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We have enjoyed a long public holiday in the north of Spain this week, which means that The Gentle One and I have enjoyed some welcome extra time together from Wednesday evening. I had some schoolwork to do but on Thursday I decided that enough is enough and indulged myself with a joyful day outdoors.
My overseas sister and I share the habit of taking pictures of complete days as a funny way to keep in touch, so I thought this was a good opportunity to show a day in my life not only with her, but also with other bloggers out there. I hope you like my Friday, May 18 th.
The weather is not very reliable these days, so I don´t give too much credit to climatological predictions. It was said that rain would last the whole day but when I woke up in the morning sun started shining. The Gentle One and I decided don´t make haste and observe the weather evolution while having a little brunch (it was too late for a proper breakfast). Happily, the morning became really sunny at the end. As a result, I had a little shower, managed with make up and wild hair and finally, three kiwis, two homemade cinnamon and apple muffins, a dozen strawberries and a cup of tea later we left home. Just in case I was hungry again I kept an Italian bun on my bag (as you will have deduced, my biorythm is really fast).
We live pretty far from the city center and felt more like walking into the old town as we were in a bohemian mood.
Althought at first it remained a little cloudy, eventually it got warmer. When we finally reached the city, the temperature was delightful and could admire flowers and plants in all their glory. The old town was busy as long as this particular party is really popular around. The lively atmosphere was an unexpected pleasure. In the last few weeks I have started feeling too isolated as a consequence of all the pressure and bad stress just before the semester exams. To break this kind of unhealthy routine is always very welcome.
After all this exercise something cool and sweet was compulsory, so we stopped for an ice-cream.
No need to tell about the ice cream´s benefits, right?
Many stores place Spring stuff outdoors as a way of encouranging the Season. My city is really pretty with all the flowers in the balconies and people having tea in the charming coffee shops. If you like romantic and bohemian places such as Venice, Florence or Prague, then Compostela is a must seen. I´ll try to make a proper post about my city as soon as I have time enough!
Unfortunately, the weather started getting a little annoying again about half-past six or so. This Spring is being really funny, indeed, and you can get wet easily if you don´t pay attention, so we decided looking for a nice refuge in a tea room. We found a truly good one is a narrow street while walking around. The owner bakes all the pies and cakes by herself and she serves a supreme vanilla tea in milk among other delights.
We don´t have any chain coffee shops like Starbucks in here (which makes me glad, I am not a chain store person), and in general coffee is good everywhere but I have to say that this place was spectacular. I´ll go back soon, I am sure.
Even the ginger cookies were homemade.
While coming back home we made a stop in the library to rent some good films to watch later. There´s nothing like a movies session in a cold night. The chosen ones were Sunset Boulevard, The House of Mirth and Io, Don Iovanni.
I felt really exhausted and heavy because of all the treats during the afternoon, so I was in the capital need of having something light and healthy for supper. I must admit that my better half is a cooking angel, so he made a wonderful salad while I was playing with the cats.
The sweetheart in the picture is Wendy. I also tried to take a good one of Prim, but she is not that sociable.
After eating the super-tasty salad, we watched a movie and at the end of it I was falling asleep, so
That´s All, Folks!
I really enjoyed making this post and I´d be happy to see more like that out there.
Have you ever thought about making a day in your life in pictures?


text: Ron Paul has nothing good to say about the Wall Street bailout plan Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) may no longer be running for president, but that doesn't mean he slunk away quietly and is simply tending to his re-election bid (though there may not be much to do, since he's running unopposed). The free-market, small-government libertarian had plenty of harsh words about the Bush administration's proposed Wall Street bailout plan when he appeared on CNN's "Late Edition" today. WOLF BLITZER ("Late Edition" host): What do you say to the president who wants you and your fellow Republicans and Democrats to quickly pass this $700 billion bailout package? PAUL: Well, I think that's a mistake because we don't have the money. But that doesn't mean you have to do nothing. I mean, we could reform the system. We could return to sound money. We could balance our budget. We could change our foreign policy. We could take care of our people at home. We could lower taxes. There's a lot of things that we can do. But the worst thing that we can do is perpetuate the bad policies that gave us this trouble in the first place, and that is that we no longer, over the last quite a few decades, believed in free-market capitalism. Capital is supposed to come from savings. We're supposed to work hard and save. As a matter of fact, the Chinese work hard, right now, and they save, and they're buying up the world. But we borrow and spend and consume, and now it's caught up to us and it's undermining our whole system. ... So this $700 billion is not going to do it. Paul also argued that ... ... contrary to the White House's contention, this plan does not help Main Street. "This is Wall Street in big trouble and sucking in Main Street, now, and dumping all the bills on Main Street. ... And you can't solve the problem of inflation, which is the creation of money and credit out of thin air, by more money and credit out of thin air, and not changing policy. We have to change basic policy. "Yes, it would be painful, but it wouldn't last so long. What they're doing now, they're propping up a failed system so the agony lasts longer. They're doing exactly what we did in the Depression." "So, yes, there are going to be losses, but everybody lived beyond their means when the prices of houses were going up. Nobody cared about it. They kept borrowing against it. Oh, yes, that was fine and dandy. Everybody was making money, and the owner of the home kept borrowing and living beyond their means. Now they have to live beneath their means. "What the government is doing now -- and this new program is trying to prop up prices. You want the price structure to adjust. You want the price of houses to go down. You don't want to fix the price of housing. You can't price-fix. We've had too much of that. "We need a market economy. We need to believe in ourselves. We need to believe and understand how the economy got us -- how the government got us into this mess. And believe me, it wouldn't be that tough. It would be a bad year. But, this way, it's going to be a bad decade." Paul had nothing but disdain for Republican presidential nominee John McCain's suggestion to create a new government entity to deal with the crisis, calling it "just more of the same, more government, more programs, more spending, more regulations, trying to prop up a system that has been undermined." He did say that Democratic candidate Barack Obama "has a pretty good grasp on how to attack this politically and go after McCain, but he doesn't have any answer. He's not talking about the Federal Reserve system. He's not talking about balanced budgets. He's not talking about bringing troops home from Afghanistan." And, as Paul has said before, his choice for president will be "neither one of those two. They don't offer any alternatives." -- Leslie Hoffecker Photo credit: Associated Press / J. Scott Applewhite Share Posted by LATimes on September 21, 2008 in Current Affairs , Economy , Presidential Campaign , Ron Paul , Sunday Talk Shows | Permalink TrackBack TrackBack URL for this entry: http://www.typepad.com/t/trackback/816965/33690400 Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Ron Paul has nothing good to say about the Wall Street bailout plan: Comments Ron and Ralph Fool's Overture. History recalls how great the fall can be, while everybody's sleeping the boats put out to sea. Borne on the wings of time, it seemed the answers were so easy to find. "Too late" the prophets cry, the island's sinking let's take to the sky. Called the man a fool, stripped him of his pride, everyone was laughing up until the day he died. And though the wound went deep, still he's calling us out of our sleep. Apocalypse Now... Posted by: Nader Paul McKinney | September 21, 2008 at 01:50 PM Ron Paul hits the mark right on again. Thanks for the great article. When everyone is panicking it is nice to see journalism that shows the truth of what is going on and how we can fix the problem. Posted by: Gmartine | September 21, 2008 at 02:04 PM I'm so sick of the way things are going I can't see straight. I know what needs to be done but our government is unwilling to do it.. WE NEED TO TOSS THEM ALL OUT (but Ron Paul). Vote for anyone but the incumbent regardless of party (as party no longer means anything). The people need more representation. As it is now on average 1 congressperson for every 600,000 individuals this is a travesty. This is thanks to the congress cap of 1929 – the reason given (Not enough room in the government building WTF). I do believe the number Senators should remain as the Constitution intended. But, I also believe the number of representatives in the house should have remained as the Constitution intended it. I strongly believe that gerrymandering would become almost impossible and bad lobbying would be harder to hide. Lobbying is not a bad thing but some techniques used by lobbyists are deplorable. Point is we are getting further and further from a democracy. If things don't go back to the way our Constitution set them up to be, I say we stop paying taxes altogether. They can't fund stupidity for that long without at least the illusion that a base of income is real. Posted by: JimS | September 21, 2008 at 02:13 PM As usual, Ron Paul is the only attacking the problem head on. McObama prefer playing the blame game without any solutions, just more of the same. Thanks Dr. Paul for actually trying to educate the masses unlike those two clowns. Posted by: Eric | September 21, 2008 at 02:14 PM This man SHOULD have been President. Too bad people couldn't listen to him in the '80s. Or in 2003 or... well, since then. It would have hurt less, for everyone. I sure hope someone is listening now. Thanks for the write up! Posted by: spinnikerca | September 21, 2008 at 02:18 PM "Paul also argued that ... ... contrary to the White House's contention, this plan does not help Main Street. " Exactly! Anyone who only gets their news from mainstream TV will be misled to think this will help the average Joe. This is a bailout of fat-cat bankers who have taken their multi-million $ salary+bonus the past few years. Will the Wall Street fat-cats give back the bonus? Posted by: Joe C | September 21, 2008 at 02:24 PM God Bless you Dr. Paul! Thank you Mr. Paulson (Mr. Goldman Sacks) while you bail out your investment bank criminals you sentences me to higher gas and food prices. When are the stupid American People going to wake up? And see these criminals for what there worth. Thank you Mr. Dodd (Friend of Angelo of Countrywide) for allowing allowing illegal plunder. And please Sir, never use the word retroprocity because you have no idea what it means. Thank you Mr. Paulson for raiding the FDIC fund and helping private Equity firms to gobble up the cash when they didn't pay a dime into the fund. And lastly, thank you Mr. Bernakie (Private Leader of the Private Central Bank that is neither Federal or has Reserves) for destroying Free Market Capitalism and sentencing my Children and Grandchildren to serfdom, slavery, and debt. Hate is not a strong enough word to describe you all. Posted by: joe | September 21, 2008 at 02:41 PM How befitting that on the last day of Yankee Stadium, which represents everything good about America they destroy Free Market Capitalism the same day. Ironic don't you think? GOD BLESS RON PAUL! If only American's we not so stupid and have such blind faith? Posted by: joe | September 21, 2008 at 02:44 PM Last year, much of the media had too little time to bother with substantive reporting about what Ron Paul was saying because Paul wasn't the sleekest, slickest politician running for president, so it was easier for them to lazily parrot the ridiculous "tilting at windmills" analogy when referring to Dr. Paul. Now it seems that it would have better to harken to the story about the boy who was brave enough to point out that the emperor had no clothes. Posted by: Darryl Schmitz | September 21, 2008 at 02:58 PM Paul explains the painful truth. I guess I will take the good doctor over a bunch of corrupt lawyers and greedy bankers any day. Posted by: Ben Straub | September 21, 2008 at 03:43 PM As usual, Ron Paul is 100% right, and the rest are 100% wrong. Posted by: Pontius | September 21, 2008 at 04:05 PM Federal guarantees against losses in money market mutual funds are nothing less than central government insurance against bad investment decisions. A free market demands that money market managers and the investors they represent bear the full burden of their investment decisions. The billions pouring out of money markets last week are a lesson in risk management, a lesson being taught to the players in the market who were foolish or unlucky enough to invest in the short term liabilities of firms who had significant exposure to toxic mortgage backed securities. Take away the risk of loss and you lose the lesson. Worse, you encourage future bad decision making. The collapse of investment and commercial banks is another lesson. The actions of these firms in providing easy and undeserved credit to anyone asking for it led directly to the current financial catastrophe. These firms were in full pursuit of maximum profits without consideration of the downside risks they were exposing themselves or those downstream to. They acted irresponsibly and should be forced to bear the full cost of their greed. A quick look at the share price histories of these financial firms illustrates the unbelievable gains that their shareholders and executives realized. These people enjoyed the upside to their actions and it is required that they fully suffer the downside. The pensions funds and other investors who eagerly swallowed higher interest paying CDO securities without adequately evaluating the risks are now suffering heartbreaking losses. This is a natural consequence of a free financial market. Sometimes we make good decisions, sometimes not, but a free market requires that we accept the consequences of our choices. Investors can't be allowed to reap gains from taking risk but not suffer losses or they lose the ability to make rational, risk-adjusted decisions. The unwinding of the housing bubble is necessary and expected. All bubbles eventually collapse, causing widespread economic pain and suffering. Unfortunate for those caught up in it, even those who didn't have a direct hand in causing the bubble, but necessary. Housing valuations must be allowed to reset to more realistic levels. Government intervention to try to prop up housing valuations (better known as stabilizing the market) so that financial institutions and investors can establish valuations for mortgage backed assets they hold establishes a false floor for real estate values. That false floor is not sustainable and will eventually fail after costing taxpayers billions. Real estate is radically overvalued and must be allowed to deflate to more reasonable levels. Every homeowner who purchased a home or withdrew equity hoping that their real estate would rise in value is, by definition, a speculator. Those facing foreclosure obviously obligated themselves to a debt they couldn't afford. They made a bad decision and they must be allowed to reap the negative rewards of their decision as freely as they would have been allowed to reap the positive rewards had their speculative bet gone the other direction. It is not the role of the Federal Government to save individuals, companies or institutions from the consequences of their actions and it is not the responsibility of the American taxpayer to bear the costs of the irrational behavior of individual home owners or their lenders. Posted by: me | September 21, 2008 at 04:07 PM Federal guarantees against losses in money market mutual funds are nothing less than central government insurance against bad investment decisions. A free market demands that money market managers and the investors they represent bear the full burden of their investment decisions. The billions pouring out of money markets last week are a lesson in risk management, a lesson being taught to the players in the market who were foolish or unlucky enough to invest in the short term liabilities of firms who had significant exposure to toxic mortgage backed securities. Take away the risk of loss and you lose the lesson. Worse, you encourage future bad decision making. The collapse of investment and commercial banks is another lesson. The actions of these firms in providing easy and undeserved credit to anyone asking for it led directly to the current financial catastrophe. These firms were in full pursuit of maximum profits without consideration of the downside risks they were exposing themselves or those downstream to. They acted irresponsibly and should be forced to bear the full cost of their greed. A quick look at the share price histories of these financial firms illustrates the unbelievable gains that their shareholders and executives realized. These people enjoyed the upside to their actions and it is required that they fully suffer the downside. The pensions funds and other investors who eagerly swallowed higher interest paying CDO securities without adequately evaluating the risks are now suffering heartbreaking losses. This is a natural consequence of a free financial market. Sometimes we make good decisions, sometimes not, but a free market requires that we accept the consequences of our choices. Investors can't be allowed to reap gains from taking risk but not suffer losses or they lose the ability to make rational, risk-adjusted decisions. The unwinding of the housing bubble is necessary and expected. All bubbles eventually collapse, causing widespread economic pain and suffering. Unfortunate for those caught up in it, even those who didn't have a direct hand in causing the bubble, but necessary. Housing valuations must be allowed to reset to more realistic levels. Government intervention to try to prop up housing valuations (better known as stabilizing the market) so that financial institutions and investors can establish valuations for mortgage backed assets they hold establishes a false floor for real estate values. That false floor is not sustainable and will eventually fail after costing taxpayers billions. Real estate is radically overvalued and must be allowed to deflate to more reasonable levels. Every homeowner who purchased a home or withdrew equity hoping that their real estate would rise in value is, by definition, a speculator. Those facing foreclosure obviously obligated themselves to a debt they couldn't afford. They made a bad decision and they must be allowed to reap the negative rewards of their decision as freely as they would have been allowed to reap the positive rewards had their speculative bet gone the other direction. It is not the role of the Federal Government to save individuals, companies or institutions from the consequences of their actions and it is not the responsibility of the American taxpayer to bear the costs of the irrational behavior of individual home owners or their lenders. Posted by: me | September 21, 2008 at 04:12 PM Its been said that we get the government we deserve, but not all of us are getting what we deserve. Ron Paul is the only sober voice I have heard all year. People just do not want to be told that they are living behond their means. Unfortunately our government is an accurate representation of the people. Reading these blogs gives me a little hope because it makes me realize that I am not totally alone in this crazy world. Lets write in Ron Paul for President. Posted by: Mike Massey | September 21, 2008 at 04:13 PM I wont be surprised if Mr. Hank "CEO of USA" Paulson is rewarded by Goldman Sucks (oops Sachs) with a board position after he is done with all of this mess. After all, he has ensured 3 of their biggest competitors are effectively killed and making sure that 1 remained (MS) so that they are not villified as a monopoly. This is after he helped gain control of the NYSE itself (remember Thain and now Niederhauer were from Goldman Sucks). So he and his cronies are in total control of the US financial system. Maybe he may run for mayor or governor of New York. All Hail King Henry. Posted by: Andy Rebeiro | September 21, 2008 at 04:15 PM Ron Paul has it right - gold and silver standard stops these mega yacht speculators who ought to be jailed! Posted by: Pavel | September 21, 2008 at 04:30 PM Thank God for some real journalism! It's good to hear someone put out the truth about what we are really going through on Wallstreet. It seems Ron Paul is the only politician with his head screwed on straight... Posted by: Chris | September 21, 2008 at 04:55 PM I think he's right. You bail out once, you'll bail out again, and it will not solve anything. Eveybody is panicking, but in the end it is better to let the bad companies go out of business. Posted by: pollypook | September 21, 2008 at 05:00 PM Break down illegal institutions! Posted by: AAAAANDRE | September 21, 2008 at 05:03 PM I am happy to see that, finally, Dr. Paul is getting some notice. WAY too little and for sure WAY too late... but at least the media is starting to realize that he was right all along. Yet it saddens me that they will sit here and tell us all day that Dr.Paul was right and that he has the answers - and yet still they push these meddling, criminal-minded, communist-Marxist bastards at us during the election! WTF? I don't get it. It's like they are saying "Here's the savior and the answer to your problems, right here, here it is!! Now, go and disregard it." As a society, we have given up freedom for the sake of security, and we now deserve neither... With the impending economic meltdown, we will have no freedom or security. It's here. Orson Wells was about 24 years off - but he indeed wrote of this. Welcome, to 1984. Posted by: Aaron the Geeky Drummer | September 21, 2008 at 05:15 PM Ron Paul's Vision of an America that does not use Federal power to engage in foreign entanglements and promotes free markets died in the Mexican War and the Civil War. Slave auctions carried on under a flawed constitution written by special interests was free market capitalism at it's finest. Dr. Paul is an idealist. But his vision is flawed. Posted by: Dr. Goober | September 21, 2008 at 05:31 PM Dear Member of Congress: You are being asked to assign unprecedented powers to an unelected, and unaccountable former Wall Street banker, under the guise of bringing stability to the markets and solvency to our banking system. With one hastily thrown together vote, you are going to create the most powerful human being in world history – Henry Paulson. This is being done for the purposes of fixing a "crisis" that has suddenly, in the last hour, been presented to Congressional leaders. This act would remove the constitutionally mandated powers of regulation of the money supply, and the value thereof, from Congress and give it to an unelected member of the President's cabinet. According to the act, this person would be above judicial review, and be allowed a $700,000,000,000 revolving line of credit to print money on behalf of the United States government. That is more power than anyone has ever had – anyone. Caesar did not have this power. This should sound eerily familiar. In March of 1933, after the "crisis" of the Reichstag Fire, newly named Chancellor of Germany, Adolf Hitler, petitioned the German Reichstag to give him plenary powers over the affairs of German government. The Reichstag transferred its power, on an emergency basis, to the Cabinet of Germany for a period of four years, and this was called "The Enabling Act". This was to deal with the perceived "crisis" of Communists within the German government, when the "crisis" was never fully substantiated. It is believed by most historians that the Reichstag Fire was a deliberate act to coax the Reichstag into giving up its power. That history did not end well. You are being goaded into giving Henry Paulson plenary powers over the economy and government spending, money supply, and value of that money. Those powers belong to you, held in trust for the citizens of the United States. Our Founders gave you those powers TO PREVENT THE VERY SCENARIO THAT SECRETARY PAULSON HAS PRESENTED TO YOU. You are being manipulated. For the past 13 months, Paulson, and Federal Reserve Chairman, Bernanke have repeatedly given public statements through the various media, and have testified to Congress on the soundess of our banking system. As that time has worn on, they have repeatedly come to Congress for various bailouts (Bear Stearns, AIG, Fannie/Freddie), as well as acted to install confidence through the manipulation of the Federal Reserve Monatary Policy, and announcing various liquidity programs to keep money in the banking system (TAF, TSLF). While they have been taking extraordinary measures to shore-up the banking system, they have always maintained that the system is sound and just needs a little time to get through a "soft spot," or a "contained" problem (Subprime). You now know that they were lying the entire time. There is no way to sugar coat this. They have been lying to you since March of 2007. They are lying now. This was plainly known to many in the professional and amateur investment communities, recently smeared as "short sellers." It turns out that the cynics were right all along. This is why we have a free press. Ask yourself, why didn't they come to you for this unprecedented bailout last October, when Paulson attempted the same thing with various Wall Street banks? Surely, the problem was known last fall when Paulson attempted to create his "super SIV." Had he come to you at that time, there would have been at least 11 months to debate the issue, open it for public review, and deal with it while the stock market was trading at an all-time high. Why did he wait until the weekend before the Congressional recess for the bi-annual election cycle, and present the plan over a weekend where the public could not comment? Why did he have to wait until the stock market teetered on collapse, and the credit markets were frozen solid? He needs a "crisis" so you will not oppose him. Ask yourself, why did the Senate Majority Leader and Speaker of the House, as late as September 16, attempt to leave the issue in Washington and head back to their districts, leaving the Administration to clean up the mess, then suddenly have a change of heart less than 36 hours later? What was said? Why are the details of the briefing given to Congressional leaders not available for public review? Why are you being asked to vote for something so hastily and without proper briefing or public review? Does Democracy flourish in the dark, or does tyranny and fraud? We know the following: Paulson and Bernanke have lied for the duration of the credit crisis. Every bailout has been bigger, more frequent, and has resulted in a much bigger "crisis." Now, Paulson and Bernanke are telling you that they really are telling you the truth and this bailout will work. You are being played. They are framing the issue in terms of Congress voting to rescue the banks and the markets. Let me be clear on this point: YOU ARE NOT VOTING ON THE HEALTH OF THE BANKS OR THE MARKETS. YOU ARE DECIDING WHO GETS WHAT MONEY IS LEFT OVER AFTER THEY FAIL. The markets (equity and credit) are going to experience a large dislocation, or in the common lexicon, "a crash." That is an absolute certainty. You are merely deciding if the US citizens are going to keep their money, or give it to Wall Street bankers. You are deciding if the US government is going to survive or collapse. Giving Paulson unlimited spending powers will ensure that the government collapses. That is a certainty. Paulson and Bernanke need to be removed from office for malfeasance. For 18 months, the health of the banking system has been very suspect. They have known all along what is happening and have failed to act. Their actions have been limited to lying to Congress and the American people and manipulating the accounting to cover the insolvency of the US banking system. You are being asked to abdicate. The American people want their Constitution and their government to survive. We will rebuild what Wall Street has destroyed, but we need to keep our money in order to do it. Vote against this unprecedented power grab. History shows the folly of such endeavors. Posted by: John Smith | September 21, 2008 at 05:47 PM I see Ron Paul as someone which does understand financial matters. Our government of the rich and greedy. We the people have no one to blame for our anxiety for believing in our politicians from both parties. The liars have never been honest with the American people from either party for a very long time. We allowed Reagan to talk us into a free market that was not for us but for the rich and greedy. We allowed people like Greenspan and Bernake to have us believe they knew what they were doing. The party is over for us and the parties we believed in to sustain these United Stantes. We have been giving away money like to every Country in the world while we continue to borrow it to give to them. Our government has spent outlandishly sums of money for other Countries. We have lobbyist that work against the American people to profit the fat cats and themselves. Why is anyone surprised their is no one watching the crooks in Washington, D.C. as well as the crooks on Wall Street. Insanity is allowing the American people to bailout the wealthy greedy bastards allowed to walk away with parachutes filled with ill gotten gain. No one has suggested prosecuting even one of these evil bankers from this administration. They are the people that Bush told us were his base at a dinner when he claimed who his real friends are and he did not say main street but wall street. I say no incumbent should be safe in this election or the next election until all the incumbents have been kicked to the curb. God help us for we can no longer help ourselves. We have gotten what we deserve for not watching the store that is the job of the American peoples. Our responsibility does not end when the election is over. McCain or Obama neither one will change Washington for they are Washington. Posted by: stormn | September 21, 2008 at 05:52 PM Is the Republican party and media still calling this man UNELECTABLE???? He is the only Presidential candidate who understands economic policy and foreign policy - what America really NEEDS to get back to as powerful as it used to be. Now, America is pathetic, and 'hated' by both the Islamic extremist and millions around the world. Join the RON PAUL revolution to demand return to the CONSTITUTION. Posted by: Jesse Ting | September 21, 2008 at 06:39 PM The good news is that an honest, decent, and wise, man can still be elected to the U.S. Congress. The bad news is that he's about the only one. It's awesome that Ron Paul has been the only one with the courage and leadrship to vote against numerous cockamamie (and often unconstitutional) laws thrown up by congress. America is not short of people who are as good as Ron Paul, just short of them in the Congress. Posted by: A. Halsey | September 21, 2008 at 07:24 PM To my elected representative, Please STOP the lunacy that is the proposed $700 billion bailout of the financial industry. Make no mistake, this is not a bailout of the citizens you were elected to represent. This is a bailout of the corporations from whom you've accepted money and other support, using money you are taking from the citizens you were elected to represent...and from their children...and from their children. The citizens you were elected to represent are substantially protected from major changes in the financial industry via FDIC, SIPC, and excess SIPC insurance on their bank and brokerage accounts. Only those citizens who freely chose to invest in financial companies will suffer investment losses, just as those did who freely chose to invest in technology companies before the dot com bust. That's the way it should be. The financial companies in trouble are the ones who freely chose to make bad decisions about what they invested in, and about how they managed risk and cash flows. They deserve to fail so that a new generation of financial companies which are better managed can flourish, making it much less likely that the current situation will ever repeat. The financial companies in trouble do not deserve to be gifted, or even "loaned," taxpayer money so that they can continue their past mistakes. If they are able to avoid failing by changing quickly into a next-generation financial company WITHOUT a taxpayer-funded bailout, then they have proven they deserve to survive. Whether new or re-born, we need better managed next-generation financial companies in our economy. You are free to use the arguments made here to publicly justify your vote against the proposed $700 billion bailout. I am asking you to vote AGAINST the proposed $700 billion bailout, in any form. I will record which of my representatives vote FOR the bailout, and will vote AGAINST them and their parties in the November election. I am also urging my friends, colleagues, and community to do the same. Warm regards, David Posted by: David | September 21, 2008 at 07:51 PM Racist slavery will never come back, Goober. That is a tired argument akin to, "Your Momma!". We will further plummet deeper into financial slavery by the government and her special interests if Ron Paul's advice is not heeded. It's all right to be scared of Paul's vision because, like most, you don't understand it. Don't let fear and ignorance guide your decisions. Seek knowledge to open your eyes to Paul, who has a plan that actually includes details, unlike Obama and McCain. Posted by: kris | September 21, 2008 at 07:59 PM JimS hit it on the head. Vote anti-incumbent for Congress as a matter of habit. The only urgency here is how quickly some irresponsible Wall Streeters will lose their lifestyles if their connections in Washington don't come though with a tax payer-funded bailout. This is a telling moment in Congressional history as to who is REALLY represented in Washington. We signed petitions for Congressional term limits and the Supreme Court would not allow it. There was temporarily a line item veto for the Commander in Chief and again the Court said not Constitutional. The only practical avenue remaining to reform the system and dilute excessive lobby interest in government is to vote anti-incumbent. At a minimum do not vote for any Congressman of Congresswoman putting you on the hook for Wall Street's failures. If you do, that will be your contribution to the continuing misery and you'll have no right to complain about the economy. There are no planes crashing into buildings this time, neither has the administration explained how honest people and businesses who have established good business practices with lenders across the nation will be in danger of losing such relationships if we let the irresponsible lenders suffer the consequences of bad lending practices. There will be no reform nor accountability unless we elect more people who think like the good Dr. Paul to Congress. Posted by: Chris | September 21, 2008 at 08:35 PM As one of Ron Paul's campaign platform, his platform to abolish the Federal Reserve Bank is an important issue that affects every American and future generations. This important issue was only advocated by his campaign while the other candidates ridiculed him on his sound money arguments. The other candidates seemed to not know the history of the falling dollar and its causes. Ron Paul was right in projecting that a financial crisis was looming in the horizon. This bailout is a fraud to save a failed and corrupt system. But the dangers for America have just reached a peak. What we are witnessing now is a fast-track, no-deliberation, must-happen-now approach by the Bush Administration and the Federal Reserve Bank's Chairman, Mr. Bernanke. It is this same technique of urgency that was used to start the Iraq war. This bailout is meant to bail out the international banks and their multi-million dollar, salaried CEOs, and it rewards them for their conduct. I suggest to people to find out and research what the Federal Reserve Bank is before they are sweeped into believing that this bailout is good for Americans. There are many good reasons that the Federal Reserve Bank should be abolished as recent events about a bail out for them have shown. Posted by: John | September 21, 2008 at 08:38 PM I feel strongly that Senator Obama has brought not only race into this campaign, but racism! He loves to play the race card, but if I don't vote for him now I'm a racist! Posted by: steve rodriguez | September 21, 2008 at 08:44 PM The more I read about this, the MADDER I get! Unlimited power with no oversight? What kind of fools do they think the American people are? To allow an elected president to appoint...a Dictator?!!? Congress : just say NO. Posted by: ellen | September 21, 2008 at 08:44 PM Ron Paul is right on. He said exactly what I wanted to say. What can we do to change the course of the country? Posted by: Yan Zang | September 21, 2008 at 09:34 PM The current crisis is not unprecedented. Have you heard of the Great Depression? This has happened before. We know what governement intervention does - it extends the pain the people will experience. This is not up for debate any more than gravity is up for debate. Ron Paul is no genius. He is simply well read. He has read Rothbard's book called America's Great Depression. Rothbard is one of the greatest economists of all time, he and his mentor Mises. In the book, which you can get on Amazon, Rothbard explains how and why government intervention is the WORST thing we can do to get through a crisis like this. It is akin to asking for a little more gasoline to put out a fire. After all, gas is wet right? Wet things put out fires, right? To those of us that have studied this issue, those of us like me with a doctorate from an Ivy league school, those of us who are well read on the issue, have seen this crash coming for years. You fools do not realize that the crash is the beginning of the recovery. The more you do to delay the crash the longer and more severe will be the downturn. Moreover, has ANYONE said a word about the fact that Henry Paulsen is lying his way into STEALING one trillion dollars at a minimum from the entire American populace? For pity's sake people, WAKE UP! I know you only know what you are told, but the Treasury department doesn't have a dime. It will TAKE YOUR MONEY, YOUR TRILLION DOLLARS, to give to one man. Why isn't every man woman and child above the age of 6 screaming bloody murder? START SCREAMING. This is the greatest theft of our time and most of our rulers are thrilled to go along with it. This is TREASON. Stop with the tender footing around the issue. Never in our lives have we seen such an abuse, an absolute criminal act being perpetrated against the public. One trillion dollars - how much money is that? You would have to spend one million dollars EVERY SINGLE DAY for two thousand, seven hundred and thirty some odd years. Seriously. And they are worried that there might be trouble if they DON'T steal this much money from the public? And what are we going to do when this bill goes up 5 or ten fold? Remember, the war in Iraq was promised to cost no more than one billion dollars. So far, all counted, it is up to nearly one thousand times that number. Again, that is your money. FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE PEOPLE, CALL YOUR CONGRESSMAN. DEMAND THAT THEY STOP THIS INSANITY. THOSE FAILING ENTITIES ARE WAY TO LARGE TO SAVE. THEY ARE SINKING SHIPS AND THEY WILL TAKE DOWN THE ENTIRE PUBLIC WITH THEM. You have one chance. If you do nothing now, forget your kids paying for this, expect to see starvation on the streets in less than a year. WE, the people, do not have that much money to be stolen! We will become insolvent. Completely. They did this in Germany and the people stayed silent. Learn from history. The information is there, it is not a mystery. Henry Paulsen is asking for the entire bank accounts of every single person in the country. He will then take what he wants out of your account whenever he wants until you are empty. SCREAM NOW. You ignored us while this was happening. You ignored us when we begged you to stop. If you ignore us now, you will see a totally bankrupt country. You won't be able to work, eat, have water, have a place to live. Posted by: Sandra | September 21, 2008 at 11:04 PM http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/09/ron-paul-bailou.html

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Good luck Zach, just don't go to New England
The report from Foxsports.com is true. He will be cut later today. As we speak the Dolphins are in meetings trying to figure out how to break this news to their fans without causing a general revolt.
Regardless of how the public relations part of this is handled -- and I believe it will be by no one actually making themselves available to answer questions because, you see, that's the Dolphins way now. It's called hiding behind a dictated and vague statement even when you're whacking one of the team's most popular and highly decorated players.
But I digress.
Here is my concern: I am told by a source close to Thomas that he is healthy and can and would like to play in 2008. But he wants to play for a Super Bowl caliber team. So what's the concern?
That he'll end up playing for New England.
Personally, I am sick and tired of watching players the Dolphins discard winding their way to New England and ballin' like there is no tomorrow. You saw it with Heath Evans, Wes Welker, Junior Seau and others. Unfortunately for the Dolphins, you might see it with Thomas also.
As you know the Patriots have uncertain linebacker issues, particularly with their inside linebackers. Seau is older than the moon and unsigned for the 2008 season. Tedy Bruschi is a couple of years younger than Seau, but similarly is unsigned. Thomas is better than either one of them.
Thomas is familiar to the Patriots because they've suffered at his hand for quite some time. That was Zach that knocked out a Patriots wide receiver in his first game in 1996. That was Thomas who studied Bruschi and then played better than Bruschi in 2005 when the Dolphins started running a 3-4 similar to the one the Pats run. And that is Zach who will get a big endorsement from Nick Saban when Bill Belichick asks his friend about the former linebacker.
So the pegs are in place for Thomas to leave South Florida. He will go only to a Super Bowl-caliber team. Unfortunately, it may be the team that has embarrassed the Dolphins in the past by picking up Miami discards and making them look like treasure.


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"Stuff is eaten by dogs, broken by family and friends, sanded down by the wind, frozen by the mountains, lost by the prairie, burnt off by the sun, washed away by the rain. So you are left with dogs, family, friends, sun, rain, wind, prairie and mountains. What more do you want?" Federico Calboli
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Border guards
We arrived back at the sheep pasture this afternoon to find a quiet standoff in progress. Two young bull moose were in the pasture, but the three burros were lined up in a row, forming a border between the sheep herd and the moose. What I love about this photo are the magpies on the butt of the burro in the middle. (Click on the photo for a larger view.)
These two moose are well known in the sheep pasture. They've been lurking around on the other side of the river, watching me do chores, and sulking about the dogs not letting them into the haystack. The dogs leave the moose alone, as long as they keep their distance. Today was just another day in the neighborhood, and the moose finally went on their way into the next pasture.
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"That very afternoon Sheriff Magpie and his deputy rode out to the edge of Sheeptown on their trusty donkey. It was just as he thought; the Moose Brothers were fixin' to start a ruckus."
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Now that was funny!
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Originally posted by FlyingFox
iirc, surveillance outside the hotel revealed 2 blokes lingering outside for hours. They were dressed in UK style flight jackets w/o patches, and with the corresponding haircuts. if you saw the images, you'd know these guys were really fishy.
I would suggest that you delve further down this rabbit hole. After all...they couldn't very well laud him if he started acting against the interests of the intelligence community. Only a fool would suggest that those run concurrent with the interests of society at large.
Originally posted by OtherSideOfTheCoin
All in all this guy hates his former employer and making accusations implicating them in Diana's death is only to further his own agenda against his former employer. Just because he once saw a proposed plan written down in 1992 does not mean that they then used the same method to kill Diana.
You can also find his blog with a certain amount of digging, and then the comments sections that open up a few more doors. There are only two lines of inquiry I have ever dropped out of concern for my own security. This was one.
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You can find out about his gripes with SIS online to summarise.
There are only two lines of inquiry I have ever dropped out of concern for my own security. This was one.
Quite simply, one I was warned off of, and the other became alarming.
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Could you please clarify that point or send me a U2U.
There are only two lines of inquiry I have ever dropped out of concern for my own security. This was one.
15 years after her death new evidence has emerged that Diana was murdered by MI6 'Boston brakes'…
New Evidence Diana Was Murdered By MI6
By Richard Coleman
The 'Boston Brakes'
Following the 2008 Royal Inquest debacle, which ruled out MI6 involvement in Diana's death, new evidence has come to light which challenges the 'official verdict'.
In their book, Princess Diana: The Evidence , authors Jon King and John Beveridge present evidence that a highly sophisticated assassination technique was used to cause the princess's vehicle to crash as it drove through the Alma tunnel, Paris, in the early hours of August 31st, 1997.
The 'Boston brakes', they reveal, is the most favoured assassination technique employed by the West's intelligence services due to its deniability.


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Demo, Self-released
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1. Double Occular Penetration Ecstacy (D.O.P.E.)
2. March Of The Slaves
3. Defy The Sophist
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SO, by your own cheeky post, we have Reuters, Fox and MSNBC reporting on it as major news organizations, and the Reuters story is about miners affected by the strike. Forbes (are they still printing?) is not a major source for news. Then you have the rest.
Originally posted by TsukiLunar
You don't know what 'media blackout' means?
Media Blackout?
Looks covered to me.
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Originally posted by JakiusFogg
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The miners protest was IN MADRID - SPAIN.
Originally posted by ColoradoJens
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today I went and looked at some media sites regarding their coverage of these protests. Here are some results when typing in "Mexican Protest" in their search engines:
1) ABC - 0 stories
2) CBS - 1 Story
3) CNN - 0 stories
4) HuffPost - 0 stories
5) USA Today - 0 stories
Sure there are some that have stories, and there are many blogs with stories, but why are these big players ignoring it?
Originally posted by DukeOfDorch
I watched the whole video and while I couldn't understand what they were chanting, the "Baaaaaaaahhhhhhh" sheep call at the end was Epic.
Originally posted by Manhater
They should be more pissed about the beheading's and drug cartel rather then corruption right now. Don't you think? Corruption would be 2nd on my list if they are trying to make a movement.


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Our school resumed yesterday. Wow. Apple was not pleased! She took FOR. EV. ER. to do a subtraction worksheet. She tends to be extremely strong willed so when she digs in her heels, I have to as well. We have tried many other methods and it works best for us to endure until she finishes. Needless to say our school time was much longer than usual yesterday. However prior to the neverending mathcapade, she again AMAZED me with her reading skills! I posted a video of her on my FB page but can't figure out how to post video here. Anyhow she received a new devotional in her stocking and she picked it up for the first time yesterday as her Bible lesson and she read the whole page! Woohoo! And it wasn't all easy words either. She was reading wedding, bride, princess (she's known that one awhile), and all kinds of words I haven't heard her read before! Again KUDOS to HOOKED ON PHONICS! It has definately worked for her!
Today was a better day. We were able to get through all the material with little gnashing of teeth. I sat down over our break and loosely planned this semester. I assigned certain things to certain days but mostly I just gave us some goals to meet each week. I still have to sit down the night before or morning of and pull out the worksheets for that day (we use a lot of worksheets :) but it only takes few minutes!
Speedy went back to playschool today. He was excited to play on the playground and see all his buddies there. We have decided that this is his last year there so it was bittersweet to take him today. He will go until May and then he will be finished.
Have seen that there just aren't anymore homeschool programs here but the one. That is just insane to me since our city and county have a LARGE percentage of homeschoolers. I think that the success of the local private schools has probably cut down on the number of homeschool operations. I am planning to continue talking to other homeschoolers in the area to see what we can do about that!


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Thanks for setting out the tea cups and –is that a plate of butter cookies?!-- for this stop on our cyber travels. We're really tickled to be here today. We are Jess Lourey and Shannon Baker. We're buddied up for this road trip because A) it's always more fun to travel with a friend and 2) we're a two-fer for blog readers, a real bargain!
Jess's new release is Salem's Cipher (Midnight Ink), a political suspense novel featuring Salem Wiley, an agoraphobic cryptanalyst who must crack codes that Emily Dickinson hid 100 years earlier in order to save the first viable female presidential candidate from assassination. It releases on September 6th and is available for preorder.
Shannon's new mystery is the first in the Kate Fox series. Stripped Bare (Forge) is also landing on September 6th and also available for preorder Set in the Nebraska Sandhills, it's been called Longmire meets The Good Wife.
Let's get right to the questions of the day.
One of my favorite characters in Stripped Bare plays a bit role and comes around again in Dark Signal (next year's book). May Keller is old enough to have shared a kindergarten desk with Methuselah, has been a widow since WW II (under suspicious circumstances), and is as tough as buffalo jerky. We'll be seeing more of her, I'm sure.
Jess, one of your secondary characters, Mrs. Berns, nearly takes over your Murder-by-the-Month series (Midnight Ink). She's so much fun and has a lot in common with May Keller. Tell us how you came up with Mrs. Berns.
Jess and I are each giving away a copy of our new books, Salem's Cipher and Stripped Bare. For a chance to win, share your favorite secondary character or leave a comment below.
And just in case we haven't been fun enough:
If you order Salem's Cipher before September 6, 2016, you are invited to forward your receipt to firstname.lastname@example.com to receive a Salem short story and to be automatically entered in a drawing to win a 50-book gift basket mailed to the winner's home!
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For a review of our books, join us Monday, August 22 as the Lourey/Baker Double Booked tour stops at Books and Needlepoint. We'll be with Terry Ambrose on Tuesday, and Wednesday at Do Some Damage.
A little about our books:
Salem Wiley is a genius cryptanalyst, courted by the world's top security agencies ever since her quantum computing breakthrough. She's also an agoraphobe shackled to a narrow routine since her father's suicide. When her intelligence work unexpectedly exposes a sinister plot to assassinate the country's first viable female presidential candidate, Salem finds herself both target and detective in a modern day witch hunt. Drawn into a labyrinth of messages encrypted by Emily Dickinson and codes tucked inside the Beale Cipher a hundred years earlier, Salem begins to uncover the truth: an ancient and ruthless group is hell-bent on ruling the world, and only a select group of women stands in its way.
Just when everything seems about perfect, someone leaves the barn door open and all hell breaks loose. At least, that's what it feels like for Kate Fox. Born and raised in the Nebraska Sandhills, smack in the middle of eight interfering siblings, related to everyone in the county by one degree of separation or less, Kate's managed to create a her perfect life.
A shattering phone calls hits Kate like a January blizzard. A local rancher is murdered and Kate's husband, the sheriff, is shot. When her husband is suspected of the murder, Kate vows to find the killer.


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La prima lezione, in programma il 9 Maggio (Aula A, ore 16:00), avrà per titolo: "Ferroelectrics and related functional oxides: from basic concepts to predictive models for complex materials". Abstract. Ferroelectrics and related functional oxides: from basic concepts to predictive models for complex materials I will introduce the physics of ferroelectrics and related materials (dielectrics, piezoelectrics) that present non trivial lattice dynamical properties. I will focus on ferroelectric perovskite oxides, and discuss the simplest physical models that allow us to simulate their polar transition in an atomistic and realistic way. Then, I will review the most important effects (associated e.g. with chemical disor der and nano structuring) that can lead to spectacular enhancements of the key properties of these materials. I will be mainly interested in the study of ferroelectrics from first principles at the relevant conditions of temperature, pressure, etc.; hence, this lecture will also feature ideas for achieving large scale atomistic simulations with quantum mechanical accuracy and predictive power, many of which are of general applicability.
La seconda lezione sarà il 16 Maggio (sempre Aula A alle 16:00) e si intitolerà: "Magnetoelectric multiferroics: from the fundamental mechanisms to materials design".
Abstract: I will introduce magnetoelectric and magnetoelectric multiferroic compounds, focusing on the physical mechanisms that allow us to control their magnetic properties by means of applied electric fields. Then, I will describe the theory and methods needed to run predictive first principles calculations of magnetoelectric effects, and illustrate them with representative examples of application. Finally, to put the ideas in action, I will discuss the problem of designing materials that present a robust magnetoelectric response at room temperature, and briefly present several alternatives from my own work.
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text: An automotive spare parts store in Zamboanga City in Mindanao displays an unusual replica of the Philippine flag. May 28, 1898 was the day the Philippine flag was first unfurled near the port of Cavite Nuevo after the victory at the Battle of Alapan, where the Philippine Revolutionary Army lead by General Emilio Aguinaldo defeated the Spanish Army. This day is recognized today as National Flag Day. (Mindanao Examiner Photo Service)


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The LIRR has been upgrading signals and switches at the Jamaica Station.
Agency officials say the $56-million dollar upgrade was successful.
Severely curtailed service also occurred on Oct. 23-24.
The Jamaica Signal cutover project consisted of installing a new microprocessor technology signal system in the three interlockings (signal and switching areas) that control train movement through Jamaica.
These three interlockings are called Jay, Dunton and Hall. Upon completion of the project - which requires these two 48-hour weekend service disruptions ? signals and switches were controlled from one facility, Jamaica Central Control; instead of the three towers located in each of these interlockings.
The project brings state-of-the-art technology to this critical LIRR location by replacing the 1910's-era electro-mechanical Model 14 Interlocking Machines at the three towers with a modern microprocessor based system.
The new more reliable system will increase operational flexibility for the large volume of trains that pass through this area, helping to reduce customer delays.
The new system also will provide redundant signal control systems and will allow for quicker recovery time in the event of a power surge, or lightning storm or fire-related service disruption like those experienced last month when high voltage power entered the signal system and damaged the wiring to the signal control board in Jamaica's Hall Tower.
The cost of the project is approximately $56-million. Funding is provided by the MTA Capital Program.


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What's the deal? Logged in today as it refreshes every 30 days to show my exp score. It shows score for last month, WITH last months date and then it says come back after 30 days for an updated score lol
Well, today is 3/16 and they always say 'come back after 30 days to refesh it', so maybe tomorrow they will refresh it, or you may need to wait an extra 2 days because February was only 28 days.


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by Brian Shilhavy
Health Impact News
In what may the first study of its kind, researchers in India extracted the antioxidants unique to virgin coconut oil from the oil and injected them into rats with induced arthritis. They found that the unique coconut oil antioxidants reduced inflammation associated with arthritis more effectively than current pharmaceutical drugs.
The authors of the study write that their motivation to examine the antioxidants present in virgin coconut oil in relation to inflammation caused by arthritis is due to the ineffectiveness and serious side effects of current pharmaceutical drugs prescribed for arthritis:
Arthritis is one of the most pervasive diseases that cause disability. Arthritis encompasses over 120 diseases and conditions that affect joints, surrounding tissues and connective tissues. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is characterized by chronic inflammation of synovial joints and subsequent progressive erosive destruction of articular cartilage. The consequent morbidity and mortality have a substantial socioeconomic impact and epidemiology of arthritis in female:male is 3:1. Most of the patients with aggressive disease evolution become clinically disabled within 20 years.
At present the drug used to treat RA range from non-steroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) to more potent disease modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) [3]. The lack of reliable treatment for early RA is a major problem in modern medicine. Most of these treatments cause severe side effects such as stomach problems, heartburn, ulcers and bleeding in the case of NSAIDs and cataracts, high blood pressure, sleep problems, muscle loss, bruising, thinning of the bones (osteoporosis), weight gain and susceptibility to infections in the case of DMARDs. There is therefore a need to develop effective antiinflammatory drugs with fewer side effects. The main objective of the present study is to evaluate the antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effect of polyphenolic fraction isolated from virgin coconut oil (VCO) on experimental arthritis.
While this study was obviously motivated to create new patent-able drugs or supplements from virgin coconut oil antioxidants, it should encourage those who consume virgin coconut oil, knowing the effectiveness of the unique antioxidants present in some virgin coconut oils has wonderful health benefits. This is yet another benefit of virgin coconut oil that can be added to the already impressive long list of benefits associated with coconut oil, much of it related to the medium chain fatty acids, such as lauric acid.
It is important to note, however, that when discussing antioxidants present in coconut oil, that not all coconut oils are equal in amounts of antioxidants present. Refined coconut oils would have little or none, and not all virgin coconut oils are produced the same way to have the highest amounts of antioxidants. The virgin coconut oil used in this study was produced using the wet-milling method and heat.
Previous research has shown that antioxidants are most present in virgin coconut oils produced using the wet-milling method, and that they are released in more abundance into the coconut oil when some heat is used in the processing. Many virgin coconut oils on the market today are actually produced with no heat, or "cold pressed." While this is an advantage in the olive oil industry, it is a disadvantage in producing high quality coconut oils. For more information, see: What Type of Coconut Oil is Best? How to Choose a Coconut Oil.


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Author: Rachel Caine
Series: Morganville Vampires
Date published: 1st November 2011
Description: Claire Danvers is concerned when three vampires vanish from Morganville without a trace. The last person seen with them is someone new to town—a mysterious individual named Magnus. Claire is convinced creepy Magnus isn't human . . . but is he a vampire, or something else entirely?
Claire's hunt for answers leads her to solving another mystery that's long been puzzling her: why do vampires live so far out in a sunny desert when they're sensitive to sunlight? The answer has nothing to do with sunlight, but with water—and an ancient enemy who has finally found a way to invade the vampires' landlocked community.
Vampires aren't the top predator on earth. There's something worse that preys on them . . . something much worse.
Which means if Claire, and Morganville, want to live, they will have to fight on to the last breath .
Review. This story starts with a whole load of bad vibes going on about the planned wedding between Micheal (vamp) and Eve (human). Its sturd feelings in human and vamps and everyone is out to stop it. when Claire tried to talk to Eve about it and ask her if she was doing the right thing, Eve wouldn't back down, is that going to be her down fall as later in the book, Claire See's Micheal with a female vamp and things look very cosy.
While this is going on there is something big going on in town, a letter is given to Claire and Shane to pass on to the founder of Morganville (vamp) Amelie letter had one thing wrote on it and that was RUN!!!!. Claire doesn't know what it means but she knows its something big. So big that it causes the vamps to want them silenced. and the Founder tries to have Shane killed. When things have calmed down Claire keeps seeing a man about, but no one else can see him, he isn't like a normal man he is kind of wrong. She doesn't understand why no one else can see him but her and wonders if he has something to do with all the vamps going missing. As normal Claire goes looking into things and gets a little to close for comfort And things go really wrong for her. All you Morganville fans out there will be so shocked at how wrong they go. It had me crying like a baby. In this book it leaves the vamps running for there lives for once and for once you see Ameile being a coward and tring to run away and its up to Claire and the gang to save the day.
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OMFG where to start, Iv never enjoyed a book so much in my life. It was one of them rollarcoaster ones where you find it so funny in its then your crying in others because it becomes so sad. Im going to have to say this has to be one of my favourite books in the series. it was so well written and had you glued to it till you had finished it. The characters in this book are amazing, and when you read about them you feel like your one of the gang. I love the romance between Claire and Shane and Eve and Micheal. they are so close and willing to do anything for each other. Now the only down side to this book is that you were left on such a clifhanger. With Shane annd Claire not quite saveing the day but Shane feeling the to ask Claire to marry him. I so so so enjoyed this book but im really sad because you could tell that the series is coming to an end.


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Helping "satellite babies" thrive in the U.S.
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QUEENS, N.Y. — David Chen, 24, was less than a year old when his parents sent him to China's Fujian Province to be raised by his grandparents. His parents had recently immigrated to the U.S. and were working 14-hour shifts at multiple restaurants, often seven days a week, in hopes of a better future for the family. At the age of 5, Chen's parents brought him back the U.S. to enroll in school.
"I do remember crying a lot because being taken away by people you barely know… it was pretty hard," said Chen. "I was attached to my grandma."
Chen was unable to fully form a relationship with his parents after arriving from China. The separation from his grandparents was so traumatic that he began having suicidal thoughts in the third grade.
"Growing up I didn't have that connection with [my parents] so I didn't really know how to discuss my feelings with them," he said. "I was so boxed off and I didn't talk to them at all, they felt I was very angry child at home."
Dr. Yvonne Bohr and researchers from York University in Ontario, Canada, have been studying separations like Chen's since 2006. They coined the term "satellite babies" to refer to infants that have been shuttled back and forth from one country to another between different sets of caregivers who live thousands of miles apart.
"They are often sent away just around the time when they develop a strong attachment to their biological parents and they are going to experience a lot of distress during [this] separation," said Bohr. "When they return, the parents expect the child to be very happy to be home, often not understanding that for that child this isn't home anymore."
Bohr, a clinical psychologist, said infants have very rich emotional lives and need consistent caretakers that they can trust and feel confident will protect them.
Some satellite babies "go into this mode of acting out because they are confused and angry and can't regulate their emotions," she explained, while others "start being really pleasing to the new adult because… they don't know how long this one with last. Those are the kids who have more of a tendency to get depressed in the future."
Lois Lee, director of the Chinese-American Planning Council, a non-profit that provides child care services and helps satellite babies adjust to life in America, says sending young children back and forth between the two countries is a common cultural trend among many Chinese immigrant communities.
"It is almost acceptable in China, they feel that this is part of growing up in America," said Lee. "No parent wants to give up their child, but [there are] a lot of sacrifices that immigrants have to make, you know, to have a better life here."
At a child care program Lee runs in Queens, more than 60 percent of the students are satellite babies. She notes that the transition can be difficult for parents as well as children.
"The parents have also lost five years of parenting skills. To have your child come back, you don't know the child's personality, what makes them happy or anything about your child," said Lee. "Then the child doesn't recognize the parent, so there is a real big disconnect. They lost that bonding period."
Eight-year-old twins Matthew and Rachel Cai and 9-year-old Jenny Zhuo were sent to China as infants and came back when they were around 4 years old. Although they are grateful for the years they spent getting to know their grandparents, they don't fully understand why their parents sent them away.
"I was confused, I didn't see my grandparents. They said it was my mom. … When I got off the plane they said that but I cried because I thought, like, a stranger was taking me away," said Zhuo. "I couldn't remember who they [were], like I forgot them over the years when I was in China."
Many parents of satellite babies send their children overseas in part to preserve their culture. But experts say the overwhelming force behind this exodus is the lack of affordable child care.
According to the Economic Policy Institute, in 33 states and the District of Columbia, infant care costs exceed the average cost of in-state college tuition at public four-year institutions. In New York, for example, where the full-time minimum wage salary is $18,720 a year, the average annual cost of infant care is $14,144. This means that a minimum-wage worker in New York would need to work full time for thirty-nine weeks, or from January to September, just to pay for child care for one infant.
"If we had affordable early childhood education, and that also includes government subsidized programs, [parents] would not send their child back," said Lee. "The next president has to see the value in early child care education. There has been a big push for universal preschool, but what about the infants and the toddlers? They need to be taken care of too."
Lee mentored 16-year-old Vicky Pan, a former satellite baby who now volunteers at the child care program.
"The first night that I came here [back to the U.S.] I was crying. But I was crying really silently… because I didn't want to cause any trouble," said Pan. "I never told them how I felt…. The next day I would always be the shy girl again, I wouldn't say anything."
It took Pan an entire year to speak to her father.
"He was probably scared too," she said. "He [had not] seen me in four years, he didn't know what to say to me, he didn't know how I [felt], so he [felt] like silence was probably the best thing."
Lee says experiences like these are common among satellite babies and contribute to some behavioral problems.
"There are a lot of angry people in America, and you don't want to add to the anger, you really want to lessen it, you know, really make it a positive experience to live here," said Lee. "The children don't understand what is happening to them. They have a lot of anger issues. They didn't want to be sent away."
Researchers from Wellesley College, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and UMass Boston are conducting several studies to examine the stress, health, and wellbeing of families with satellite babies.
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Hi All,
This last weekend Laurie taught us how to make swirly beads. The technique is from Donna Kato's Millefiore book. It's much easier than it looks.
Here are the photos of the bead that I made in class. I didn't mark mine to chop into equal lengths since I wasn't sure what I was going to do with mine. You don't see the glow in the dark clay that I added as part of the bead.
Karen and Janice weren't able to attend so today I taught them the technique. Laurie strongly suggested not worrying about colour scheme and that the technique is a great way to use up scraps.
So with this one I didn't worry about what I threw together. And yet the three of us oohed and aaahed at the result.
We were making Bottles of Hope today and it occured to me that this technique would make perfect candles. So you can see my first attempt at a cupcake BOH with the candle from the class that Laurie taught.
Wendy will be posting photos of other guild member results.
In the mean time, thanks so much to Laurie for teaching a deceptively simple but versatile technique.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
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I have a 22mm (OD) stainless steel pipe (barrel) that I want threaded into another bigger pipe with a ID that is 21.8mm.
I want the barrel to be detachable for portability and hence the threading. Conventional tap and die sets do not cater for 22mm, or at least not that I know of.
Anyway, my questions are:
How do I thread my barrel into the bigger pipe?
Would a ID and OD difference of 0.2mm (as in my case) be sufficient for threading?
P.S. Alternatively, would there be a better way of making a detachable barrel?
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My friend Mandy saved a seat for me on the train as she lives further up the Mountains from me. We chatted all the way into town and before we knew it we were in Sydney. We fueled up on coffee and chai and got to the the show before it started. We had a fun time patchwork bag spotting in the crowd.
My lovely blog friend Terry found me straight away because of my BMDaisy jacket. She'd seen the post about the jacket and in a flash whipped up a design incorporating her initials TNT. I love that enthusiasm!! It was so so wonderful to meet a bloggy friend in real life. Now she's a real friend that I chat to in my bloggy life.
I loved seeing quilts Saffron had made and her fabulous fabrics. It really makes it so much more personal hearing a designer talk about their fabrics. The fabrics gain a personality that makes them more special to use. I caught up with Saffron and Patrick at their stall later and have to say they are the nicest, down to Earth, lovely people!!
This is the prize winning Lots of Dots quilt. As the name suggests Chris only used spotty dotty fabrics to create all those wonderful circles. It really is an amazing quilt!!
We did a screen printing class with Louise Snook. She was a natural teacher, with a zillion great tips to share with us and a bucket load of patience when the ink started flying.
Here I am trying to come up with a design idea. That was before I started playing with the ink and ended up with it all over the table, my hands and even spots on my face. I managed to get a little bit on the fabric.
Big smiles from Mandy and Lynne!! ( note Lynne's fabulous dress made from Patty Young's Flora and Fauna range). I think these two have found their calling, they took to printing like a ducks to water!! or should I say ink to fabric... I think I'll stick to fabric hunting...
It was an absolute treat to catch up with Linda from Quilts in the Barn. I've followed her blog pretty much from when she started it. Linda always has wonderful quilting trips to share. Amazing quilts made by her, her numerous friends and from her trips. On top of all of that she somehow she finds the time to organise one of Australia's best annual quilt shows -Quilts in the Barn, with all proceeds going to breast cancer research. This year US reproduction fabric designer and quilter Jo Morton is coming out as the feature quilter of the show. Linda happened to have this year's raffle quilt with her. Comprised of signature blocks from all over the world made with Jo's fabrics. Mine is in the photo, the dark red one with the fussy cut circles.
My only regret is that I didn't have more time to spend with everyone. We stayed to the very end and practically had to be kicked out. The day was a whirlwind and flew by way too fast!!! Next year I'll go for more than one day! At least Mandy and I had the train trip home to look at all our beautiful fabrics and purchases.


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On the 30th March 2011 at c.16:20, Senator Perchard treated us to an exclusive stand-up comedy routine, where the comedy was largely unintentional (bar for an initial observation that 'if ever [Deputy Le Fondré] looks for another profession, I suggest he becomes the voice of meditation CDs.' - this did solicit genuine mirth). Tickets were limited to roughly 53 seated(+theatre officials), and one or two lucky members of the public who had managed to sneak past security and the heavy wooden doors to gain a seat in the gallery. Perhaps 100 more were listening on their wireless radios.
|Proud Jerseyman Jimmy Perchard tells us why Jersey is the best place
on the planet and why those who suggest improvements are malicious traitors
In a speech which could easily have been written by his mentor, Professor Terry Le Main at the Jersey faculty of Rhetoric and Demagoguery, Senator Perchard sang the praises of the Jersey Democratic model, with its 35-45% turnout rates for elections (20% in some elections) - 70-80% abstention rates (when considering those who are not registered) and the public's inability to elect its own Chief Minister or influence policy direction in a meaningful way. So without further ado, I welcome, Senator Jimmy Perchard [applause]
'It is a long time ago I pushed my red button. I was off in another place, particularly after Deputy Le Fondré's speech. If ever he looks for another profession I suggest he becomes the voice of meditation CDs. [Laughter] But I thank Deputy Trevor Pitman for waking me up and, Sir, you for calling my name. The Bailiff has presided over this Legislature since it developed out of the Royal Court, over 800 years ago. In essence we have a piece of history here which we are discussing; a piece of fantastic Jersey history and any reform of the Bailiff's role has to be taken very seriously, and I think we all agree on one thing, and I think it was my good friend, Senator Le Gresley who started this off - and Deputy Maçon and Deputy Trevor Pitman subsequently - we all agree that any recommendation should be put to the people of Jersey for their decision. This is not an easy decision; we have established that this afternoon. There are many strongly-held views and I have one. It is important that however we conclude the final recommendation from P.P.C., a referendum be held on this matter. I suspect over times of our long history the Bailiff who, as we know, has never been elected, may have politicised his role. I have no examples of such but over 800 years I suspect there are many. Until 1947 many of us were unelected and so until quite recently in the 800 year history we had unelected people acting in a political fashion; Jurats and Rectors of course. The Bailiff and the A.G. and the Dean have survived any transition and I suspect they have survived under scrutiny over the decades, more recently since certainly the 1950s, under scrutiny and they have reformed their role. The Bailiff, for example, no longer has a casting vote. The 3 positions have developed a position of neutrality and impartiality and that is why they have survived. I challenge any Member in recent times to give an example of where the Bailiff when presiding over this Assembly has displayed anything but neutrality and impartiality. If any Member can give an example - a real example; not a blog site example - a real example, let him stand up today and tell us about it. I think the proposal to remove the Bailiff from this Legislature is a proposal for change for nothing more than change for the sake of change. Change promoted by the same people who would have the Constables removed from the Assembly because they are the symbolic head of their Parish police force [Deputy Tadier stamps his foot in approval] The same people who would probably have the Dean removed from the Assembly [Deputy Tadier stamps his foot again in approval]. The malcontents who want to change Jersey for the better [Deputy Tadier stamps his foot yet again in approval]. Change for change's sake [Deputy Tadier shakes his head in disagreement]. I am sorry, I call it malcontent and I mean it. It is people who are constantly dragging Jersey down and criticising the wonderful democracy we have. Jersey is a great example of democracy; a beacon of democracy that we should hold up high for the world to look at. Members made reference to the E.U. (European Union) and the Court of Human Rights. Well, let us look at the E.U.; an institution which allows its M.E.P.s (Members of the European Parliament) to speak for a maximum of 10 minutes and who has a group of unelected commissioners who run the European Union. What has the E.C.H.R. (European Court of Human Rights) got to say about that with the 260 million people that those unelected commissioners represent. Let us look at the House of Lords in the U.K. Members involved in U.K.'s legislative process. The House of Lords is full of unelected members. What has the E.C.H.R. got to say about that? These people are making legislation. Our Bailiff presides with immaculate neutrality and impartiality over the sittings of this States and nobody in this room will be able to get up and give an example of him doing otherwise. As I have said, Members seem to have fixed views on this subject. I suggest the only way forward is for a reasonable, well-considered question to be put to the people of Jersey on this matter. I will leave it at that, except I will throw a little side-winder into the mix for Members to ponder. Just diverting slightly; I am surprised that Carswell focused only really on the dual roles of the Bailiff and, as I look across at my good friend the Attorney General, I wonder why Lord Carswell and his eminent group of advisers and committee did not look at the role of the Attorney General and perhaps the conflict of the role of Attorney General. I know he did but did not make recommendations that perhaps the role of the Attorney General should be split into a role where we had a Chief Prosecution Service who was independent of the Legislature. I am not sure I would have supported it even if he had, but I think it is quite reasonable that he would have made a recommendation of that type. Without wanting to repeat myself, this is a change for change's sake and I urge Members to recognise that it will not be this Assembly that agrees the way forward and it must be the people of Jersey that do it.'
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Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit and His Friends review at Brentwood Theatre
After last year's charming Jemima Puddle Duck, Ray Howes again delves into the magical world of Beatrix Potter, with four enchanting tales to enthral juvenile audiences.
Bringing a little corner of the Lake District to Brentwood, David Zelly immerses you into a welcoming shire-like warren set, burrowed below verdant meadows.
While Deborah Luery's Beatrix Potter paints serenely, Nicholas Rutherford bounds about as mischievous Peter Rabbit. Inquisitive rascal Rutherford captures those hyperactive mannerisms we all associate with greedy Peter, as if fuelled on E numbers.
Andrew Nance does a fantastic job with fearsome Mr McGregor, adopting an accent reminiscent of Willy in the Simpsons, while Sophie Farquhar's white cat is highly feline.
Costume designer Lynne Trubridge is painstakingly inventive with her concoctions, from Nance's brogue-wearing Benjamin Bunny, to the protruding prickles of Jackson Pentland's Mrs Tiggy-Winkle – proof of the magical character illustrations being brought to life.
Ian Southgate's medley, including the charming Zizz! Buzz! Zizz! and I Can't Sit Still, will solve bedtime sing-alongs for months to come.
Engaging escapism at its best and a tempting alternative if you lack the stomach for another round of 'it's behind you' shows.
Brentwood Theatre, December 8-30
- Author
- Beatrix Potter, Adrian Mitchell (adaptation)
- Director
- Ray Howes
- Producers
- Brentwood Theatre, Vivid Musical Theatre
- Cast includes
- Sophie Farquhar, Mia Keadell, Deborah Luery, Andrew Nance, Jackson Pentland, Nicholas Rutherford
- Running time
- 1hr 50mins