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Coming Home: The Dinner Party
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Its a bit long but I didn't want to split it up. Or, it just kept getting longer, phnaar phnaar
Coming Home: The Dinner Party
Not long after we had moved into our new house we decided to have a house warming dinner party. We invited our best friends, a married couple, Alan and Claire, and two girl-friends, Nicki and Kate. Although all four were friends of my wife Caroline and myself, they had only met each other a couple of times at parties.
Alan and Claire are slightly older than us and we'd known them for several years, through work. Alan is a tall, solid man in his late fifties who keeps himself fit by playing golf and jogging. Claire, a couple of years younger, is about five foot tall with long blonde hair and a trim body.
We had known Kate and Nicki separately for about fifteen or twenty years and then we introduced them to each other about ten years ago when both were going through divorces. We thought that that they could help each other through this difficult time, and that's what happened, they became close friends and the four of us have spent a lot of time together over the last few years, holidaying and just hanging out. Kate is in her late forties, with a very slim body, hardly any curves to speak of. Nicki, about five years younger is slightly shorter but far more buxom. Both girls visit the gym regularly and it shows.
After we had eaten we moved into the lounge, some bringing their wine, others with a brandy. As we'd only just moved into the house the furniture in the lounge was spartan, just two sofas and some large cushions on the floor in front of the fire. Alan and Claire sat on one sofa facing Caroline and myself on the other, the 'girls' sprawled on the cushions. We chatted for a while, nothing too serious just that post dinner, slightly drunk, trivial stuff until somehow the conversation came around to sex, or rather the lack of it. The girls, automatically making the assumption that married couples are constantly at it, were competing, both claiming that it was months since they'd had any, a claim I knew was definitely untrue in Nicki's case. (Authors note: see Coming Home)
Caroline was snuggled up close to me on the sofa, and she was casually running her hand up and down the inside of my thigh, occasionally going a little bit higher and giving my dick a gentle squeeze, thinking nobody was looking. (Un) fortunately (?) Kate did notice.
"Oh that's not fair you two, I can see what you're doing. It's driving me crazy and I've just been saying how long it is since I've had any fun."
"You know Kate if you can't find yourself a man you could have some fun with a girl."
"Nicki ! Don't be so disgusting, I'm not that sort of girl."
"Don't knock it if you haven't tried it. Once you've had a girl go down on you, you won't want a boy again."
Simultaneously both Caroline and Claire said "Yep, that's right." Hang on a second, I thought, that's a bit hard on us men, I for one have never had any complaints.
Claire continued,
"Yes Kate, a girl knows what you want her to do, you don't have to give her directions." There I was thinking they just liked telling a man what to do. And I always thought I took direction well.
"Well, I'm not interested. I just couldn't get turned on by a girl."
"Let's see, shall we."
and saying that Nicki quickly jumped on to Kate, rolling her onto her back and straddling her stomach, her hands holding Kate's wrists down above her head. As I said earlier, both girls are very fit and Kate was desperately struggling to get free, but Nicki's extra weight was too much for her. Nicki was trying to kiss Kate, but she was able to keep turning her head away.
"Er guys, I could use a little help here."
Claire slipped off the sofa onto the floor by Kate's head and took hold of Kate's wrists, freeing Nickis hands. Nicki was then able to hold Kate's head still, and force a kiss onto her lips.
"Nicki stop it, this is going too far," she spluttered.
"Oh I don't think so. Now let's have a look at those little titties of yours."
"No Nicki, don't, don't,arggh" Nicki stopped her complaining with another forced kiss. She released Kate's head and moved her weight further down onto Kate's hips. Kate was able to start struggling again, but Claire tightened her grip on her arms and Nicki's weight on her legs kept her still. Nicki was now able to unbutton Kate's blouse, although Kate was still wriggling and telling her not to, only stopping when Nicki forced a kiss onto her. When the buttons were all undone, Nicki lifted herself up and pulled the blouse apart. Kate wasn't wearing a bra, she didn't need to, laying on her back her breasts had almost disappeared, but her nipples were absolutely beautiful, pale brown and erect begging to be kissed, and that's what Nicki did. Leaning forward she took one into her mouth, pulling at it between her teeth and rolling her tongue around it. She released that one and repeated the process on the other. Kate's struggles and complaints were gradually decreasing. Nicki went back to kiss her and this time didn't have to hold her head still. Nicki alternated between kissing and nipple sucking for a few minutes and Kate had completely subsided, just making gentle groans and she appeared to be returning the kisses.
"Oh well, in for a penny in for a pound," Nicki said, and moved down Kate's legs, starting to un-button Kate's skirt which fortunately fastened up the front. Kate realised what she was doing and started to struggle again. Claire had to put more weight onto her arms to keep her still. Nicki quickly had the buttons undone and pulled the skirt open,
"Oh lovely thong, you'll have to tell me where you bought it." At times like this they still think about clothes. Nick was kneeling between Kate's legs pushing them apart, and she lowered her head down to Kate's crotch, her hand pulling the thong to one side. She dipped in and ran her tongue up Kate's cunt.
"No Nicki don't. Please stop. Don't do that."
Nicki was having none of it and just kept on licking, pushing the vagina lips apart and inserting the tip of her tongue.
"No Nicki, no...no...no....oh...oh....oh my God...yes...yes...yes."
Nicki had obviously hit the spot, Kate had stopped struggling and was now just groaning.
Claire was able to release her grip on Kate's arms and she turned to look at Alan, a big smile coming to her face when she saw the bulge in the front of his trousers.
"Stand up babe." He did as he was told and turned to face her. Staying on her knees she undid his belt and trousers, pulled downed the zip and opened his trousers. She reached in and pulled out his prick. I can honestly say that even semi-erect it was the biggest one I've seen outside of porn videos, not that I've seen that many outside of porn videos ! It wasn't going to be my night, first my fanny licking technique (and the rest of mankind's) had been disparaged and now I was going to have to compete with the biggest dick in the world, or at least in the county!
Claire wrapped her hand around it and guided it into her mouth, with the other hand she freed his bollocks from his boxers and, I assume, gently squeezed them. She was gradually taking more of his dick into her mouth trying to swallow it all, although as it was getting harder and longer she seemed to be fighting a losing battle. The sucking, squelching noises, together with Nicki's licking and slurping and Kate's groaning were driving me crazy.
Also Caroline I guess, because she quickly stood up, took off her skirt and knickers, undid my trousers and pulled out my dick, fully erect, I wasn't going to be intimidated. Then, saying "I want to watch what's happening" she positioned herself over me, facing away, reverse cowgirl , and lowered herself, straight in, no messing. I nearly came on the spot. Her fanny was absolutely soaking, either from watching her friend's lesbian rape or from the sight of Alan's monster dick, or both. I was virtually lying on my back on the sofa, she was impaled on me, with her legs slightly bent and her feet flat on the floor. She braced her legs and lifted herself up until I almost came out and then dropped down again. This was marvellous, I was getting a floorshow and didn't have to do a thing while she fucked herself on me.
Nicki was continuing to lap away at Kate's cunt and, judging by the noises she was making, Kate was either having one long orgasm or lots of little concurrent ones. With one hand she stroking Nicki's head and the other was playing with her own breasts, rubbing the nipples between her fingers.
Alan appeared to be fully erect now and Claire was actually managing to get most of it into her mouth. She was helped by him holding her head in his hands and face fucking her, giving her no option but to swallow him. After a few minutes it looked and sounded as though he was close to cumming, she managed to disengage herself.
"Don't cum yet, Alan. Why don't you go and see if you can do anything for Nicki. You know you've wanted to fuck her since the first time you saw her. I'll go and join Caroline and John."
"Oh yes please." Nicki piped up, before Kate gently pulled her head back into place.
Ever obedient, Alan did as he was told, and why wouldn't he! He picked up a cushion off the sofa and knelt down behind Nicki. He unceremoniously pulled up Nicki's skirt and bunched it around her waist. Good old Nicki had come prepared, no knickers! Holding her by the hips he lifted her backside up a little higher, pushing her weight forward into Kate, who groaned a little louder. He was now able to line himself at her fanny, he rubbed the head of his dick against her fanny and then just pushed half of it inside her.
"JESUS CHRIST, that huge!" she screamed, her head shooting into the air in shock, forcing Kate to grab it with both hands and pull it back in place. Alan pulled back slightly and then pushed again, probably two thirds this time.
"OH GOD, how much more is there?" her head again shooting into the air only to be pulled back down. Alan again pulled back and pushed, this time all the way. I couldn't make out Nicki's cries this time because Kate was ready and was holding her head down. Alan kept still for a couple of minutes giving her a chance to get used to the length and girth, and then began to slowly and gently fuck her.
"Oh that's so good, it's so fucking big, oh yes fuck me with that big bastard dick." Which Alan was only too glad to do.
Meanwhile Claire had come over to Caroline and me. She knelt on the floor between my legs, pushing both our legs wide apart, and exposing Caroline's fanny sliding up and down my penis. She dipped her head down and, pushing out her tongue, started to lick. Although I think she was concentrating on Caroline, I could feel the wet tongue running up the underside of my dick. Caroline started to squeal at the attention her clit was receiving. Every few moments, just so I didn't feel left out, Claire stopped licking and sucked a testicle into her mouth, then the other one. After a few moments I could tell Caroline was close to coming and to be fair I wasn't far away myself. Claire stopped and said,
"John, do you mind if I concentrate on doing a proper job on your wife's lovely fanny?"
"Of course not. In fact I have an idea if you'll let me pose you both."
"Go ahead."
We all pulled apart, I spun Caroline around so that her back was against the sofa arm, her left leg was hanging over the back of the sofa and her right foot was in the floor. Claire knew where I was going with this and jumped up onto the sofa, her knees on the other arm and ducked her head down between Caroline's thighs. I moved to the side of the sofa behind Claire, lifted her arse slightly, and slid into her sopping wet fanny. I think the three of us groaned at the same time. I held onto Claire's hips and started to fuck, Claire started to lick and suck and Caroline started to groan.
Kate had obviously having lots of little orgasms because she suddenly hit the big one, screaming so loud I'm sure she scared the neighbours. Nicki was now able to reposition herself by taking weight onto her arms, and pushing back to meet Alan's thrusts. I looked across at them and caught Alan's eye just as he pulled apart the cheeks of her bottom and pushed his thumb into her arsehole. Nicki yelped and pushed backwards again. Alan winked at me and nodded at his wife.
I was obviously being invited to do the same to her, so I put my thumb in my mouth to wet it, pulled apart Claire's cheeks and slipped my thumb all the way into her backside.
"Oh yes, that's fucking lovely." I continued to fuck her fanny as I slid my thumb in and out of her arse.
"Fuck my arse John. Alan's just too big for me and I haven't had a dick in there for ages." Oh well there are advantages in being one of the smaller dicked.
I slid out, pushed her backside downwards, lined myself up against her rosebud and pushed the head inside.
"Oh God, that's good. Give me more," eager to oblige I slowly pushed my whole length inside. Caroline was obviously feeling neglected because she dragged Claire's head back down. Claire moved a hand backwards and started to play with herself as I fucked her backside.
Nicki was frantically slamming herself back into Alan's thrusts, and then she came with an almighty cry, closely followed by Alan's triumphant grunt as he emptied himself into her. They both collapsed forward squashing Kate.
The sights and sound pushed the rest of us over the edge, Caroline first, her fingers tightening into Claire's hair. I could feel Claire's fingers becoming more frantic as she came as well. That was enough for me and I felt a stream of hot spunk pump into her.
The six of us just lay there silently for minutes before we started to disentangle ourselves.
Nicki was the first to get up, holding a hand out to help Kate up.
"Time for bed I think," holding the other hand out to me. I looked at Caroline, who smiled and said,
"Go on, use our room, I'll squeeze in with Alan and Claire." I'm sure she looked at Alan's dick and smiled again.
Nicki led the way upstairs and into the bedroom. I went into the bathroom, stripped off the rest of my clothes and cleaned myself up a bit. When I came out of the bathroom, Nicki and Kate had already stripped and where lying on the bed their arms wrapped around each other, kissing and tongue fencing. They looked up and Kate, who was nearest, said, "Come and get between us." I did as I was told and climbed over her. The three of us then kissed and groped each other. It was wonderful, two soft mouths to kiss, two smooth bodies to caress, four breasts to play with, well two breasts and a couple of bumps, four buttocks to squeeze. And there were four soft hands running over my body. Eventually we drifted to more sensitive parts. I started to feel a wet fanny and another hand would join me there, then I would feel a hand on my dick and another playing with my balls, strangely, although both were soft I could tell they belonged to different people. This was having an obvious effect on me and soon I was rock hard. Kate said,
"Nicki, do you mind if I have him first? What you did to me was wonderful, but it's so long since I've had one I'm desperate for a dick in me."
"Course not babe. In fact I could do with a bit of a rest after Alan. I was hoping you'd return the favour to me anyway."
Of course I didn't get any say in this but I'm not going to complain.
Nicki moved to the top of the bed, sitting down, and spread her thighs. Kate moved between her legs and dipped her head down.
"You know Nicki, this is the first time I've done this. I'm not sure I'll do it properly. Mmm you taste of spunk."
"Don't worry babe, I'm sure you'll do fine... Oh yes that's good... OH MY GOD, that's it!.. Babe you're a natural at this!"
Kate let out a little chuckle as she realised what a job she was doing, then remembering me, she wiggled her bum at me. I moved behind her and pushed three fingers into her fanny.
"Oh that's good, but I want your dick in me. Get your dick into me." Again I did as I was told, pulled out my fingers and replaced them with my prick forcing in the whole length in one push.
Oh yes, I love that, I love dick. Fuck me."
"Ok Kate, now you've got what you want, get your mouth back down here."
Kate returned to her labours and I started to fuck her. Holding onto her hips I thrust into her, pulling her back to meet me then, pushing her away, withdrew until the head was just inside, and then thrust into her again. Kate was working her magic on Nicki who was yelping and squeaking and then suddenly came with a massive scream. I increased my thrusts and Kate was matching me until we both came at the same time, she yelling "Yes, yes, yes!" and me grunting as I pumped into her, my second come of the night seeming more than the first. I rolled off of her and collapsed on my back.
The girls lay either side of me, the three of us panting. Kate leant over me and whispered something into Nicki's ear, and then they both started giggling. Nicki started to play with my prick.
"Do you think you can get this hard for me?" The way she was working on me, that wasn't going to be a problem. She had me hard in a matter of minutes and then straddled me, holding my penis up to her fanny and lowering herself onto me. Kate climbed onto my chest.
"Let's see if you're as good as fanny licking as Nicki, but first..."
She moved up so that her thighs were either side of her head, and her fanny was about six inches above me. I could see the muscles in her abdomen moving and realised what she was planning. I tried to move her off of me but my arms were at my side and Nicki quickly held them down. Kate tightened her thighs holding my head firmly in place.
"Come on be a good boy, open your mouth."
My eyes were on her fanny and I saw a small drop of white liquid appear. Oh what the hell, it was my spunk and I've had worse things in my mouth. I opened my mouth and held my tongue out. She continued to work her muscles and a string of spunk slid down into my mouth. I collected it on my tongue, closed my mouth and swallowed.
"Oh good boy! He did it Nicki, he swallowed it all, I told you he would. OK good boy let's see if you can find any more." She lowered herself down onto my mouth, covering not just my mouth but my nose as well. I can hold my breath for a few minutes,but I knew she wasn't going to move, I started to panic and struggling and shaking my whole body. Kate realised what was happening and lifted off me. Nicki who, up until then, had been quietly fucking herself on me said,
"What did you do to him then? It was incredible do it again."
"If you insist." and she lowered herself again. I was able to hold out for longer before I started to struggle again. Nicki went crazy and Kate released me. I managed to push my tongue out and find her clit, she forgot about suffocating me and let me concentrate on making her cum. It didn't take long, a few flicks and sucks and she was there. Nicki had been fucking me frantically trying to bring herself off and now I was able to lift hips off the bed to meet her and after a couple of thrusts, she came again. I kept thrusting and after two more thrust I came myself.
When I woke the next morning I was on the edge of the bed and my piss-proud prick was nestling between the cheeks of Nicki's bum. I could have easily moved a couple of inches and slipped it into either of her orifices but I knew I needed to piss, so I slipped off the bed and headed for the bathroom. Nicki grumbled in her sleep as I left. When I came out of the bathroom, the two girls were awake and in a classic 69 position, I was tempted to join them, but thought my hosting duties were more important, so headed downstairs to make breakfast. I paused on the landing outside the spare bedroom door, I could hear the bedsprings squeaking and groans in three distinct voices, so knew there would soon be three more hungry people.
In the kitchen, I switched the kettle on, loaded the remains of last night into the dishwasher, emptied a pack of bacon into the frying pan, made a pot of coffee and pouring myself a cup sat at the table and reflected upon the events of last night and wondered what today might hold.
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It's a little distracting in some spots, in the USA fanny usually refers to the ass and many references could be mistaken.
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With financial obstacles removed, there is only one thing really standing in the way of the would-be candidates. Before entering the race, candidates have a major hurdle to get over. They need 500 signatures from the people's representatives, mostly mayors. But you have to be pretty "out there" not to get this number. Almost anyone can achieve it.
Subsidizing the campaign of non-representative candidates who sometimes don't even reach 1 percent in the first round can seem pointless. But it allows a wide range of political opinions to be expressed before the second round, when the final choice between the two favorites takes place. The debate can only become richer. In comparison, U.S. citizens usually have only one chance to choose between Republican or Democrat, and little else. The protest vote stays very much in the background.
In our country, influential people from outside politics can even enter the campaign to promote issues neglected by politicians. It was the case of Nicolas Hulot, in 2007. Well-known on prime time television for having presented the "Ushuaïa" broadcast about nature, he wanted to make ecological issues a priority in the debate, months before the election. His popularity encouraged the main political leaders to adopt policies in favor of the environment.
In theory, nothing prevents independent candidates from running for president in the U.S.A. They can even apply for public fundraising. In practice, this never happens, as John McCain and Barack Obama showed in 2008. Both refused public money, because they would then be limited by the ceiling, representing about 25 percent of the budget usually spent in the campaign by Republicans and Democrats. Neither could they accept private funds after their investiture by their party's convention, three months before the election. Too restrictive! Instead, 1.6 billion dollars were spent overall on campaign budgets.
Limiting the state's powers is deeply set in American culture, and the fact money plays such a key role is not a problem in itself. The devil as always is in the details. In this case, the detail is who are the donors? Billionaires, trade unions, oil companies, Wall Street banks, or insurance companies funding a candidate, have a clear goal: to directly influence the race. And they have an efficient weapon to inject their money in the campaign: super Political Action Committees (PAC). Since the decision of the Supreme Court, in 2010, organizations can make unlimited contributions to support one particular candidate. Before this, a donor couldn't give a candidate more than 2500 dollars for the primaries and 2,500 for the elections. According to Democracy 21, an activist group promoting campaign financing reform, "the removal of limits on contributions to candidates would return us to the system of legalized corruption and bribery that existed before the Watergate scandals."
The French system of public funds allowing minority parties to flourish might look quite eccentric from across the pond. Actually, it prevents this kind of abuse. Of course, lobbying exists even during the campaign. But once elected, the new president doesn't owe victory to his generous donors.


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Otto Graf Lambsdorff, as he was known, had the distinction of serving as economics minister in Helmut Schmidt's left-of-centre government from 1977 until 1982, and then in Helmut Kohl's right-of-centre coalition until 1984.
Coming from a family that traced its origins back to 14th century Westphalia, Lambsdorff was born in 1926 in Aachen, the westernmost city of Germany, located along its borders with Belgium and the Netherlands. Otto was a great-nephew of a foreign Minister of Czarist Russia and inherited the title of Graf, or count.
Although the family had lived in Russia for centuries, they were ethnic Germans. His father, Herbert Graf Lambsdorff, left Russia after the 1917 revolution and started up a business in Germany. Otto attended schools in Berlin and Brandenburg before being called up for military service as an officer cadet. He was 17; the war cost him his left leg. Returning from a British prisoner of war camp in 1946, he showed great determination, studying law and politics at the universities of Cologne and Bonn. In 1952 he was awarded a doctorate in law.
In 1951, Lambsdorff joined the Free Democratic Party (FDP), a party of influence rather than of the masses, with a tendency to split into factions. In the election that followed, in 1953, the FDP attracted 9.5 per cent of the vote, gaining 48 only of the 497 seats in the Bundestag, but it provided the President and five of the 30 ministers, its participation in government disproportionate to its modest size and vote.
At that time Lambsdorff was merely the chairman of the Aachen FDP, and from 1968 to 1978 treasurer of the party in North Rhine-Westphalia. In 1972 he was elected to the Bundestag for North Rhine-Westphalia and in Bonn became the FDP spokesman on economic affairs. He cut a striking, well-dressed figure, the German version of the English gentleman. His limp and cane added to this as he walked along the corridors of power in Bonn.
His big chance came in 1977 when he was appointed Economics Minister in the coalition formed by the Social Democrat Chancellor, Helmut Schmidt. He was one of five FDP senior ministers in the 18-strong team. At the Tokyo economics summit 1979, Margaret Thatcher found him to be an ally. "Apart from me," she said, "the strongest advocates of free market economics were Helmut Schmidt and, to an even greater extent, Count Otto von Lambsdorff."
However, the government of Schmidt was not free market enough for the Graf. In 1982, along with the Foreign Minister and deputy Chancellor, Hans-Dietrich Genscher, Lambsdorff was crucial in persuading the FDP to withdraw from Schmidt's Social Democratic-led government. West Germany had been hit by the turbulence in the world economy; many in the SPD wanted an expansion of public expenditure to beat rising unemployment, which stood at a 26-year high. Inflation had reached five per cent, high by German standards.
Lambsdorff advocated cuts in welfare budgets and more market- orientated policies. As a result Schmidt's government was replaced by right-of-centre Helmut Kohl's Christian Democratic-Free Demo-cratic government, with Lambsdorff and Genscher re-appointed to their old posts.
Lambsdorff was also active in banking and insurance from 1955. In 1972, he became a member of the Board of Management of Victoria Versicherung, a group of insurance companies in Germany. He was never far from the boardrooms of German business, and clearly got too involved with the Flick business empire. In 1984 he was forced to resign from government after allegations of corruption. Although the most serious charges failed, in 1986, he and his colleague Hans Friderichs were convicted of evading taxes by accepting illegal donations from the Flick concern and were heavily fined.
Many thought that would be the nd of the Graf but he managed to salvage his political career, serving on the Steering Committee of the Free Democratic Party from 1983 and becoming its chairman in 1988. He continued to represent the FDP as its chief economic spokesman up to 1997.
Lambsdorff was president of the Liberal International from 1992 to 1994. He was the chairman of the executive committee of the FDP's think tank, die Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung, from 1995 to 2006. He also served as a board member of numerous companies.
In 1999, Chancellor Gerhard Schröder of the SPD appointed Lambsdorff to negotiate a compensation scheme for victims of Nazi forced labour with the US administration. A settlement involving billions of dollars was achieved and in 2000 he was praised by the US Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, Stuart E. Eizenstat, for his work.
"Count, your remarkable work here has added another chapter to a distinguished career," Eizenstat said. "He has been ever faithful, friendly even at the most difficult and tension-filled times, creative and indefatigable. Count Lambsdorff is a great German patriot who has done yet another great deed for his country."
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Only once during the years 1976 to 1979, when I was indirectly elected member sent to the European Parliament by the House of Commons, did I feel that any witness appearing before the budget committee or the budget sub-committee was overtly anti-British, writes Tam Dalyell. My British colleagues, the exceedingly sharp accountant Lord Bruce of Donington, and the very able accountant and budget reporter, the Conservative MP Michael Shaw, (now Lord Shaw), felt the same way about Otto Graf Lambsdorff. Moreover, we thought that he was the most opinionated man in all Brussels, in his zenith as German Economic Minister.
After one particular session in 1978 of the budget committee Lambsdorff grabbed hold of me and proceeded to harangue me on what he saw as the shortcomings of Denis Healey, the Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer at the time. I recounted the incident to the FDP budget committee member, later the European Commissioner for Industry, Martin Bangemann. Came the cryptic reply, "we in the FDP know that there were three great German Emperors in the 10th century – Otto I, Otto II, Otto III. We call Graf Lambsdorff our 20th century Otto."
On a rare occasion when he was in a mellow frame of mind I asked him why he was called Otto. It was because he claimed descent from Otto I. Ancestry really did matter. Later, a colleague of mine commiserated with Helmut Schmidt on Lambsdorff's defection to Helmut Kohl. "Are you surprised?" said the German chancellor, glumly.
Count Otto Lambsdorff, politician and businessman; born Aachen 20 December 1926; married 1953 Renate Lapper (one son, two daughters), 1995 Alexandra von Quistorp; died Bonn 5 December 2009.
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Saturday, July 16, 2011
You Only Lie When You're Afraid
This Photoshop™ is the product of an idea floated by Mind Numbed Robot. He emailed me requesting that I come up with a visual of the errand boy sent by grocery clerks as "Spendgali"—a spin-off of the fictional character, Svengali, in George du Maurier's 1894 novel Trilby.
A Svengali is one who manipulates or controls another as by some mesmeric or sinister influence.
Over at Memeorandum there is a thread entitled, "Obama: Public is 'sold' on tax increases in a debt-ceiling deal." I won't call that a lie, but it just ain't so.
The impudence of this president is staggering. Not since the Carter Administration have we seen a Commander-in-Chief more out of touch with the people than this one. Gallup says only 16 percent of Americans are satisfied with the direction that this regime is taking our great nation.
Proof that the Errand Boy is lying is found in the latest Rasmussen poll. Most voters oppose including tax hikes in the deal. Just 34% think a tax hike should be included in any legislation to raise the debt ceiling. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 55% disagree and say it should not.
There is a huge partisan divide on the question. Fifty-eight percent (58%) of Democrats want a tax hike in the deal while 82% of Republicans do not. Among those not affiliated with either major political party, 35% favor a tax hike and 51% are opposed.
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Statue to recognise record-breaking Torres Strait track layers
More than 40 years on from their world record feat, a 'legendary' track laying team from the Torres Strait will be honoured with a statue.
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On May 8, 1968, 137 men labouring in the heat and red dust of the West Australian Pilbara 'obliterated' an American record for most track laid in a single day.
The team, composed of more than 40 Torres Strait Islanders laid seven kilometres of track in 11 hours and 40 minutes beating the previous record of 4.6 kilometres set in 1962.
The railway crew was divided into a number of gangs, three of which were led by Torres Strait Islanders who were praised for their "skill ... fitness ... rhythmic team work" and "obvious pride".
In all, the Pilbara team laid more than 400-kilometres of track between Mt Newman and Port Hedland in just nine months.
George Pitt, whose uncle Arthur came from Darnley Island to the Pilbara, says the sun was so hot the steel would often burn workers while they laboured.
"The first thing you learned is you don't let your crowbar down," Mr Pitt says. "They'd tell you to never put your tools down on the ground."
Mr Pitt came to Western Australia himself in 1974 helping re-rail track for Civil Mechanical Maintenance [CMM].
Having travelled the track from Mt Newman to Port Hedland several times, Mr Pitt says he still marvels at the work the men did.
"Nine months to work like that, in that time, there was no such thing as safety workers or whatever you talk about," he says. "If you don't work, you get fired, y'know?"
"The distance and the conditions, for what they achieved ... personally for me I know it is bloody hard work.
"The distance away from home, that was very hard and a lot of families broke up because the husbands were [away] working and that was the hardship."
Dick Pilot formed part of the famous team. He was 20-years old when he travelled from Darnley Island to start work in Port Headland and says the dangerous work drew men closer.
"It was very hard. Some of the boys ... [from] Badu and Murray Island they do their backs," Mr Pilot, 71, says.
On a previous 'run' near King Bay two years prior, Mr Pilot says he saw a fellow Torres Strait Islander get "hit by a train".
Around the same time, he says a Yugoslav man was run over and died while another worker lost his legs.
But the $60-a-week he earned helped those close to him.
"I decided to go work to support my family," he says. "[So I] sent some money for them at home."
"After that I come home back to Darnley to my island home 'cause I was a very young man at the time.
"I get married, I settle down. My father tell me, 'you might as well stay because me and mummy getting old."
Reflecting on the record today, Mr Pilot says it is a testament to the strong tradition of camaraderie Torres Strait Islanders developed out in the dusty West Australian desert.
"We get nothing out of the world record but we do it 'cause we're hard working people. We work whether money or no money," he says.
On September 22 a statue will be unveiled in Port Hedland to recognise the work of Torres Strait Islanders and the Pilbara team's record.
Mr Pitt says the statue has a simple message.
"I tell ya something it's just a good reminder to work hard," he says. "It's evidence of hard work and it was hardship them times but for them to come here leaves a legacy and it says, 'Hey, we were here'."
"It's Australian history ... you couldn't do it but they did it."
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Comment Which is why you don't get a good job from an ad (Score 1) 292
The last job I got from a cold ad was 22 years ago. I have had 9 jobs since then. Every one of them I got through the hidden job market (was never advertised) and through close people and direct contacts in my network. I never had any unreasonable requirements and I knew exactly whether my skills fit the bill or not after a 5 minute conversation.
If you want a good job, bypass HR and talk direct to hiring managers. The way to do that is to know someone who is hiring through your network. Yes. use your network.
Otherwise your just another number in the crowd and stacks of resumes and will never get past the HR screening unless your overqualified for the job and then you probably don't want it anyways because you will be bored.


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Moscow, March 21, Interfax - The Moscow Patriarchate urged the Catholic Church to strategic alliance.Source
"Orthodox and Catholic need to take each other not as competitors but as allies in protecting rights of Christians. We have shared field of missionary work - modern Europe that has lost its religious, moral and cultural roots," head of the Synodal Department for External Church Relations Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk said speaking at the 4th International Congress in Wurzburg (Germany).
He believes that "future of Christianity in the third millennium depends" on joint efforts of Orthodox and Catholics.
The Metropolitan noted that good will of the both sides helped reach "real positive results in normalization of Orthodox-Catholic relations in recent years."
"Especially significant changes in this direction have happened after election of Pope Benedict XVI of Rome in 2005 as he knows the Orthodox Church very well. Today, for example, we don't see aggressive proselyte activity of Catholics in our territory that took place in early 90s," Metropolitan Hilarion said.
"Orthodox and Catholics face the same challenges cast by modern epoch to the traditional life style. Here it's not the matter of theological issues, but present and future of human community is in question. It's the sphere where Orthodox and Catholic can cooperate without any harm to their church identity," the hierarch said.
He called this form of interaction "a strategic alliance."
It includes joint efforts taken to affirm in society Christian ideas of family, marriage, bringing up children, value of human life from conception to death. Other direction of possible interaction which becomes more actual is "protection of Christians from discrimination," the hierarch said.
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Russian Church urges Catholics to organize missionary "attack" on Europe
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The ROC would probably do better to evangelize the Asian part of its country since it is heavily pagan or Muslim and will probably spell the future of that country.
Would that we have another Fr. Daniil Sysoev! - 3/21/2011 10:43 PM
- Anastasia Theodoridis said...
I agree with Ingemar.
And I add: Catholicism has never benefitted the Orthodox Church or the Orthodox people and I wonder if Hilarion isn't being a bit naive. - 3/21/2011 11:45 PM
- M. Jordan Lichens said...
The Russian Church encouraging Rome to evangelize and convert people? That's almost as confusing a headline as "Mouse chases Cat."
perhaps, gentlemen, we have entered into a new era in which we are building on our common values in order to sustain the faithful as we are mutually engaged in the same battle of survival. As Franklin once quipped: "Gentlemen, we either hang together or most assuredly we will hang separately."
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Battle for survival? With respect, that battle is for the Holy Spirit to wage, Whose job it is to preserve His Church and Who alone can do it. Our battle is only to remain faithful, entrusting the rest to His hands. And to be ready to hang, separately or together.
Many of the horrible events in history have been perpetrated by people who took it upon themselves to try to "preserve the Church." - 3/22/2011 2:34 PM
Given that less than 2% of the supposedly Orthodox population of Russia attend Church at the Great Feasts, I think Patriarch Kirill and Metropolitan Hilarion have the duty of evangelising Russia first, before trying the tell other Churches how to manage their affairs.
Jesus said that the Centurion, whose servant He healed, had more faith than many in Isreal.
The Centurion was a pagan, if memory serves.
If our Lord can work with this man, surely He can help Orthodox and Catholics to work together. - 3/24/2011 11:51 AM


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Obviously, a deal wasn't accomplished, and one of the sticking points in the negotiation was Greiss' disappointment with his lack of playing time. To that point, he'd started only 10 games.
"He'd like to play a little more," Maloney said. "I certainly understood."
And now with No. 1 goalie Mike Smith sidelined for an indeterminate amount of time with an apparent right-leg injury, Greiss' chance has arrived.
"Here's a player that's been desperate to try to get in the net and show people he's a Number 1 goalie," Maloney said. "Now is his opportunity to do so."
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It's still unclear, though, if Greiss actually will be on the hook for all of the remaining games. Smith is still considered day to day by the team with a lower-body injury. His results from an MRI test taken Tuesday in Pittsburgh have been sent back to the team's doctors in Phoenix, and the Coyotes expect more clarity on a timeline for a return once Smith visits with their medical team Friday.
"Certainly from our training staff's point of view, where he's at today couldn't be more positive in the sense that when we all saw the injury and him leaving the game, certainly it looked dire," Maloney said. "But it's been encouraging how quickly he's responded to treatment the last few days."
But Smith's absence hasn't been the only lineup change. The Coyotes listed center Mike Ribeiro and defenseman Derek Morris as healthy scratches against the Penguins.
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First of all Obama is NOT Black. He is bi-racial. Half white – HALF Black. Second of all, does this poll really matter....?
Where did you poll CNN the colleges.
i believe the main reason age will play a bigger role in this election, more than anything else is because mccains choice of a vp scares everyone to death. VOTE OBAMA-BIDEN
I think it is more of McCain picking a "no way do I know what I am doing" Palin. We have all mulled over the idea that if McCain goes down with a health issue, where does it put this country? In the hands of a woman who says I am qualified because I can see Russia with a pair of binoculars? That is why many have any issue with this pair.
I am voting for OBAMA, not based on race, age or because he is a man. I am voting for OBAMA because issues like education, health care(I pay $1500 a month), ecomomy, foreign policy (he is qualified) matter to me. And what he can bring to Washington with the movement of the 21st century.
Age wouldn't have been as much of an issue if McCain would have picked a competent running mate.
C'mon - do you really think people will admit that race is a factor? Of course it will be a factor. But hopefully it won't be a big enough factor to sway the election.
I keep reading these different articles, comments, pundit opinions but none really matter. Obama is going to win this election. So let's get it over with as many Amercians are getting tired of the election and the spin.
Dear Nighingale - please don't hold your breath for McLame's secret plans. He don't got none.
Sometime early in the process, AARP had made a statement saying the age shouldn't be a factor, but instead decisions should be on issues. With their favorite candidate seemingly about the win, it's funny that AARP has not reiterated their age stand for a while now. It's a good thing their discounts are worth more than the price of a membership.
Of course age plays a major roll in this election. John McCain, the Republican Presidential candidate, is 72 years old with a history of cancer; and he's not looking so good, let me tell you. His chubby jowls, to me, suggests the use of prednisone. So, as far as I'm concerned, a vote for John is a vote for Sarah Palin for President.
AND I WILL NOT VOTE FOR Sarah Palin!
you know Nightengale, you have been singing this same tune everywhere...I'm impressed you seem to get posted when no one else can...could it be you are laying in wait to spread your "on the fence" fairy-tale...give it up closet Republican...you will vote McCain no matter what...
Wouldn't it be great if we truly had an independent minded black candidate in the presidential race? Last time I checked Sen. Obama was as much white as he is black (one black parent, one white parent) and a sitting Washington insider. Have you seen the pictures of his grandmother, who he says was so influential in his lfe? The true representative of change in this race is Gov. Palin who would bring a fresh, down to earth, back to basics approach to the exectutive branch.
I find McCain's age, especially with him picking Palin as a running mate, as a real turn off. Obama's race doesn't bother me – I voted for him but I do believe there will be people that won't vote for him because of his race. I hope racism won't be a factor but after the last 2 presidential elections, I don't have a lot of faith in the intelligence of the American voter.
It wouldn't be as big a deal if McCain had chosen a qualified person as his VP.
why bring up race and age hello
Age may not have been as much as an issue before, but as soon as he picked Palin, it was definitely an issue. VP is one thing, but if SHE became president, we'd be in a lot of trouble.
Age as a factor is greatly augmented by McCaine saddling himself with a dangerous and unqualified successor should he fail to complete his term of office.
Sarah Pailin admittedly lets her husband influence her political decisions. He can see Russia from the back porch, too. My fear is that they my try to get a better look through a rifle scope.
I hate to think race has anything to do with an election these days... but I'm wise enough to know it's true...
I vote on Issues, Character, Leadership, etc...
Good luck to both... and I hope that either way... the country can become less polarized... there was a lot of negative in this campaign from both sides... and by both loyalists...
in the end... I just hope everyone can cross the aisle... but I'm not very optimistic about that
Age should absolutely play a major role in this election because if John McCain is elected President and, God forbid, something happens that opens the door for Sarah Palin to be President, this country would definitely implode. Sarah Palin sets the new standard for UNPREPAREDNESS for the position that she may obtain because of John McCain's SELF-FIRST choice of a running mate. I pray that the American people will use their vote to AVOID ABSOLUTE DISASTER (IF PALIN BECOMES PRESIDENT). Please, my fellow Americans, please don't do that. I beg you.
Nightengale: Peace with honor; Now where have I heard that before?
And why would we want to be extracted from Afganistan when that is where the real war on terror is (if it can be in any geographical location)? SOunds to me like you're trying to pull election miracles out of thin air.
Obama all the way.
Hey Nightingale, doesn't sound like you are on any fence, that you stand on the side of McCain. Fine, but I think you will be waiting a long time to hear McCain say anything about his plan for Afghanistan. He still thinks and has always backed the idea that IRAQ is responsible for 9/11. But gees, where did the Taliban come from? Afghanistan! And he won't budge with anyting there, believes there is no reason for Afghanistan to be a major hot topic.
Why do people and the media keep calling Barack "black". He's not an African-American "black" man. He's a dark complected American man with a little African heritage. I happen to be of German descent but I certainly am not what I would call a German-American. Those titles should be reserved for someone who originates in one country and emigrates to the US becoming an American citizen.
Nixon had a secret plan for victory too.
McCarthy had a secret list of communists.
Maybe we need lest secret documents.
well DUH!, he could kick the bucket and that means Caribou Barbie will be President of the United States of America and rewrite the U.S Constitution, she has been saying that there will be some improvements, like birth control, abortions, discrimination, remember gays and lesbian fought for their rights and freedom of religon we will have our own witch hunter praying the homosexual or wiccan or pagan out of us or we will be burned at the stake! Blessed Be Gov. Palin...
Protect our freedoms...
Go Obama/Biden08/12..
P.S. I would take Biden's Gaffs over Palin insults..
sorry nightingale,
mccain is going to get a huge backlash now cuz ashley todd (mccain's backer) told a lie about being beat up by huge black guy, show ya repubs are racist and facist as palin.


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Bar Mitzvah Boy
Bar Mitzvah Boy is a British television play, written by Jack Rosenthal and originally transmitted in the Play for Today anthology series on BBC1. Broadcast on 14 September 1976, the 75-minute production was directed by Michael Tuchner and produced by Graeme MacDonald.
Starring Jeremy Steyn, Kim Clifford, Mark Herman, Adrienne Posta, Maria Charles, Pamela Manson and Bernard Spear, the play tells the story of a young Jewish boy, Eliott Green (Steyn), in a working class family living in North East London of the 1970s, and the apprehensions the boy feels over his forthcoming Bar Mitzvah. Meanwhile, the family prepares for the celebration, preoccupied with their own preparations for the b'nai mitzvah.
Programme notes for a Boston Jewish Film Festival screening in 2004 hailed the play as "a BBC classic... this bittersweet comedy about a British boy's upcoming Bar Mitzvah features a strong sense of time and place [and] stellar acting", while the British Film Institute's website describes it as "a simple tale made memorable by genius writing and sympathetic performances."[1][2]
In 1977 Bar Mitzvah Boy won the British Academy Television Award for 'Best Single Play', and in 2000 it was placed 56th in a BFI poll of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes of the 20th century, voted on by industry professionals. The play is available on DVD with Rosenthal's other BBC work.
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If you're still stuck with winter weather outside here are a few of my favorite places to visit:
* Dig out your digital camera and look at these 12 Clever Uses for Your Digital Camera--it's not just for pictures anymore.
* If you're thinking of opening an Etsy store now's the time because here are some tips for How to Run a Successful Etsy Shop.
* Make a Mini Smores Grill. I'm going to do this one for sure. No better way to warm up, though I think I'll use a Sterno can.
* And if that's not sweet enough try Making Your Own Magic Shell for ice cream. Do you think I can duplicate the toasted coconut shell that I'm addicted to over at Tastee Freeze? It will take some work but it would be worth it.
* Paint a Watercolor Bouquet. It's fool-proof, I couldn't possibly mess this one up. Now I know what to put above my mantel.
* Make a Kinetic Drawing Bug. You'd have to see it to understand what that is but it has terrific possibilities.
* Make a Gnome Home for the Garden. Another project I will absolutely do this spring, I promise. Or maybe a Fairy Bed.
* Make some Simpsons Cupcakes. Or alternately, play Cupcakes of Catan. I'll trade you a coconut for two chocolate chips? Those are my kinds of settlements.
* Lust after things you'd like to buy. Like this coolest-ever fruit platter from Doodle, the Better Baker Gourmet Bowl Maker (I can see Andrew filling his with cold cereal) these recycled aluminum faux birch vases from VivaTerra or these gorgeous flower-puff handbags from The Other Sister. Must . . . have . . . orchid . . . bag . . .
That ought to keep you busy.
And if you're still looking for entertainment think on this:
While traveling in the car last week Spencer read to us the odd random fact, "Did you know that a baby kangaroo can fit into a teaspoon?"
To which David responded, "I'll make sure I check the spoon before I eat."
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- Chris said...
Great links! Thanks for including that Etsy link. I started a shop.
I first heard about Etsy here! Thanks! - 3:58 AM
- Shannon said...
I bookmarked the etsy link. Thanks for all of the super fun ideas. I will use them for sure!
- My Ice Cream Diary said...
I have actually been getting all the supplies to make those mini smore grills. I plan to give them to my outdoorsy brother and his wife for Christmas.
- Lori - Queen of Dirty Laundry said...
I can't wait to do the watercolors and the fairy bed with my girls this summer!
And I'm a bit envious of that toasted coconut shell at your Tastee Freez. We have a TF near us, but the menu is so boring I've never even tried anything. - 8:27 AM
- ducky said...
Thanks for all the great ideas!
Kinetic drawing bug has my son's name all over it! : ) - 8:46 AM
- Loralee Choate said...
Those grills are so cute!
When I make S'Mores I have taken to doing them in the grill or the oven (Assemble the smore, wrap in foil and put on the top rack of the grill while grilling dinner or in the oven in on low heat (250 or so) for about 20-30 minutes.)
However, this is so cute, I may have to just make one now. - 9:25 AM
- J Fife said...
Thanks for some fresh ideas. I'm feeling stuck in a rut lately.
Also, I'm completely late with this, but it was awesome to see you mentioned in the WSJ. You're famous! - 11:37 AM
- nik said...
"#12 - A Backup Light
If you find yourself waking up in the middle of the night in a dark hostel somewhere, use your digital camera as a makeshift lantern."
Ughhh...Just that sentence alone is going to give me nightmares! If those who have seen the movie "Hostel" you will know what I am talking about. -shivers-
But that is a good idea and something I will keep in mind. I know I use my cellphone for light on a daily basis lol - 3:42 PM
- Christine said...
Thanks for all the fun links, Michelle.
My girls will love to make a Fairy Bed.
I'll enjoy reading the Etsy link. I just need to set up my shop. - 4:44 PM
- The Lazy Organizer said...
Thanks! I loved the digital camera ideas. Very educational!
- Sonja said...
Please post the recipe for the Toasted Coconut shell when you find it.
I'm off to go lust for the cute things you listed. Thanks! - 10:31 PM
- Jane @ Kidzarama said...
I've heard about s'mores and just had to look them up. We have roasted marshmallows sometimes in winter (not long now), but with chocolate and crackers?
I'll have to try it. Just out of curiosity, of course.
And that watercolour painting will be a fantastic project for Wren & Mr Bump to try. (& me too) - 3:25 AM
- Damselfly said...
Can't mess up a watercolor? Ha! Just watch me. Er, don't. I am just not a visual-arts person, sadly...
- My Ice Cream Diary said...
I just sold my Settlers of Catan cupcakes at the Boy Scouts cake auction for $45 and got many compliments for it. Thank you so much for sharing the link.
- my4kids said...
Those are cute ideas and I bet my girls would love the idea of the fairy beds!
- pogonip said...
Wonderful links!!


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Arrunada Seminar: Amnon Lehavi – Economics, Property Rights, and Third Parties
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| Amnon Lehavi |
Economics, Property Rights, and Third Parties
Benito Arruñada's book offers an innovative and intriguing analysis of the crucial role that institutions such as land registries play for securing property rights. A key observation that Benito makes deals with the different focus that economists have vis-à-vis lawyers in their view of property. While "everybody agrees that security of property is essential for development" (p. 24), Benito argues that economists tend to be more concerned with the public order function of property, one which guards against violence and confiscation and which then allows for parties to engage in subsequent efficient bilateral transactions, as modeled by Coase and others. But as Benito aptly notes, lawyers are also concerned with a different aspect of securing property rights, one which has to do with otherwise "routine" property dealings that may fall prey to misuse of transactions. Such conflicts can arise, for example, between a good faith purchaser of an asset and the original owner whose property has been deprived by an intermediate party and then "sold" on the market. Sticking to a contractual paradigm, one that is simply assumed by economists, may thus come short in identifying the true complexity of property rights.
To more fully protect against potential abuse of property rights, or against other cases undermining the security of title, the legal system should be able to award remedies to property owners to protect their interests not only vis-à-vis the direct party to the transaction but also vis-à-vis third parties (in rem protection). This is where land registries come into play. These institutions provide the mechanisms which ensure that private rights would be broadly enforced, "good against the world." The publicity granted to property rights through such registries and the guarantee of good title, especially in those jurisdictions which follow the registration (Torrens) system, add a key feature of certainty to property rights, one that may be missing from standard economic analysis. Benito's book offers a unique contribution in identifying the economic and legal foundations of such institutions. His work should be closely studied by scholars across all fields.
Amnon Lehavi
Atara Kaufman Professor of Real Estate, Radzyner School of Law
Academic Director, Gazit-Globe Real Estate Institute Interdisciplinary Center (IDC)
Entry filed under: - Lien -, Institutions, Law and Economics, New Institutional Economics, Theory of the Firm.
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Interesting because this is the type of property insecurity that is becoming more common in developed countries. Undermine property in the developed countries and that's pretty much the whole ballgame.
Thank you, Amnon. You rightly point out that, in studying property, economists have focused on its "public order" elements, disregarding its "private" elements—in particular, the private transaction costs of trading property, which are substantial even under a functional public order. In the book, I take precisely the opposite approach, assuming a functional public order and focusing the analysis on transaction costs.
Given that I examine transaction costs in the areas of both, real property and corporations, your comment neatly complements Giorgio Zanarone's comment. Playing a bit with the words, it could be said that, while chapter 3 argues for a "property" theory of the firm, chapter 2 could be seen as a "corporate" theory of property. Contracting poses, in essence, structurally similar difficulties in both property and corporations.
A final conjecture, related to Peter St. Onge's comment. In the last decades, plenty of efforts have been dedicated to strengthen the institutional support of property in developing countries. I have the impression that many states have successfully improved their "public order" framework: they now safeguard private property better. With respect to private transaction costs, they have also spent huge resources in land titling and business formalization, but often with poor results. Meanwhile, developed countries have mainly taken their titling and formalization institutions for granted and, at most, "simplified" their procedures, often without really understanding the costs and consequences. I suspect that policy mishaps in both types of countries share a common intellectual root in the "contractual" emphasis of economic analysis, which has been discussed in other posts in this seminar.
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Haha, I hadn't even noticed that Alisa! Don't worry - my spelling is atrocious! Thanks for your lovely comments!
Thanks so much everyone! I really enjoyed looking at all your great work. Thank you for leaving me these lovely comments! Hope you have a really perfect weekend xo xo
p.s. Hey Gavin - I guess she could've helped the poor boy out and put him in her pocket! He does look cold. Mind you then he wouldn't have got so much sympathy from everyone. He's wrapped up warm inside my living room now, so all is well :-)
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Today is my 19th birthday, so I hope everyone will forgive me for jumping in and squatting on the first writeup.
Despite the fact that I'm writing this on the 14th, I think I can still give a fairly accurate account of what's going to happen to me today.
This is what i feel, this might help you, or you will probaby just think i'm a yaafi.
I am currently going through a bad patch of my life, I can feel the depression in my head and I want it, so much, to go away. This motivated me to write losing control, because I find that everything is getting too much. Things have always been bad, just not this bad.
The solution that I am trying is to find someone to open up too, someone I can trust with my life and someone who cares. I cannot let this hate, anger, fear, and loneliness continue, and now it is time to stop complaining and to do something about all the bad stuff.
Something else I have found to have helped a little is to get more sleep, and instead of trying to get to sleep, relaxing, controlling my breathing and getting into the most comfortable position possible.
When I have opened up, I will try my utmost to solve all my problems that I can do something about. The shit has gone on too long…
The problem will be written down, analysed, discussed until I find the perfect solution to solve the most complicated problems. Determination is what shall help me.
I cannot live this "abnormal" life anymore, I need people.
Am i talking crap? /msg me
Just Do It! (please replace with less crap saying that means the same thing)
Yesterday, nothing interesting happened, except that my foxy friend Reno Caspain (old E1 user with one writeup) came to E2 - to post dreams. Just What We Need. Some of his dreams are really cool. =)
Well, today, nothing uninteresting. Uh, I tweaked my WindowMaker theme a bit, and posted about it in newsgroups.
My machine has now an alternate DNS name: nighthowl.penguinpowered.com - probably because I may get a frigging dynamic IP some day. I've had a static IP for... uh, since 1996.
Kuro5hin.org is still black and has a DOOMSDAY CLOCK ON THEIR PAGE! THE END OF THE WORLD IS COMING! Repent your sins! The Armageddon shall begin in the year 2000, as the Phrophets have said!
Welll... After checking out the newsgroups and stuff, I had nothing to do... and because "nothing to do" is generally also entwined with certain kinds of intentions of how to make the state of inactivity (not-doingness) to evolve into state of action, I decided to make use this ocassion of inactivity to enable me to move from state of having not done anything in certain manner to state of having something done in that same manner.
(Yes, this was a Baldrick paraphrasing, from the last Blackadder episode. Though this description is no way better than the mathematical description found in Stephenson's Cryptonomicon.)
In other words, I had TinySex for first time. Harrrrr! I wonder if I have the virgin record of Tapestries MUCK? I got the character in May 1999, and nothing had happened since, until now! =) Should I be proud or something? Who knows? Does it really matter? Duh, I guess not.
Um, was it worth it? Well, I have to say it was the best and probably the most creative three hours I've spent on-line so far... =)
Wonderful! Some of my favorite TV programs are back in TV: Stiller show, Iltalypsy and Uutisvuoto. What else? I'm frigging tired right now. =/
Other day logs o' mine...
back | days | front
I've just got back from a trip to the consultant about my leg. I broke my left leg some years back and had many operations to fit pins inside it. Now is the time for those pins to come out as they are causing irritation; my leg is healed pretty much completely so I should manage OK without them. The surgeon will also remove some bony calluses that have formed around the break site, causing pain, and will also clean up the scar on my leg.
I'm a little worried at the speed with which I agreed to have the operation; the doctor said that I would be OK without it. But I said that I wanted the op ASAP. The doctor looked at me with some brief skepticism, making me wonder if I was coming across as a hypochondriac type person...
So, Tuesday the 26th is the big day. I wonder how things will be this time? During my last round of operations I was pretty much dependent on my Mother to organise things and make sure that I was OK. That was before I gained my independence and bought a house; I should be able to cope more on my own this time around...
I'm not looking forward to telling my project leader about this; he never takes notice of other people's feelings. I can picture how he will take it: He will look at me as though at a child, with an exasperated expression on his face, he will then make sure I know how much of a hassle this will be to him and tell me that homeworking is out of the question. :-(
I only hope that BT installs ADSL at my house before the operation: I shall have to spend a lot of time recuperating at home and will be very bored.
Hmm, I'm quite scared of this...
Oh well, at least I get to brush up on my crutch-fu :-)
A little later...
Mild Worry
Of course this means that I shall have to tidy my house up, wash and iron clothes and generally make sure that if my Mother was to actually enter my house, she wouldn't be embarrassed...
Finally it was time to close. I swept the floors, emptied the trash, and dust mopped the entire store. I went back to the office to help Kelly count the money and see if we made budget for the day.
I found her on the floor with her head under the desk.
She had lost over four hundred dollars worth of checks, and was searching for them all over. We tore the office apart, but they were nowhere to be found. I took everything off the metal shelves in the corner and pried the bottom off, just to see if the checks might have gotten stuck underneath. After an hour of looking, neither of us found a clue as to where they might have gone. There was nothing left to do but call the Senior Supervisor, Nancy. She was not happy to hear from us. Kelly was on the verge of tears, and said she felt nauseous. No wonder; if I had lost $400+ I'd feel a little sick too. She's in college, and can't afford to pay the store back. I felt so bad for her. But the checks had disappeared. There was nothing we could do except go home.
Got home around ten thirty, ready to get online and find the copy of Cyrano de Bergerac I had bookmarked earlier. The phone line was dead. I needed to read the play for my French homework, but it wasn't gonna happen now. I moped around for a bit, and finally went to bed.
I'm tired of the bullshit, I'm tired of 30 minute drive there and back.
I was asked by Allison if I was still gonna move to Austin. I did not know what to say. At the moment I need this job, to badly, at the same time, I've got to get the hell out of this town. I'll figger something out I suppose.
Last night, a friend of mine had a party at her house. I'm not really big into enormous social gatherings full of people that I don't know, particularily because some of her roommates' friends are ... well, trashy. Not really my scene at all. In general, I'd rather grab a couple of bottles of wine, a decent movie, and some people of intelligence and wit than go to a "real party."
Of course, I'd usually rather eat glass than go to a "real party."
Anyway, I went, intending on staying for just a bit and then going home. I was really, really sick all day - had to take a half day at work (which my employers were cool with, because they are beautiful human beings) because I couldn't even get out of bed in the morning. So, I went over around 9:30, thinking I'd walk home and get back by 11:30, at the latest.
I got home at 2:30. I have no idea how I managed to piss away the night like that, but I succeeded admirably. I actually knew a large percentage of the people there, and the rest of them were ok.
I also was given a couple of your mission, should you choose to accept it missions. One was taking care of my ex-boyfriend's little brother (who's a friend of mine) in his drunken stupor, with a success rate of about 50% (I walked him home, but he then walked BACK to the party and got more drunk). The other was getting rid of a white trash, drunk neighbor who crashed the party and starting eating the fruit soaked in alcohol that my friend and her roommates were selling cups for at $5 a cup. Paid nothing, generally was the stereotypical party crasher. So, a friend and I took it upon ourselves to subtley get rid of the asshole, again with a success rate of below 100% (we got rid of him, he came back, I got rid of him again).
Eventful night.
Weird - that's the most social I've been in a long time. I guess it might help that I was drunk.
So, today I wake up at 8:30 a.m. (I fell asleep about 3:30) and can't go back to sleep. *sigh* Oh well, at least it gives me the opportunity to be productive. As unlikely as that is.
I leave for the Gorge in five hours to see Counting Crows and Live play ... not a bad weekend, overall.
Meanwhile, in the Etrix, I've decided to rethink my place in here. I'm going to try and calm down, not be so schitzophrenic-like and act "normal" (--OutpostMir-- laughs at the word normal) here. I'm going to try and node intresting stuff and avoid crap. Thank you dannye and Uberfetus for waking me up, I'm sure that things will once again be intresting here on Mir.
Don't think for a second that this means Senshi Red will go away. Just wait until late November or so...
As I watched the Volunteers and the Gators battling it out, Gordon became a hurricane. It's still headed straight for Tallahassee, which makes me suspect that God is pissed off at FSU's meteorology center for giving away the punchline.
Side note: I may be the only guy in the world who yells at the TV while watching college football and drinking herbal tea. Kill him! Mmm, that's good tea...
Anyway, I'm looking at my options: evacuate? Ride it out? It's still a small hurricane, only Category 1, but my wind chimes aren't going on vacation anytime soon. There are no small hurricanes, only those whose destructive force are confined to a 200-mile swath of torrential rain with wind faster than any car can legally drive.
And yet... It's so calm out there right now that I can't imagine what will come tomorrow. I plan to treat the storm as the day's entertainment -- it should be quite a show. I'll node my experience, of course, providing there's still power. Good thing I have a UPS.
Besides that, today was spent either A) Sleeping, or B) At work. Too bad both did not coincide with each other. However, at work, I, for once, came home HAPPIER than when I left.
I was taking up returns back to the service desk. I have to do that every once in a while when some boneheaded customer decides to leave stationary or housewares crap in the grocery department. (Or, I do it when I feel like wasting time... it's a long walk to the service desk) I was putting things away when I noticed one single, solitary, peaceful, happy looking small black, white, and yellow colored tin.
I looked up at one of the guys back behind the desk and asked, "Do we sell these here?" (Yes, people return the oddest crap, including some stuff we don't sell, so this question WAS, indeed, valid) He looked at the tin in question and told me to look it up on the computer. So I keyed in the UPC, and the computer came back with the lovely words:
"Penguin Caffeinated Peppermints".
Meijer now sells Penguin Mints. This will make things interesting.
(Yes, this WAS the highlight of my day. I work an exciting job.)
If life were a series of postcards today would have two. The first would be the view from the futon in my living room as I looked out the window this afternoon. The sky was the clearest of blue and warm and a cool breeze contrasted with the warmth of the sunbeams that streamed over my skin. It was a day that smiled so brightly on it's own you couldn't help but smile back.
The other postcard is my reflection in the mirror of a gap fitting room. A thin blue spandex shirt on top, my legs squeezed into a pair of green leather pants a size too small and too heavily made to stretch and accomidate. Somewhere in that moment I stopped. A question stepped forward and called for attention.
As I entered the subway I passed a man with a couple piercings that only enhanced his lack of esthetic appeal. His clothes attempted to make some statement but lacked any hope of doing so and instead mumbled randomly.
"What are we trying to say with the clothes that we wear? What am I trying to say with the clothes I wear, with the color in my hair?
All I could come up with from todays outfit was "Hey look! I have tits!" And that is just pathetic. I don't wear tight shirts like that because I really love them. I wear them because I like not having to worry about people questioning my womanhood. But, the truth is I'm much happier in the XL mens T-shirts my dad sent me from Eddie Bauer: thick colored cotton with sleeves that go below my elbows, so long it hangs below my groin and obliterates all but the smallest hint of breasts when I slouch. Cover my legs in cotton leggings and I am a happy girl. That is comfort to me.
Yet, every day I go to work I try to look some part. Some days I'm dressy, some days I'm gothic, some days I'm silly, but rarely am I just comfortably me. This past year has been a lot about finding, and redefining myself. And, although I have made huge, dramatic, strides there is still some part of me that is still trying to please society, still trying too look the part, but not really knowing which part to look. So, it comes back to the question, "What am I trying to say with the clothes that I wear?" And, I think what I want to say is, "I'm happy. I'm happy being me." Because, I am, and that's really all I need.
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