscow Mile"
Just as recording artists have best albums this is clearly Fleming on a role and Fleming at his best. This is certainly his finest book. The realism seemed to rub off on the film series with Connery calling FRWL a tense "spy thriller," and his big favorite of the (film) series.
Virtually everything in the book is believable, much is creepy, some is downright deranged. Read it. You won't be sorry.
Indiscriminate Reader
"A guilty pleasure from the Cold War"
Ian Fleming should get more credit than he does for writing fast-paced tightly-plotted thrillers. The James Bond of the books is nothing like the superhero of the movies. This is adventure fiction that stays within the bounds of reason, and it's full of (almost) believable heroes and villains and not nearly as many outrageous gadgets as in the movies either. (Bond is actually given a cynanide pill dispenser in this book; he laughs and washes them down the drain.)
The plot is basically "Get Bond!" SMERSH wants to kill a prominent rival agent to send a message to all the other intelligence agencies, intimidate double agents, and impress the Kremlin. We get lots of Russian political machinations and the background of all the villains (and the love interest, Tatiana Romanova) before Bond is even introduced. Then to the story: SMERSH lures Bond to Turkey in what's an obvious trap, baited with Romanova and a Russian decoding device, but MI6 sends Bond anyway because the potential payoff is too good to pass up. Bond meets Romanova, is completely taken in by her, and makes several other blunders that will surprise anyone who's used to the cold, flawless cinematic Bond, before he confronts the real enemy, a psychopathic Irish defector who is now SMERSH's top assassin.
The original Bond stories are fun despite being so dated. The literary 007 is a much more interesting character than he ever was on-screen. He's still a sexist pig, though, and the books are full of racist, sexist stereotypes. But if you can embrace them as the guilty pleasure they are, this book is a taut little thriller with a naked gypsy catfight, a lesbian Soviet interrogation specialist and her poisoned knitting needles, an asexual pseudo-lycanthropic serial killer, an Istanbul dungeon crawl, and a Turkish spice merchant who tells Bond how he used his harem to grow his own personal spy ring.
"well written and well performed"
The narration is perfect for Iam Fleming's work. I have discovered that Ian Fleming was a great writer that didn't waste a lot of words to tell a story. I am now going to the beginning of the Bond series and will listen them from the beginning to the end.
"best bond book so far"
really enjoyed this book, great story, great narration. definitely my favorite so far. really looking forward to the next one!
"The Greatest Bond Ever!!!!"
This is simply the BEST Bond book you will ever read or listen to! Much like the movie but an absolute thriller to the end!!
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This morning Bus C was joined by Jules Gutin, former director of USY, for an energetic Shaharit. Next, Bus C visited the Museum of Tolerance and took in the extremely powerful exhibits. Later the Wheelniks headed over to Beit Tshuva, a Jewish rehabilitation center in L.A., where the group learned about this wonderful organization and heard from patients that they help. Then the Wheelniks went out to see all their favorite stars at the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Later, the group will convene with all the other Wheels groups in L.A. for a fun night on the Santa Monica Pier!


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1Speak to an attorney before you contact the District Attorney's office. If you have any liability for what you put in writing to the prosecutor's office, you should get legal advice prior to talking to anyone at the D.A.'s office. The District Attorney and the attorneys that work for him have no obligation to protect your interests.Ad
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3Write the letter using a business letter format. Business letters are used to correspond with professionals.
- Type your name, complete address and phone number in the top left corner of the page. Your complete information is needed for the District Attorney to correspond with you if necessary.
- Date the letter, then double space and put your recipient's official address. The official address includes the name of the office followed by the address, then the name of the attorney to which you want the letter directed.
- Address the District Attorney as "Mr.", "Mrs." or "Ms." followed by the attorney's last name. This is a sign of respect that is necessary in a business letter.
4Draft the body of the letter. Use the first paragraph to summarize the purpose of your letter. After the initial paragraph, use as many additional paragraphs as are necessary to state the purpose of your letter.
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5Conclude your letter with 1 paragraph thanking the District Attorney for reading your letter. Suggest that she can contact you should she have a need to discuss your issues further.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Classic!,
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This review is from: Biochemical Individuality (Paperback)
This book is a classic and an essential read for all doctors, and also patients, if possible.
Biochemical individuality is the concept that the nutritional and chemical make-up of each person is unique and that dietary and other needs therefore vary from person to person. People have unique biochemical profiles based upon their own genetic structure, nutrition, and environment. Some of these variables can also change over time.
The book `Biochemical Individuality' was first published by Dr. Roger J. Williams in 1956. Jeffrey S. Bland Ph.D., who writes the introduction for the 1988 reissue of the book, explains that Dr. Williams was the first to recognize all humans differ biochemically from others, and to recognize that nutritional status can influence the expression of genetic characteristics.
Jeffrey Bland Ph.D. writes,
"Aberrant genes do not, in and of themselves, cause disease. By and large their impact on an individual's health is minimal until the person is plunged into a harmful environment. . . . The list of common diseases which has its roots in this genetic soil is growing almost daily. . . . How many human ills will be added to the list is unknown, although some contend that almost every disorder compromising a full and healthy four score and ten years of life can be traced in one way or another to this genetic variability.
The first major breakthrough that resulted in this revolutionary change in thinking about the origin of disease was the recognition that we are much more different biochemically than was previously acknowledged.[2] Dr. Williams in Biochemical Individuality pioneered this revolution in thinking forty years ago. Genetic polymorphism is the term which has emerged in the past decade to describe this variation in function surrounding a specific genetic trait.
The second major breakthrough in thinking made by Dr. Williams is the recognition that nutritional status can influence the expression of genetic characteristics.[3] Once again Dr. Williams foresaw this important concept in Biochemical Individuality and set in motion research and discoveries over the past four decades that have transformed medicine. It is now well recognized that our genotype gets transformed into our phenotype as a consequence of nutritional, lifestyle and environmental factors which are important in determining our health patterns.
He pointed out that even identical twins could be different in their needs for optimal function based upon the fact that they developed in different environments in utero. Although identical twins share the same genes, their differing nutrition and developmental environments can result in different expression of the genes as they grow older."
The Weston A. Price Foundation explain,
""Biochemical individuality" is a subject worth clarifying. Coined by nutritional biochemist Roger Williams, PhD, the term refers to the fact that different people require different nutrients based on their unique genetic make-up. Ethnic and racial background figure in this concept as well. A diet that works for one may not work as well for someone else. As a practitioner, I've seen several clients following a vegetarian diet with severe health problems: obesity, candidiasis, hypothyroidism, cancer, diabetes, leaky gut syndrome, anemia and chronic fatigue. Because of the widespread rhetoric that a vegetarian diet is "always healthier" than a diet that includes meat or animal products, these people saw no reason to change their diet, even though that was the cause of their problems. What these people actually needed for optimal health was more animal foods and fats and fewer carbohydrates.
Further, due to peculiarities in genetics and individual biochemistry, some people simply cannot do a vegetarian diet because of such things as lectin intolerance and desaturating enzyme deficiencies. Lectins present in legumes, a prominent feature of vegetarian diets, are not tolerated by many people. Others have grain sensitivities, especially to gluten, or to grain proteins in general. Again, since grains are a major feature of vegetarian diets, such people cannot thrive on them."
People have different anatomy from one another: hearts and stomachs vary in size, shape, and physical location from person to person, for example.
(The images in the book of all the different shapes and sizes of stomachs are amazing to see!)
Drugs affect people in different ways due to differences in body chemistry. The differences between individuals can be quite large, and affect many different areas. When an individual's specific needs are not met, diseases may arise.
For a person to get ill from a bacterial or viral infection, the book explains, there must be a susceptibility in the host as well as an encounter with the particular bacteria or virus. Neither the health of the host nor the infective agent is `everything.'
Hereditary diseases are mostly not hereditary at all and what is inherited is a susceptibility for a certain disease. This means that we are not stuck with an unchangeable fate and can potentially limit our susceptibility by using a genetotrophic approach. (Making sure the body has all the raw materials it needs to function properly, and that higher than usual needs for certain nutrients are met.)
Nobel Prize winner Linus Pauling explained that biochemical individuality, molecular disease, or environmental stress may increase the need for certain micronutrients, such as vitamin C, considerably above the RDA recommendation.
Jeffrey Bland Ph.D. explains,
"Molecular medicine was a term used by two-time Nobel laureate in chemistry and peace Linus Pauling, Ph.D., in his landmark article on the mechanism of production of sickle cell anemia published in 1949. [1] It defined a new perspective on the origin of disease based upon the recognition that specific mutations of the genes can create an altered "molecular environment" and therefore the modified physiological function associated with specific diseases.
The Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs) which were developed by the Food and Nutrition Board of the National Research Council to establish the nutritional needs of "practically all healthy people" were not based upon the more recent information concerning the range of biochemical individuality among individuals. The RDAs that describe "normal" nutritional needs have questionable relevancy to the concept of optimal nutrition based upon individual needs. The contributions of Dr. Williams have opened the door for personally tailored nutritional and medical interventions that take biochemical individuality into account."
The concept of biochemical individuality seriously calls into question the logic of setting a single RDA for various vitamins and minerals for all people when the need for a certain nutrient may differ from one person to the next by 10, 30 or even 100 fold, or more.
Dr Williams' book explains that for a person to have all their lab values and other statistics in the `normal' range is itself abnormal and that we all have metabolic peculiarities, and probably more than a few.
Dr Williams writes that biochemical individuality explains why:
* Some of us are better at detoxifying drugs and chemicals
* The harmful amino acid homocysteine may or may not cause heart disease
* Cancer genes respond in different ways to diet and environment
* Some people are alcoholics or diabetics
* Low fat diets cause some people to gain weight
* One person needs higher levels of a nutrient than another to be healthy
Orthomolecular medicine expert Dr Abram Hoffer writes,
"There are many people whose diets are relatively good, but they still need extra nutrients due to biochemical individuality and many other factors, such as genetics or chronic deficiency. Orthomolecular and naturopathic therapists use optimum doses, which may be small or large. The important characteristic of the dose is not its size, but its efficacy - whether it is doing the job it is supposed to do to make the patient well."
The concept of biochemical individuality provides solid support for the notion that the most accurate test for some nutrients - such as magnesium or vitamin B12, for example - is the challenge test, rather than traditional blood tests. Watching how the body responds to a nutrient can tell a skilled practitioner far more about that person's need for a particular nutrient than a standard test which merely compares the patient's levels of a nutrient with what is considered `normal' for an average person. As this book explains, levels of B12 in healthy people can vary by 16 or 19 fold! More of certain nutrients is also needed during illness.
Extensive nutritional testing is also supported by the concept of biochemical individuality. Books such as Detoxify or Die by Dr Sherry Rogers list some of the cutting edge tests which are currently available and how they should be interpreted and the information acted upon, to improve health.
This book was fascinating to read.
I found it overall quite easy to read as well though I must admit I skipped some of the scientifically dense paragraphs that went into specifics about particular abnormalities.
The message that the patient - doctor relationship and the doctor listening to the patient and treating them as an individual is of primary importance in good health care, is just as timely today as when this book was first published, if not far more so. A 'one size fits all' approach is not very helpful and nor is slavishly adhering to the importance of 'normal' lab values and ignoring all other evidence.
Jodi Bassett, The Hummingbirds' Foundation for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Biochemical Individuality,
Cassandra Barnes "Cassandra" (California) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Biochemical Individuality (Paperback)
Biochemical Individuality was first published by Dr. Roger J. Williams in 1956. It has just been reissued with a new introduction by Jeffrey S. Bland, Ph.D. Dr. Bland explains that Dr. Williams was the first to recognize all humans differ biochemically from others. He says that Dr. Williams was also the first to recognize that "nutritional status can influence the expression of genetic characteristics."
Dr. Williams conducted his own studies, as well as drawing on the work of others, to show that each of us is different. One chapter describes differences in anatomy, outlining how even such vital organs as hearts and stomachs vary in size, shape, and physical location from person to person.
The chapter on pharmacology explains how, even though the chemistry of each is known, drugs effect people in different ways, due to differences in body chemistry. That's why what works for one person doesn't necessarily work for another.
Dr. Williams says that "while the same physical mechanisms and the same metabolic processes are operating in all human bodies, the structures are sufficiently diverse [that] the sum total of all the reactions taking place in one individual's body may be very different from those taking place in the body of another individual of the same age, sex, and body size."
His observations led Dr. Williams to theorize that each individual also had unique nutritional needs, and that determining and meeting those needs would help combat disease.
Although written in academic language, Biochemical Individuality is of interest all readers who recognize "there is no such thing as a truly 'normal' individual" and that people have "unique biochemical profiles based upon their own genetic structure, nutrition, and environment."
5.0 out of 5 stars A Nutrition Classic That Everyone Should Read,
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This is one of the most important books written in the history of nutrition. A must for everyone who wants to appreciate how one diet, one supplement regime, and one food pyramid do not fit all. We all have greatly differing needs, and Dr. Williams documents all of this eloquently and convincingly. This book should be read by everyone who cares about their health. It will make them realize that only when they understand their individual nutrition needs and meet them can they have optimal health. Thank you, Keats, for reprinting this timeless book!
5.0 out of 5 stars The should be using this book in "Nutrition School",
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Unearthly boring to read, but the information... Dr. Williams was well ahead of his time. Every student of Nutrition should read and understand his works to understand how Nutrition works. I have no idea why they did not recommend this book to me when I was in University studying Nutrition.
5.0 out of 5 stars back to basics,
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this book reminds us why we always want to go to the source
very easy to understand without someone elses bias
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As over-indebted governments grow increasingly desperate for money, keeping all your savings in a single country becomes a risky practice...
And start doing it today…
Remember, your government... considers you a milk cow. And history has shown, if they need to, they'll use you as a beef cow, as well."
Dear Reader,
If you're alarmed by the growing threat—from your own government—to your financial health and personal freedom, I can't blame you.
You've seen the crowded parade of new laws, taxes, and regulations recently passed or now in the works. While many of those measures seem small, together they threaten to clog the arteries of the economy. Prospering—or just holding on to what you already have—won't be easy.
In fact, I'm afraid that as financial resources shrink and government deficits rise, the grab for money will become more desperate. Governments will go beyond taxation and reach into retirement funds and into depositor accounts at banks to ask for help.
Events around the world show that capital controls, income tax hikes (to rates as high as 75%), debt monetization, nationalization of private pension vehicles, bail-ins and bank deposit confiscations, and other futile but destructive options aimed at your money will be used by cash-strapped governments.
No matter how well protected your government tells you your money is, how comfortable can you really be if it's all in one country?
Fortunately, it's not too late to diversify your assets internationally to protect yourself from an out-of-control government… and there are many practical, low-cost strategies you can put into place without ever leaving home.
"If you knew what's good for you, you'd buy risk-free US Treasury bonds for your IRA and 401(k). Just in case you don't understand that, we're making an investment in US Treasuries mandatory for your retirement account."
That's my plain-English translation of the Obama administration's argument that it should be handling our pension funds for us. (To be fair, the Bush administration made a similar move, but it died in Congress at the time.)
Retirement USA is basically an effort that amounts to nationalizing 401(k)s and IRAs."
The first step toward putting a government harness on your IRA has already been taken by the Service Employee International Union (SEIU), which has mounted an effort to create government-mandated worker retirement accounts as an entitlement program.
In other words, US companies, already bogged down with Obamacare costs, would be required by law to provide retirement funds for employees—with workers paying half the tab.
Under this program, cheerfully named "Retirement USA," the government could then demand that part of the retirement contributions go into a government-created annuity funded by purchasing Treasury debt.
To see the flaws in this plan, we only have to look to Hungary, which in November 2010 gave its citizens an ultimatum: move your private-pension fund assets to the state or lose your state pension. The real purpose of this extortion scheme: reduce the country's public debt.
Bloomberg reported that "workers who opt against returning to the state system stand to lose 70 percent of their pension claim."
Do you really want to bet your retirement fund on the hope that nothing like this will get imported to your home country?
Mainstream investors think that using a few mutual funds or buying a couple of stocks trading on Canadian exchanges adds up to diversification. They'll be the ones hurting the most when the economic tsunami hits.
But your name doesn't need to show up on the list of victims.
Most people understand that it's foolish to keep all their eggs in one basket. Yet they fail to go far enough in applying the principle. Portfolio diversification isn't just about investing in multiple stocks or in multiple asset classes. Real diversification—the kind that keeps you safe—means holding assets in multiple countries, so that you're not overexposed to the economic and political risks that are present in every country.
Doug Casey, founder and chairman of Casey Research, has said pointedly that spreading your political risk beyond a single jurisdiction is the single most important thing he can recommend today.
In short, international diversification is prudent because it frees you from absolute dependence on any one country. Achieve that independence, and your life can never be dominated by events or policies in any country.
Wealthy families have been diversifying internationally for centuries. Today, with modern communications, international diversification is within everyone's reach.
You don't even have to leave your living room to do it.
Whether it's opening an offshore bank or brokerage account, owning physical gold in Singapore or Switzerland, or setting up a foreign company to hold your investments, low-cost solutions are within everyone's reach.
That's why I'm writing to you today, so that you can discover the possibilities for yourself. You'll learn all about them in our new, book-length Going Global 2015 report. It spells out in full detail the eight best ways for you to TRULY diversify internationally and do it without ever getting on an airplane.
And as a BONUS, you'll also learn how to use international online services to protect your electronic communications from professional hackers and NSA snoops.
You're not going to hear about these opportunities from your broker or financial adviser, simply because they're beyond his realm of expertise.
But diversifying internationally is now more important than ever.
Because what's threatening your prosperity is the endless meddling by your own government... providing handouts and bailouts that you pay for... racking up trillions of dollars in debt that can never be repaid... passing more and more restrictions, regulations, and taxes... hobbling the economy and tormenting the people who pay the bills.
Allow me to briefly introduce myself...
I'm Nick Giambruno, senior editor of InternationalMan.com. For me, internationalization is a passion. It's also my full-time job.
And I'm honored to be working on this report with the original "International Man," Doug Casey.
Doug isn't just a well-known contrarian investor and self-made multimillionaire, he is also a true citizen of the world. In the 1970s, he wrote The International Man, a book on investing and living in foreign countries. His next book was the acclaimed Crisis Investing, which became the best-selling financial book in 1980.
Today, Doug is a sought-after speaker at investment conferences across North America, and usually it's standing room-only during his presentations.
Here's something else about Doug Casey: his unique expertise makes him the master of diversification—the kind of diversification that can truly make a difference for your life and your savings. And over the years, he has established a network of specialists that are cut from the same cloth.
Move a significant portion of your savings out of your home country...
By far the most effective way to ensure your personal and financial freedom is to have your citizenship in one country, your bank and brokerage accounts in another, your residence in another, and your business activities everywhere else. That's an ideal, of course, and it isn't practical for most people.
What is practical for everybody, and totally necessary, is to move a significant portion of your assets out of your home country. . .
The storm that's just now breaking has been building for a long time. It's not too late to take shelter. But it soon will be. I don't mean to be alarmist, but—notwithstanding temporary reversals—things are going to be unraveling for years to come."
Doug and the team of experts at Casey Research have put together Going Global 2015 with specific advice and in-depth information on all the ways you can protect yourself.
And remember, the benefits of international diversification aren't exclusive to Americans, Canadians, Australians, or any one particular nationality. The information in this exclusive report is prudent advice for anyone in the world seeking to reduce his exposure to the arbitrary edicts of politicians in his home country.
This book-length report is a go-to resource for gaining the safety and opportunity you can only achieve by looking beyond borders.
Doug Casey, founder and chairman of Casey Research, is a renowned international speculator and best-selling author of Crisis Investing and The International Man.
Nick Giambruno,CFA charterholder; contributor and investment analyst at Casey Research and senior editor at International Man.
Terry Coxon,economist; contributing editor to the publications of Casey Research; author of Keep What You Earn; president of Passport Financial, a firm helping investors set up international structures for optimal asset protection.
Kevin Brekke,editor of World Money Analyst, a Mauldin Economics publication focused on the internationalization of assets and global investment opportunities.
Jeff Clark,senior editor of the BIG GOLD newsletter, which focuses on the best ways of buying and storing physical metals, as well as large-cap gold stocks and funds.
Frank Suess,CEO and Chairman of BFI Capital Group, which provides private banking, wealth management, and investment advisory services.
It's an unparalleled compendium of intelligence you won't find anywhere else.
But I also have to tell you what it's not: It is NOT a handbook on how to evade taxes or scoff at the laws of your home government. We're interested in safety, and playing by the rules is an essential ingredient for staying safe.
That's why we're keeping it real—providing feasible (and legally sound) guidance and actionable advice.
For example...
You've heard about the Federal Reserve's policy of runaway money creation. It's laying the foundation for over-the-top price inflation. Get ready for five-dollar lettuce.
Not too long ago, many investors were buying euros, hoping that the Eurozone currency would outperform the dollar. But with the ongoing debt disaster in the PIIGS countries (Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece, and Spain), that's not a smart bet.
While Going Global 2015 warns against the danger of relying too heavily on the dollar, it doesn't recommend ditching it for the euro. Instead, it tells you which five currencies are best positioned to survive the inflationary hurricane that's coming.
You'll also get details on the three ways to acquire and hold the right foreign currencies:
And perhaps even more important, you'll learn which are the best banking jurisdictions for keeping the currencies and which banks in those locations are best.
If you don't yet have a bank account in another country, it would be wise to hurry up and get one.
Holding foreign currencies in an account outside of your home country is the way to go if you REALLY want to diversify your savings internationally—but in the last few years, new government policies, intentionally or not, have made it harder for you to open accounts with foreign banks.
It's not too late, though—there are still feasible ways to open a foreign account. But you have to act quickly, before Washington enacts even stricter controls over your money.
In Going Global 2015, you'll find the specific steps for opening an account. And you'll find advice on how best to present yourself to a foreign bank as a welcome customer, including tactful answers to standard know-your-customer questions.
From Switzerland to Singapore to Hong Kong, we'll show you what to look for in choosing a foreign bank.
Remember, money in a foreign bank account can be safer than money in a US bank account. Just consider that of the 50 safest banks in the world, only five are US banks, and the highest rank any of those five has achieved is #39. Where bank safety is concerned, the US is a third-world country.
In Going Global 2015, you'll find all the information you need to open a bank account in a foreign country... and I urge you to read it today, for the sake of your financial security.
But as useful as foreign currencies and offshore bank accounts can be for diversification, there's one safe and convenient way to protect yourself that I'm pretty sure your broker will never mention...
A second passport is a guarantee of international mobility. And whenever you want, it will allow you to live and work in the country where you've acquired your second passport, without restrictions of any kind.
There are many routes to acquiring a second passport. Going Global 2015 explains them all and shows you which countries are the best candidates, based on your circumstances and goals.
Whether it's obtaining citizenship by ancestry, through economic citizenship programs, special circumstances, or naturalization, Going Global 2015 covers in detail all the routes to the coveted second passport.
In this report, you'll learn how to find the places that are right for you—the right places to invest, the right places to keep your money, and the right places to make your second home.
There's even more for you in Going Global 2015, including:
... and much more.
Going Global 2015 is no pamphlet. It's a complete handbook for gaining the safety and opportunity that is only possible by internationalizing your financial life. This report is so rich with valuable, ready-to-use information that you might expect a fat, three-digit price.
But we know we'll reach far more people with an offer that makes you think "How could I pass it up?" So here is our special offer to you...
The facts you'll find in Going Global 2015 are firsthand, on-the-ground knowledge developed by our team of experts who traveled the world to grill international lawyers, bankers, real estate experts, brokers, and asset managers. We don't eat baloney, and we don't sell it.
So, yes, $99 is a steal for the practical guidance you can only get from people who've been there.
But that's not all.
When you purchase Going Global 2015, the "Resources" chapter will link you to additional special reports written by our experts, and for you, they'll be free. You'll get:
You'll also learn the names, addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses of offshore banks and brokers that will welcome your business—yes, even from American citizens. You won't need to send a seven-figure bank wire and say "please" to open an account.
And you'll find professional resources that can help you form and use a foreign company or international trust.
These are specialists who understand the asset-protection and tax-planning opportunities and who want to keep you fully in compliance with all reporting requirements.
You'll also be introduced to experts who can help you obtain an alternative passport, and you'll meet CPAs who are knowledgeable about offshore and international tax reporting rules. They can help you file your tax returns and stay completely within the rules.
You wouldn't bet everything on one stock. You diversify. You wouldn't bet everything on one industry. You diversify. I urge you to follow the same prudent principle with currencies, national economies, and national governments. Protect yourself with the safety of international diversification.
Our comprehensive special report, Going Global 2015, gives you all the tools to do just that.Click Here to Get Going Global 2015
Nick Giambruno
P.S. Famous investment pros like Doug Casey, Peter Schiff, Jim Rogers, and others have worked on getting their money "out of Dodge" for years.
But it's critical to know the right places to put it and the right people who can assist you in doing so.
Order Going Global 2015 today and let the experts help you out in internationalizing your wealth.