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Look in the mirror and you won't see your microbiome. But it's there with you from the day you are born. Over time, those bacteria, viruses and fungi multiply until they outnumber your own cells 10 to 1.
As babies, the microbes may teach our immune systems how to fight off bad bugs that make us sick and ignore things that aren't a threat.
We get our first dose of microbes from our mothers, both in the birth canal and in breast milk. Family members tend to have similar microbiomes.
"The mother's microbiome has actually poised itself over nine months to basically become the prime source of microbes to the infant," says , director of the at the National Institutes of Health.
But ultimately each person's microbiome seems to be unique, perhaps as personal as a fingerprint.
As the microbes colonize our bodies, they pick specialized real estate. The mouth, with all those moist nooks and crannies, is home to one of the most diverse habitats, like the Amazon jungle.
Wet places like our armpits are lush, too. But they have different microbes than those in the mouth.
The armpit microbes feast on nutrients in sweat, Proctor says, and produce antimicrobial compounds to protect the skin against harmful microbes.
Other body parts are like the Sahara Desert to your microbes. That forearm skin, for example, is dry — very dry. But even that driest habitat is brimming with microbes.
Feet have oily parts and dry parts, and it's those wet parts that the foot fungus just loves.
But the biggest habitat is the gut. It hosts the most complex and diverse group of microbes. Everything that microbes are doing elsewhere in the body, they're doing in the gut, in spades.
Diverse as these habitats are, the microbes on the various body parts communicate with each other and with our cells. Scientists have started eavesdropping on those conversations, and have started testing them as possible treatments for diseases like Crohn's, multiple sclerosis and asthma.
This research is all really new. No one knows for sure what most of our microbes are doing. But many scientists now think that if we're going to remain healthy, we have to maintain the health and well-being of the ecosystems for our microbes.
How A Change In Gut Microbes Can Affect Weight
The evidence just keeps mounting that the microbes in our digestive systems are a factor in the obesity epidemic.
A team of European researchers recently they'd found that obese people appeared to have less diverse microbes in their guts than did lean people. The research also showed that people with less diverse communities of gut microbes were more likely to be at risk for health problems associated with being overweight, including diabetes, heart disease and cancer.
Now, U.S. researchers are reporting the results of some intriguing experiments involving mice that got new gut microbes through transplants. The source: obese and lean human twins. (By using twins, the researchers were trying to eliminate any genetic variation that could influence the results.)
Biologist , of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, and his colleagues removed bacteria from the guts of four pairs of human twins in which one was obese and the other was lean. The researchers then transplanted those microbes into the guts of lab mice who didn't have any of their own microbes.
The mice that got microbes from the obese twins gained more weight and accumulated more fat than those who got microbes from the lean twin, even when the mice ate identical diets, the researchers report in a in the journal Science.
Next, the scientists let the animals live together. And since eating each other's feces is a common habit among mice, they were soon exposed to each other's gut microbes. After 10 days, the researchers found that the mice with the obese microbes adopted the lean microbes and started to look healthier.
And, finally, the researchers showed that the animals were unable to be colonized by the lean microbes when they were fed diets aimed at simulating a typical unhealthful Western diet high in saturated fats and low in fiber.
"We now have a way of ... thinking about what features of our unhealthy diets we could transform in ways that would encourage bacteria to establish themselves in our guts and do the jobs needed to improve our well-being," Gordon said in a statement.
In an accompanying the report, and of the in Britain called the findings an "intriguing" step toward finding ways to fight obesity, including developing "relatively simple mixtures of bacteria for testing as anti-obesity therapeutics."
Staying Healthy May Mean Learning To Love Our Microbiomes
Not so long ago, most people thought that the only good microbe was a dead microbe.
But then scientists started to realize that even though some bugs can make us sick and even kill us, most don't.
In fact, in the past decade attitudes about the bacteria, fungi, viruses and other microbes living all over our bodies has almost completely turned around. Now scientists say that not only are those microbes often not harmful, we can't live without them.
"The vast majority of them are beneficial and actually essential to health," says , program director for the at the National Institutes of Health. The project is identifying microbes on key body parts, including the nose, gut, mouth and skin, in order to get a better sense of the microbes' role in human health.
This sea change began with a pretty simple realization.
"When you're looking in the mirror, what you're really looking at is there are 10 times more microbial cells than human cells," Proctor says. "In almost every measure you can think of, we're more microbial than human."
The horde of microbes is so vast that their genes swamp our genes. In fact, 99 percent of the genes contained in and on our bodies are microbial genes.
Scientists are getting a much broader idea of what microbes do for us. We've known for a long time that we depend on bacteria to digest food. But there's a growing realization that they're really like an 11th organ system. Proctor says, "You know, you have your lungs, you have your heart and, you know, you have your microbiome."
This week, scientists from NIH and research institutions are gathering in Bethesda, Md., to debate the in disease and human health, including obesity, behavior, heart disease and cancer.
Perhaps one of the most important things the microbiome does it to train the human immune system, starting at birth.
"It learns early on which microorganisms are friendly and how to recognize microorganisms that are not so friendly," says , an assistant professor of medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine who studies the relationships between microbes and humans.
Microbes influence how much energy we burn and how much fat we store. There is even evidence that the microbes in our guts send signals that can affect our minds. These signals may affect how the human brain develops, and our moods and behavior as adults.
People who live in places like the United States tend to have far less diverse microbiomes than people who live in less developed countries and take fewer antibiotics. That, some scientists think, could be a factor in human diseases.
"As organisms are being lost, a lot of diseases have just skyrocketed," says , who directs the human microbiome program at the NYU Langone Medical Center. He lists diabetes, celiac disease, asthma, food allergies, obesity and developmental disorders like autism as health problems that have become more common.
But many researchers caution that we're still a long way from knowing if the microbiome is involved in any of those diseases and conditions.
"Yes, the microbiome is important," says , a professor who studies genes, microbes and evolution at the University of California, Davis. "Yes, the microbiome differs between all sorts of health and disease states. But no, we don't know that the microbiome causes these health or disease states."
Even more important, Eisen says: we don't know how to fix a microbiome, even if we knew what was wrong with it.
Still, some doctors have already started performing microbe transplants. have been used to cure people with life-threatening infections with the bacterium Clostridium difficile. The patient's ailing gut bacteria is replaced with new colonies donated by a healthy person.
Getting good bacteria to drive out bad is also the idea behind probiotics, which are widely marketed as health supplements. But it's which of those microbes are helpful, and for whom. The same goes for , which serve as food for microbes.
This expanding view of the microbiome is changing how some people think about humans — not as individual entities but as what philosopher calls a "supraorganism."
"We're not just us by ourselves but a combination of us and them," Rhodes says. "And that makes us very much more a part of our environment as opposed to something freestanding and separate from our environment. Those are very radical changes in the way we see self-identity."
Rhodes, who is also a bioethicist at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, says some people might find this idea shocking or gross. "But I think it's going to slowly seep into our culture and understanding of ourselves and change our understanding and consequently our behavior in important ways."
What Our Gut Microbes Say About Us
What if it's not just our genes or our lifestyle, exactly, that makes us skinny or fat, healthy or sick? What if it's also the makeup of the bacterial ecosystem that inhabits our gut?
A growing pile of is pointing us in that direction. Researchers in this hot new field describe the microbes in our gut as a vital organ that's as essential as our liver or kidneys. They're finding that this organ, which they call the "microbiome," varies greatly from person to person.
Some microbial communities are better than others at important nutrients, for instance. Also, this internal ecology is altered by the food that we eat, causing in the diet world.
But what constitutes a microbiome that's good for us, and how might you get one? So far, the researchers can't say.
The of these studies was published this week by the journal Nature. It compares the gut microbes of people who live in three very different parts of the world: The United States, the small African country of Malawi, and a remote Amazonian part of Venezuela.
The researchers, led by at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, found some across cultures and lifestyles. For instance, in each population, the makeup of the gut microbes changes dramatically as children grow older, whether they live in Amazonia or Philadelphia. In all three places, adults possess a more diverse collection of microbes than children.
But Gordon and his colleagues also found some intriguing differences, especially between people in the United States and those of the two other research sites. He found adults in the U.S. have a rather uniform collection of microbes living in them, compared to people in rural Malawi or the Amazon forests of Venezuela.
Gordon can only speculate about the reasons why — it could be because the U.S. uses more antibiotics, or perhaps because people in Malawi and Amazonia are exposed to more microbe-rich environments.
Gordon found some evidence that the microbiome of the gut may help a body out when there's a shortage of particular nutrients. Babies growing up in Malawi and in Venezuelan Amazonia both tended to have more microbes that can help to synthesize vitamin B2.
As Gordon puts it, "it is tempting to speculate" that these microbes may be helping to compensate for a lack of this vitamin in the babies' diets. These babies also had higher levels of microbes that are able to break down urea and use it to make essential amino acids. "This could be beneficial when protein isn't available in the diet," Gordon tellsThe Salt.
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Man, the holiday season, amirite? Emerging from the primordial swamp of Black Friday, Cyber-Monday, Fat Tuesday and Sexting Sunday, it's the show notes for Wait, What? Ep. 108...right behind the jump!
0:00-6:15: Here we go! Graeme is in a seasonal mood; Jeff is having tech problems again (the very expensive microphone he picked up? Had to be sent back and repaired under warranty). But we are both existential crisis free! And if you're upset that there aren't any new episodes of "Let's Complain About Our Deadlines and Schedules" podcast, this is the five minutes for you. 6:15-19:16: Here's a dirty secret: I don't usually edit a lot of our on-line talk out but this season I thought I'd try to give all of you the gift of brevity. There was actually a ten minute conversation about the Angus T. Jones and the Two and a Half Men controversy that I decided to cut just….uh, I dunno? It had a natural flow to it but it also seemed a little digressive--even by our notoriously loose standards. So I just cut (clumsily) in to the next "celebrities--what were they thinking?" story we talked about--the recent controversy with James Gunn. (Our conversation took place just a few hours before his issued apology.) Do you guys have a preference about this kind of thing? Would you rather hear our conversations unfold naturally, or would you just prefer we try to keep the podcast focused on the pertinent parts? Let us know in the comments… 19:16-35:04: Anyway, from there, we segue smoothly into talking about whether or not comics culture is inherently misogynistic or not. Appropriately enough for such a broad topic (uh, pun is not intended there), we cover a lot of ground, talking about Journey Into Mystery and Red She-Hulk, the first issue of Bleeding Cool Magazine, and more. 35:04-35:26:INTERMISSION ONE 35:26-42:40: All-New X-Men #2. Graeme has read it; Jeff has not. So join us as Mr. Former fills in Mr. Latter on the story, the art, and the overall not-as-terribleness of the first issue. 42:40-59:22: Jeff, oddly enough, has read Avengers #34 and New Avengers #34, Bendis' last issues and gets to turn the tables on Mr. Former. It leads into a discussion about whether the art is serving the storytelling in Marvel's current books with books like Indestructible Hulk #1 by Mark Waid and Leinil Yu. 59:22-1:14:40: Captain America #1 by Rick Remender and John Romita, Jr.: read by both, viewed skeptically by both (though more by one of us than the other). For bonus points, we compare and contrast with Uncanny Avengers #2, and then sort of compare and contrast similar-seeming storylines running through the universe. Coincidence? Too much influence of one creator on another? Not enough? 1:14:40-1:18:01: Also reviewed at the same time, FF #1 by Matt Fraction and Mike Allred by Mr. McMillan. 1:18:01-1:28:22: Amazing Spider-Man #698 by Dan Slott and Richard Elson is also discussed and *fully spoiled* by Graeme and Jeff. Let the listener beware! 1:28:22-1:34:20: Iron Man #2 by Kieron Gillen and Greg Land, wherein Graeme coins the term "Greg Land face." Can we see a cure for Greg Land face in our lifetime? Also, bonus points to Graeme for the unexpected shout out to Jack Kirby's Silver Star. God bless you, Graeme McMillan. 1:34:20-1:35:40: INTERMISSION TWO 1:35:40-1:48:45: Although Jeff wants to maneuver Graeme back into waters into which poor Graeme does not want to go--Grant Morrison's annotations about Alan Moore's opinions on Grant Morrison--we settle instead for discussing Batman Incorporated #5 by Grant Morrison and Chris Burnham. What can we say? Sometimes we choose peace instead of war. That said, Jeff thinks there may be some really interesting subtext in the issue but isn't quite sure where. Come, puzzle it out with us, won't you? 1:48:45-1:52:39: Also under discussion, because Jeff is wayyyyyy behind the times, a discussion of Action Comics #14 by G-Moz and Rags Morales. 1:52:39-1:59:27: Flash #14! And then some stuff about Judge Dredd because that's what we do these days: talk about Judge Dredd. 1:59:27-2:02:30: Hey Angel & Faith #16 is a book Graeme was impressed with. Jeff drags the full spoilers out of Graeme so forewarned--do not listen unless you've read the issue (or, like Jeff, kinda don't care). 2:02:30-2:07:33: And continuing in the "Let Us Now Praise Non-Big Two Comics" section, Jeff really, really liked Witch Doctor: Mal Practice #1 and Multiple Warheads #2. Alas, because Graeme had read also read Multiple Warheads, we spend the vast majority of the time talking about that very fine comic and Witch Doctor: Mal Practice #1 unfortunately gets short shrift by comparison. But they're both great! 2:07:33-2:23:02: Also, a book we both read and decide to chew the fat about: Masks #1 by Chris Roberson and Alex Ross. For those of you who play that drinking game where you do a shot every time Jeff gets some little detail utterly wrong, prepared to get snockered. 2:23:02-2:24:20: Though he doesn't go through them in anything like detail, Jeff read ten volumes of Hikaru No Go (vols. 7-17) and totally loved it. That was some very enjoyable manga right there. 2:24:20-end: A super-super-super-short discussion about Shonen Jump Alpha going day and date with some stories in 2013. 2000AD online is also mentioned, as is Jeff's wont these days. And then we are out of there…for another week.
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Global oil and gas exploration spending to slide 17%: Cowen
[HOUSTON] The world's oil and gas exploration companies are expected to cut capital expenditures 17 per cent this year as a deep slump in crude oil prices takes a toll on budgets, according to a survey by Cowen and Company released on Wednesday.
The survey, based on an average oil price of US$70 per barrel, estimates that global exploration and production expenditures will slide 17 per cent to US$571 billion.
If oil prices average US$60 per barrel, spending should drop by 30 per cent to 35 per cent, according to the survey of 476 oil companies.
Crude oil futures traded in New York closed under US$50 per barrel on Wednesday, weighed down by weak global demand and growing supplies. "We continue to advocate a cautious approach toward investing in oil service and drilling stocks," said the Cowen analysts in a note to clients.
North American spending is forecast to drop by 22 per cent, with the biggest cuts seen in vertical drilling while shale drilling in the core areas of the Eagle Ford, Permian and Bakken "will hold up surprisingly well," the analysts found.
International spending is expected to tumble 15 percent this year, while spending under a US$55 to $60 average price per barrel could fall as much as 20 per cent, according to Cowen.
A number of US companies have already slashed budgets for this year. ConocoPhillips the largest US exploration and production company said it will spend about 20 per cent less, while smaller firms like Continental Resources Inc said it will spend about 40 per cent less.


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The Quest for the CPU Patch
So I get an email from Oracle Support telling me that I need to patch my database with the latest and greatest Critical Patch Update: CPUJAN2012. Ok. No problem.
I log into My Oracle Support, go to the patch page and search for CPUJAN2012. What does the search return? Nothing! Ugh! So I start searching by "Product or Family", and get 108 hits. But where is CPUJAN2012?
Well, usually when I try to find something on a web page I hit CTRL-F, but that doesn't work on My Oracle Support! Now I'm supposed to read through all of the search results? Aaaaargh!
Why can't Oracle just provide a link inside the notification email to the patch?
After opening and SR on this issue I was asked to look at Doc. ID 1119703.1, the Database PSU-CPU Cross-Reference List. This document actually had the link to the patch and I found it right away.
Am I missing something here? Shouldn't locating a critical patch be a lot easier? Am I the only one not aware of document 1119703.1?


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Algeria is the second largest country on the African continent which lies to the northwest. In this country you can be adventurous to some place to admire the charm of the existing. Below are some of the best tourist destinations in Algeria:
1. Port of Algiers
Algires harbor rich in oil and has a fertile coastal plain. First place was built by the French since the 132-years ago and ended in 1962. If you are interested in this place, you should come in the winter with the weather a bit cloudy. Enjoy views of the boats around the pier / harbor or mountain landscape around the beach.
2. El Bordj
In some neighborhoods there are also Muslim Algerians lush vineyards. It is the world's major exporter of wine that run from the French colonial era. El Bordj is a town and commune in the province of Mascara, Algeria.
3. silver hunting
One of the local products which can be found at Beni Yenni, Algeria is a silver brooch. However, there was also a craftsman who makes necklaces of shells, stones, coral and other ornaments shaped enamel. Price brooch, about $ 125
4. Saddlebags Guardian
A bright golden glow of a sudden look of a finger of a woman who wanders around the Tuareg Berbers, the Sahara Desert. Moreover, in his hands tucked into a pocket and is also the key that marked him as a family saddle holder.
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A heritage layout, featuring some wonderful 2Crafty, and the gorgeous Basic Grey Curio collection !
Close up of the detail in the Celia's Flourish Frame.
Close up of the beautiful lower case script font used for the title.
I will be talking "all things heritage & genealogy" at the 2011 Scrapbook & Papercraft Expo & Convention in Brisbane over the June long weekend (11-13 June). My presentation is 3pm daily, at the Scrapbooking Memories Magazine stand. Would love for you to pop by !


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Since I was in the area, I popped into the current exhibit at Space, Cherchez la Femme, about French feminist activist videos. Since there were no captions for any of the myriad screens, I wasn't sure what I was watching and since none of the headphones worked, I couldn't be sure what was being said except for the English subtitles on the screen. But, a familiar face caught my eye. "Is that Jane Fonda?" I wondered and sat down to confirm or deny my suspicion. Yes, it was, and she was discussing one of my favourite films, Julia, so I stayed put.
Well, it was most interesting. Jane, in translation, was talking about the representation of the female friendship in the film (between her and Vanessa Redgrave) and how it made the crew uncomfortable. The director, Fred Zinnemann, actually COUNTED how many times she touched Vanessa in their scenes together, because he didn't want anyone to think the characters were lesbians. Well, no doubt, their emotional intensity and the ambiguity of the relationship is exactly why the film made such an impact on me as a child. How often is a female friendship the anchor of a film? Jane's thoughts, exactly, as she elaborated on how rare it is to see two women behave "naturally" with each other and her realisation that that behaviour is so threatening to men.
Recently, I have been checking out films on DVD, including those I have seen before but many years before, as well as some I have missed. Last week's viewing included the commercial DVD of Desperately Seeking Susan, with director's commentary by Susan Seidelman, as well as three women involved in producing the film. Most illuminating were their comments that they had great feminist intentions for the film and wanted the two women to stay together at the end of the film. "I hate to say it," opined Seidelman, "but it's a love story between two women." A lot to ponder in that statement. Why "I hate to say it"? Presumably, because that implies a lesbian relationship between the two leads, Susan and Roberta, and that's (as Jane had stated) just not allowed, because it makes men uncomfortable and threatened.
Most startlingly to me, and I may be the last person on earth to realise it, but the ending of DSS was actually changed after shooting, because it "tested badly", i.e., audiences reacted badly to the two women RIDING OFF TOGETHER ON CAMELS at the end. This ending is actually included on the DVD and made my jaw drop. It totally changes the meaning of the film. How the %&*$£"! was that allowed to happen? To please the studio, presumably. And this is how female relationships are edited out of cinematic history. Cherchez la femme, indeed.


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Just about everyone knows Angry Birds. Even if you're not a fan of the game, you've probably come across various merchandize for the popular game, such as t-shirts, speakers, phone casings and even a theme park of its own! While we can't be sure if Rovio could have foreseen their game take off in such a huge way, we're sure that no one could have foreseen the game actually having a negative impact on the economy.
Apparently there has been a report that said that Americans play an average of 200 million minutes of Angry Birds a day, and based on that astounding figure, Alex Madrigal, a writer for The Atlantic, set out to discover how much productivity is lost while playing Angry Birds. As you can see in the picture above, he has done various calculations and it seems that the amount of productivity lost at the end of the day is around $1.5 billion.
Of course this is by no means a concrete figure, and we don't think it's meant to be taken seriously. It looks like it's just to highlight the amount of time that we spend everyday playing Angry Birds when we could have been more productive at work. Then again, if it wasn't Angry Birds it would have probably been something else. People have found ways to slack off at work before smartphones came along, and ten years down the line it will probably be something else.
Angry Bird players out there, do you think Alex Madrigal's estimates are right, and that you spend 5% of your time at work playing Angry Birds?
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Please carefully consider the qualifications and direct experience of all the candidates before you vote this Saturday.
This issue of OffBeat's Weekly Beat has links to pertinent questions asked to mayoral candidates as well as candidates for city council seats. We at OffBeat always look at New Orleans through the lens of what's best for New Orleans' music and culture, and this survey of candidates by MaCCNO is revealing. Also, you should take a look at the recommendations by the ELLA Project to an incoming mayor relative to a platform that's recommended on the new regime's stance on music and culture issues.
One thing I discovered during the Mayoral Forum and the weeks preceding this event was that there seems to be a disconnect between candidates' comprehension of what needs to be done to nurture—and in some cases, some people might say even salvage—our music, culture and creative population.
Since Katrina, the emphasis has been on building our technology businesses to shore up the economy. I agree with that, but in some ways I feel that tech has usurped New Orleans' soul. It's certainly made it very difficult for artists and musicians to live in New Orleans. More and more of them simply cannot afford to live here anymore. That is a tragedy, and in five to 10 years, I predict we're going to see an even more profound change in New Orleans. We're already drifting away from our core musical values. We have a population of people who have moved to New Orleans who aren't too committed to preserving the traditions and heritage of our city.
I would challenge our new mayor and city council to create a city that absolutely, unequivocally includes a strategy for music and cultural nurturing and support. It has to go beyond an "Office of Cultural Economy." It has to evaluate and delineate our weaknesses and strengths and how we can work to lessen weaknesses and capitalize on strengths. The strategy must clearly state objectives and accomplishable goals and a means to achieve those goals within an eight-year period.
We have many serious problems in this city—primarily crime, education and a serious implosion of our street, sewer and water infrastructures. But most cities have these issues. If we don't address our music and cultural communities' needs and make sure they are met, we'll have worse problems than this. We will no longer really be New Orleans; we'll only be the facsimile of what we used to be.


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If you have been blessed with a daughter, you are one lucky fella. Seriously, if all things in life are a constant, having a daughter is the best thing to have happened. I have one and she is 9 today - Happy Birthday! From watching Chotta Beem cartoons to now reading my childhood comic books of Asterix, many things seem to have changed and yet remained the same. Every day I learn that I am getting to relive my childhood and she has already matured beyond her age. It is in her actions that … [Read more...] about Daughter is a blessing!
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Yesterday was a beautiful day. It was windy, it was cool and it was almost perfect. Trees were shedding leaves, leaves that were lifeless and dry now. I walked on heaps of them listen carefully to the sound, tried it many a times but it was not what is was. It is spring, oh dear and not the harud you are looking for. It is Delhi my dear and not Srinagar you want it to be. Heart filled with joy, no doubt, but the greater joy lay elsewhere. It ended like any other Sunday, a day lived far … [Read more...] about One Sunday in Delhi
To another Herath, outside home! To Mahadev, the coolest of them all!
It is that time of the year again, when i really fall into love with my God. Rest of the year is a deep connect with very little expression. But when your God is as cool as him, who needs to bother about expressions - love or hate. He would not bother about them either. There is such learning from him, there is such grace, such sense of belonging, a determination to see through, an urge to do good, to watch at a distance and keep a watch, to help, to learn, to never abandon, to never judge, … [Read more...] about To another Herath, outside home! To Mahadev, the coolest of them all!
To the tests of 2014. To renewed hope and challenges of 2015
Like every Kashmiri, I have seen tough times. Life has been a challenge at every stage, even when things have been good. 2014 turned out to be one of the toughest, if not the toughest. Not only was this incredibly difficult, it had decision points with incredible impact – now and in future. I stated this year with a trek over the frozen Zanskar, famously known as the "chaddar trek". One fine day, one of my friends Ajay asked if I would come for the chaddar trek. I did not even blink and said … [Read more...] about To the tests of 2014. To renewed hope and challenges of 2015
Pann Puza – the story sums it up!
Here is how the folklore goes. This is the version that my grandmother used to tell us and this is what we narrate each year while doing the puza. The accuracy of the story is not important, the learning from it is. It is said that there was an extremely poor unmarried lady who lived with her mother in a village in Srinagar. They were so poor that it had become a curse to live each day. At some point they saw a bunch of people preparing this sweet from dough (Roth) and performing a puza. On … [Read more...] about Pann Puza – the story sums it up!


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Owiyo launches third album, sung together with Jua Cali
Friday May 20 2011
Six years ago, a Kenyan musician stood before a Japanese audience at a hall in Tokyo. She sang not in English, Japanese or Kiswahili.
No, Suzanna Owiyo sang in Dholuo, her mother tongue. And the audience appreciated the music.
Something else caught her eye. A fan, swaying to the rhythm of her music, was in tears.
After the show, the fan walked up back stage with a translator and gave Owiyo a gift of a cup.
"I still treasure it today. I never knew my music could make someone shed tears," Owiyo says.
Singing is a big deal for her. With Senegalese music producer Dudu Sarr at the helm as her manager, she is often on the way to a concert either in Europe or the US.
The London-based Sarr has worked with top African artistes, including Baaba Maal and Youssou N'Dour.
Owiyo is a competent guitarist. She has three album titles to her credit and has featured in numerous international concerts.
"Those international shows are good platforms for exposure and people get to know you," she says.
One of Kenya's most celebrated musicians best known for her hit Kisumu 100, Owiyo launched her third album, Roots, at Nairobi's Carnivore restaurant on Wednesday night.
Zimbabwe great Oliver Mtukudzi, who has collaborated with Owiyo in the album, performed at the Nairobi launch.
The Saturday Nation caught up with Owiyo at Nairobi's Godown Arts Centre. In the small studio, she fetched a nyatiti.
She then belted out the lyrics of her song, Idhe Wa Kamande, one of the 13 songs in the album, Roots. Then she switches to Matatu, another song.
"It used to be very rare for a woman to play nyatiti. Then a Japanese lady came to Kenya just to learn how to play the instrument; I was impressed," says Owiyo, whose grandfather played the nyatiti.
Eriko Mukoyama was the Japanese woman, and, as a result of her mastery of the nyatiti, was nicknamed Anyango. Although the nyatiti dominates the album, she has not abandoned the guitar and percussions altogether.
"Each artiste colours music differently and instruments are also different," she says.
Referring to Idhe Wa Kamande, a song she has sang in Kikuyu, a language she is fluent in, she says language is not a barrier.
She adds: "I wanted to experiment with something new in my songs."
A big poster of the celebrities she has met during her musical tours around the world hangs on wall. Oprah Winfrey, Will Smith, Denzel Washington, Nicholas Sarkozy, and US President Obama are among the many big names that she has met.
She practices every day, waking up every morning for a walk and a jog before she drives to her studio at 8am to join the band members.
She stays in the studio until 1pm when she breaks for lunch and resumes practice until late in the evening.
Unlike West and South African musicians such as Youssou N'Dour and Hugh Masekela, few Kenyan artistes, apart from Owiyo and Ayub Ogada, have made a breakthrough in the US and Europe.
In March, Owiyo shared a stage with N'Dour at a concert in the US. She has sung alongside Angelique Kidjo in two Nelson Mandela concerts in London and New York in the past three years.
He latest album features the tracks Gonya, Anyango, Osiepna, Usife Moyo, Dhano Le and Abiro. Others are Jamer, Maria Matakatifu, Uyie, Tumekataa, and Ng'ato gi Mare.
Singing together with Jua Cali, Matatu explores how the Kenyan youth have been reduced to beggars. She has also collaborated with Ogoya Nengo, a woman in her 60s from Nyanza in Anyango.
Owiyo began her fruitful music career a decade ago in Kisumu.
It was not until 2001 that she was tasked to compose a theme song for the Kisumu centennial celebrations. She coined hit song Kisumu 100.
Tshala Mwana, Tracy Chapman, Miriam Makeba and Angelique Kidjo, she says have influenced her music.
For some time, Owiyo has been performing abroad regularly, and Saturday Nation asked her whether she had forgotten about her local fan base.
She said: "In 2009 I dedicated time to have a show every week at Sippers. My time schedule doesn't allow me to have regular events but I hope to resume local shows soon."


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Mon Mar 12, 2012, 08:47 AM
villager (26,001 posts)
Rising Gas Prices Have Dented Obama's Rating: Poll
Source: ABC News
Rising Gas Prices Have Dented Obama's Rating: Poll
More than half of Americans for the first time expect Barack Obama to be re-elected - but that won't make it easy: Even as expectations have moved his way, rising gas prices have dented the president's rating on handling the economy, his overall job approval has slipped back under 50 percent and he's reverted to a dead heat in public preferences against Mitt Romney.
The results of the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll mark two political realities: One, the sharp division of public attitudes for and against Obama, with continued greater intensity of sentiment among his critics. And two, the damaging political effects of rising gasoline prices, which have surpassed the federal budget deficit as Obama's single weakest issue.
Americans by a broad 65-26 percent disapprove of how the president is handling the price of gas, which has gained 49 cents a gallon this year to an average $3.79. Strong critics outnumber strong approvers by nearly 4-1. And it's important: A vast 89 percent are concerned about the recent run-up in gas prices; 66 percent are "very" concerned about it.
The survey, produced for ABC by Langer Research Associates, shows a broader impact, underscoring the risk to Obama. His approval rating on handling the economy overall has lost 6 points in a month, to 38 percent, a mere 3 points from his career low in October. Intensity again is highly negative: Fifty percent strongly disapprove of the president's work on the economy, up 9 points to a new high in his presidency.
Challenging as that is for Obama, perceived weakness in his Republican opposition counteracts some of these views. Fifty-four percent of Americans now expect the president to win a second term, up by 8 points from January and by a sharp 17 points from October, before employment gains breathed new life into his then-dim prospects.
Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/election-expectations-move-obamas-way-yet-rising-gas-040142901--abc-news.html
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Response to villager (Original post)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 08:52 AM
AllyCat (11,046 posts)
1. But Dim Son can let them soar this high for weeks and he was just A-OK?
It would be great if we had some legislation that would speak to the speculation driving the price up. They are trying to make him fail and this is just one of their ways. Congress could help by putting some legislation in front of him, but with the worst do-nothing Congress in my memory, that is not likely to happen.
Response to AllyCat (Reply #1)
Tue Mar 13, 2012, 01:40 AM
orleans (26,592 posts)
68. oh, i so agree about the speculators. n/t
Response to villager (Original post)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 08:53 AM
Jackpine Radical (45,274 posts)
2. If ya don't like the gas prices, elect a Republican and they will change.
Look for $10 gas after the Republican gets us into a war with Iran & shipping through the Straits of Hormuz is shut down.
It is at least as sensible to blame the President for the weather as for day-to-day fluctuation in world gas prices. Moreso, maybe, because the government ought to be paying a lot more more attention to climate change.
Response to Jackpine Radical (Reply #2)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 09:02 AM
get the red out (13,218 posts)
3. Exactly!!!!!
People worry a lot more about gas prices week to week than they do the underlying cause of the viscious storms that have been laying wasted to chunks of the country.
Elect a Republican, pay more at the pump, but with war and climate change you get to die a lot faster so you won't have to live with high gas prices as long.
Response to villager (Original post)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 09:10 AM
cosmicone (11,014 posts)
4. Obama should start releasing the strategic reserves
or at least threaten to do so to make speculators flee.
Response to cosmicone (Reply #4)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 09:23 AM
Kolesar (31,182 posts)
5. His staff could "leak" that hint in off-the-record comments.
That will f##% with the speculators.
Response to cosmicone (Reply #4)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 10:02 AM
TBF (31,853 posts)
10. +1 nt
Response to cosmicone (Reply #4)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 05:18 PM
MD20 (123 posts)
40. The Strategic Oil Reserve:
I believe Obama has tapped into the reserve at least once during his administration and I know GW Bush did in the aftermath of Katrina. Whether the oil used has been replenished or not , I cannot say. However, at full storage capacity, the SOR would last about a month. Nationalizing oil production and refinement, OTOH, would be the best weapon in Obama's arsenal. He might catch flak from the right and conservative democrats, but prices at the pump would plummet precipitously. Surely, provisions for this action already exists in contingency plans filed under the National Security heading. USE IT MR. PRESIDENT!
Response to MD20 (Reply #40)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 05:28 PM
cosmicone (11,014 posts)
43. The fallacy in your argument is
that it assumes that the oil reserves would be the only source of petroleum. If that is the case, it will last only 34 days.
However, to beat the speculators, even a 3% increase in supply would bring the prices down substantially and burst the bubble.
At adding 3% per day, the reserves would last 34*100/3 = 1133 days.
There is no way the speculators can make any money with this additional supply and would fold long before the 1133 days are up in order to cut their losses.
Response to cosmicone (Reply #43)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 06:21 PM
MD20 (123 posts)
48. Upon reflection
I digress to your more erudite assessment; but, with so much at stake, I doubt if that strategy would work if the Koch brothers and friends were to cut production to stay ahead of the curve. I still adhere to the National Security paradigm to stifle the robber oil barons and usurpers of the political process once and for all. Oil drives the economy, as you well know, so , to allow a small group of greedy, selfish tyrants to hold the nation hostage with it is a damn shame! That said, I also realize that some of my neighbors and friends are heavily invested in oil and are realizing considerable financial gains. From their perspective, Nationalization of Oil is not desirable; but, then again, neither is the premise you posited. The difference is that your solution is short term and will undoubtedly have to be repeated time and time again. My premise is more permanent and likely to become more entrenched as Americans start to enjoy the benefits of far cheaper gasoline. Automobile sales would likely skyrocket and goods and services would become more affordable as trucking costs plummet due to lower diesel prices.
Response to MD20 (Reply #48)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 11:36 PM
cosmicone (11,014 posts)
65. I don't think Obama could survive
a radical move such as nationalizing anything.
If the goal is to win the election, we need to use a jeweler's hammer and not a sledgehammer, although the latter provides a quick and perhaps permanent fix.
Response to cosmicone (Reply #65)
Wed Mar 14, 2012, 02:26 PM
MD20 (123 posts)
75. That may be a risk he has to take!
Obama may not survive rising gas prices either. A bold move, such as Nationalization, should be one of his top options. The electorate isn't going to reject a man who undoubtedly is acting in the interest of the huddled masses...the same people who put him in office.
He isn't personally going to profit from such a move and people know that. It is time for Obama to strike a NEW DEAL of his own.
Response to cosmicone (Reply #4)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 11:43 PM
cstanleytech (19,151 posts)
66. They already tapped into them a bit it didnt get rid of the speculators.
The only way to get rid of them is to finally ban them but its not going to happen as those people are in the 1% and will do all they can to stop such laws from being set into place.
So in other words we better get used to being bent over the oil barrel because the cynic in me doesnt believe things will be changing for the good for most of us any time soon as far as gas prices go.
Response to villager (Original post)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 09:25 AM
GopperStopper2680 (397 posts)
6. Face it-Peak Oil isn't coming, it's HERE!
The gas prices are not Obama's fault. It's one of the best kept open secrets today that the world is running out of large crude oil deposits. It's running out. Flat. That's the scoop. The GOP can side step or deny the issue all they want but the fact is the jig is almost up. All the low fruit has been picked. Now, according to simple economics the less of a resource you have the more it will cost. The Arabs are beginning to drill off shore and more and more the petroleum monsters are starting to look at alternatives like Tar Sands and Natural Gas to replace the failing crude deposits. The prices are going to go up and the availability is going to go down and you could elect Rockafeller president and it wouldn't change a thing.
Response to GopperStopper2680 (Reply #6)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 05:22 PM
MD20 (123 posts)
41. Really? How do you know?
Not to disparage anything you have said, it would be nice to have some references.
Response to MD20 (Reply #41)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 05:29 PM
DCBob (24,689 posts)
44. speculators may be evil but they aren't stupid.
It more than Iran... imo. They know the numbers and they know shortages are coming and the price is going to go up.
Response to DCBob (Reply #44)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 07:04 PM
MD20 (123 posts)
52. Ohhhh! I see, da wittle bunny wabbit told you!
Response to MD20 (Reply #52)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 07:09 PM
DCBob (24,689 posts)
53. ru drunk??
Response to villager (Original post)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 09:28 AM
FailureToCommunicate (10,471 posts)
7. Greedy, unrepentant Wall Street speculators want to hang this on Pres Obama
and ward off any whiff of more regulation coming from the White House or Congress
There is mounting evidence that the skyrocketing price of gas and oil has nothing to do with the fundamentals of supply and demand, and has everything to do with Wall Street firms that are artificially jacking up the price of oil in the energy futures markets, Sanders wrote. In other words, the same Wall Street speculators that caused the worst financial crisis since the 1930s through their greed, recklessness, and illegal behavior are ripping off the American people again by gambling that the price of oil and gas will continue to go up.
--Bernie Sanders (from a year ago!)
Response to FailureToCommunicate (Reply #7)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 09:31 AM
CAPHAVOC (1,138 posts)
8. I can understand 3 bucks a gallon.
Even 3.25. It starts to hurt my budget bad after that. Others are saying it might go down next month. I hope. I have to keep my total bills under 900 a month.
Response to FailureToCommunicate (Reply #7)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 02:02 PM
girl gone mad (20,634 posts)
33. Who appointed Geithner and re-appointed Bernanke?
Multiple rounds of quantitative easing + multiple rounds of bank bailouts + TBTF + no plan for Main Street growth = pouring fuel on Wall Street's speculative fires.
Response to villager (Original post)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 09:44 AM
newfie11 (8,159 posts)
9. We are exporting more oil than we are using
If there was a way to tax all that oil going out of country I think the prices would come down. Alas that will not happen as long as congress is paid for by big oil/corporations.
Response to newfie11 (Reply #9)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 10:30 AM
Lasher (23,573 posts)
14. No, we're not.
We are a net importer of crude oil. We are a net exporter of refined petroleum products. If you combine crude oil and refined products, imports are far greater than exports.
Response to Lasher (Reply #14)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 12:44 PM
bl968 (360 posts)
27. US Exporting Gasoline
Last edited Mon Mar 12, 2012, 01:17 PM - Edit history (1)
According to CNN in December...
The country exported 430,000 more barrels of gasoline a day than it imported in September, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. That is about twice the amount at the start of the year, and experts and industry insiders say the trend is here to stay.
The United States began exporting gas in late 2008. For decades prior, starting in 1960, the country used all the gas it produced here plus had to import gas from places in Europe.
Your own numbers back this up...
So while we are importing crude, we are sending it right back out again as fuels.
A barrel of oil is 42 gallons. When the barrel is processed, you may get something like 15 gallons of gasoline, 9 gal. of fuel oil (See Gasoil / D2), 10 gal. of jet fuel (Kerosene) and 4 gal of other "heavy" products such as lubricants, grease, asphalt / bitumene and plastics and 4 gallons of lighter condensates/naphtha.
So as a fuel exporter, of course we will import more crude than we export
Response to bl968 (Reply #27)
Wed Mar 14, 2012, 12:27 AM
Lasher (23,573 posts)
74. The question was, are we exporting more oil than we are using?
Last edited Wed Mar 14, 2012, 05:43 AM - Edit history (1)
I say we are not exporting more oil than we are using. I think you disagree with me, is that correct?
You say we are sending our imported crude oil right back out again as fuels. Do you believe this applies to the entire net volume of our crude oil imports?
You have quoted a source you did not link, to list the quantities of products that are obtained from a barrel of oil. What is your point by including this? You seem to conclude that we are exporting all the fuel that we refine from all of our crude oil imports. Is that what you think?
Response to villager (Original post)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 10:03 AM
TBF (31,853 posts)
11. Solution: nationalize the energy industry
I can hear all the heads exploding now ...
Response to villager (Original post)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 10:06 AM
MatthewStLouis (895 posts)
12. What I love about right wing fantasy believers....
They say the free market should be left alone to solve all our problems. Gas prices go up, then they whine and moan that the President isn't doing enough to lower gas prices.
The right wing: we only love the "free market" when it's rigged in our favor.
Response to villager (Original post)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 10:11 AM
leftyohiolib (5,917 posts)
13. stupid fucking brain dead americans
apparently the hard lesson wasnt hard enough. maybe they got to have round two of republican oppression before it sets into that atrophied mass between their deaf ears. im so sick of fighting the republican's greed. maybe the dems should elect r's to office maybe when millions are homeless and starving they'll begin to wake up. talk about useless eaters. uneducated+uniformed=american voters
Response to leftyohiolib (Reply #13)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 10:41 AM
newspeak (4,847 posts)
15. let's look at the gas prices before little boots was selected
I remember the presidential race between kerry and little boots. The gas prices came down a bit before the election. So, does the oil big wigs and wall street influence elections? It would be nice if the voters understood how corporate entities attempt to influence elections.
Response to leftyohiolib (Reply #13)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 08:09 PM
Highway61 (2,506 posts)
58. Bingo!!!
I am SO sick of the ignorance. I am ready to give up. Did you see the poll in Miss. re: Obama NOT being a Christian but 52% believe he is Muslim??????? Case in point. Uneducated and too LAZY to read American voters.
Response to villager (Original post)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 10:42 AM
Smilo (1,914 posts)
16. Maybe I sound paranoid, but this is
a conspiracy by the right wing extremists and the oil companies to bring Obama down. They know they can't get at him other ways, so they will go to America and say hey look what he has done - he alone is responsible for raising gas prices. Of course, they forget to mention if they were in office the price would be higher because we would be at war.
President Obama needs better advisers and he needs to come out swinging. Being Mr. Nice Guy (and he is) will not help him come November. To a large extent he needs to go after everything the GOPT throw at him and not just ignore and hope things go away.
Response to Smilo (Reply #16)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 11:35 AM
dixiegrrrrl (58,070 posts)
22. A hint you might be right is found in this:
This Sat. there was write up in the NYTimes about Pres. Obama's stand on gas prices, he wanted to push for lower costs..see here:
and NOW this ABC poll s dutifully reported, with emphasis on how unpopular the President is over gas prices.
If the poll had been commissioned by the Dem re-election Comm that would be one thing, but a poll BY ABC
FOR ABC reporting?
Response to Smilo (Reply #16)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 04:56 PM
MD20 (123 posts)
39. Conspiracy
I've held that belief for a long time. It ought to be obvious to any thinking American that the oil corporations are squeezing the public with high gas prices to oust Obama.
But, an axiomatic perspective is hindered by right wing talk show hosts who are paid big money to inculcate the working classes to redirect their thinking . Poll numbers show that strategy , to some degree, is working. With that kind of psychological operations in place, republican candidates take advantage of it in their campaign speeches. Still, I have grave doubts that the majority of people who elected Obama in the first place have forgotten how republican ideology has eaten away at democracy for years. I am confident the electorate will give president Obama a second term so that he can complete his repair mission. Any other option means social and economic suicide for the huddled masses.
Response to villager (Original post)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 11:13 AM
dmosh42 (2,217 posts)
17. By allowing non-users of crude to hold large amounts of holdings as speculators.....
the gov't has brought this on themselves.(biggest holders of crude by far=Goldman Sachs& Morgan Stanley per released records by Sen B. Sanders) They have these holdings for one purpose, and that is to manipulate the markets. Obama could make political points by asking congress to bar financial corp from being able to buy into these futures. For whatever reasons, he's letting the opportunity go, and the people can only get more pissed.
Response to villager (Original post)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 11:20 AM
Delphinus (8,008 posts)
18. It bothers me greatly
that gas prices are the end all/be all of people's thinking. Yeah, I'm certainly not happy about the high gas prices, but there's a whole lot more to be voting about than that.
Response to Delphinus (Reply #18)
Tue Mar 13, 2012, 07:55 PM
treestar (74,811 posts)
73. +1
If that article supports the idea that people polled are relating the two, then these are some pretty dumb people.
Response to villager (Original post)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 11:21 AM
dixiegrrrrl (58,070 posts)
19. I am always suspicious of polls which are
produced by a news source which then reports on the results.
conflict of interest, given that we know MSM is mostly a propaganda source for the oligarchy that owns it.
Response to villager (Original post)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 11:26 AM
Robbins (5,066 posts)
20. Gas Prices
They need to run ads showing Fox news In 2008 saying Bush had no control over gas prices when they went high.
Obama has actully Increased drilling.Of course the MSSM won't report this.
Response to villager (Original post)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 11:32 AM
Fearless (18,417 posts)
21. If the president controlled OPEC... we wouldn't be in Iraq and threatening Iran. n/t
Response to villager (Original post)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 11:40 AM
obxhead (8,434 posts)
23. I heard just yesterday how we should be proud of $5/gal gas because it's a sign of a strong economy.
That's right WTOP (DC news radio) claimed yesterday that it was better for gas to be $5/gal than $2/gal because it showed a strong economy.
Not a single mention of speculators driving costs, it was a straight propaganda message telling us to be proud of the cost of gas today.
Response to obxhead (Reply #23)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 12:35 PM
CAPHAVOC (1,138 posts)
26. Nobody is that stupid
I hope.
Response to CAPHAVOC (Reply #26)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 05:27 PM
MD20 (123 posts)
42. Think again!
The very fact that the republican party hasn't been voted out of existence dashes your hopes. LOL
Response to obxhead (Reply #23)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 02:38 PM
taught_me_patience (5,477 posts)
37. This is true
The next time gas is $2/gal, it will mean we are in a very serious recession or depression.
Response to taught_me_patience (Reply #37)
Tue Mar 13, 2012, 09:53 AM
obxhead (8,434 posts)
69. Or it will mean we've stopped threatening the the entire ME stability.
Response to obxhead (Reply #69)
Tue Mar 13, 2012, 12:26 PM
taught_me_patience (5,477 posts)
71. Completely wrong
Please look at the oil supply and demand graphs... demand is exceeding supply and growing.
Response to villager (Original post)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 11:49 AM
sinkingfeeling (40,372 posts)
24. Well in that case, wonder what they'd do if he suddenly nationalized the gasoline industry!
Response to sinkingfeeling (Reply #24)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 05:30 PM
MD20 (123 posts)
45. Read #40 for my response to this!
Response to villager (Original post)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 12:08 PM
totodeinhere (9,638 posts)
25. Remember when gas prices skyrockted during GWB's term? The GOP said that it's not his fault. Forces
beyond his control were to blame. But now that prices are up again those same people are blaming Obama. Such hypocrisy.
Response to villager (Original post)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 12:59 PM
bl968 (360 posts)
28. Oil Speculation
In April, ThinkProgress caused a stir when we uncovered a series of Koch Industries corporate documents revealing the companys role as an oil speculator. Like many oil companies, Koch uses legitimate hedging products to create price stability. However, the documents reveal that Koch is also participating in the unregulated derivatives markets as a financial player, buying and selling speculative products that are increasingly contributing to the skyrocketing price of oil. Excessive energy speculation today is at its highest levels ever, and even Goldman Sachs now admits that at least $27 of the price of crude oil is a result from reckless speculation rather than market fundamentals of supply and demand. Many experts interviewed by ThinkProgress argue that the figure is far higher, and out of control speculation has doubled the current price of crude oil.
It's not just Fuel Prices
Speculation Blamed for Global Food Price Weirdness
Go read the both articles
Response to villager (Original post)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 01:09 PM
Iliyah (19,520 posts)
29. Another issue which the goppers
are beating the hell out of which will backfire again on them. Their oil buddies are trying to force the hand into more drill baby drill and that fucked up keystone crap. They could care less about protecting Americans or America's economy nor environment, its all about money money money, power power power.
One thing that I guess they fail to realize, when we all go to heaven, hell or whatever, we all go empty handed.
Response to villager (Original post)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 01:24 PM
KamaAina (78,249 posts)
30. The President has fuck-all to do with gas prices.
Whether it be Obama or Boosh**.
Speculators, however, do. And they have a vested interest in seeing Rmoney get elected.
Response to KamaAina (Reply #30)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 05:48 PM
MD20 (123 posts)
46. Damn good point!
Response to villager (Original post)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 01:40 PM
chowder66 (3,377 posts)
31. They polled more republicans.....
Response to villager (Original post)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 01:50 PM
FrenchieCat (68,867 posts)
32. New Media Narrative starting today, Monday.....
I noticed it after watching 10 minutes of news television this morning.....
They are changing the narrative, and hope we don't notice how a poll
with more Republicans polled is what they are using as their driver.
Big media hopes that, as usual, the American Lemmings, will follow through
by disapproving of Pres. Obama if they hear that more people are disapproving....
Goal: To decrease Obama's approval rating for the time being.....
and help Republicans, since they do need so much help!
Response to FrenchieCat (Reply #32)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 06:40 PM
Skraxx (1,055 posts)
50. Yup
Repub puppet masters decided to use their resources to beat up Obama on gas prices.
Response to villager (Original post)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 02:23 PM
lib2DaBone (8,124 posts)
34. Like it or not.. $4 gas is the line in the sand... point zero..
point zero.. where people have to decide between buying food and putting gas in their car.
This will devastate any improvement in the economy and will mean the Mr. Obama is finished.
Response to villager (Original post)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 02:31 PM
taught_me_patience (5,477 posts)
35. Average price up $.50 is only $200 more per year for the ave. driver
10,000 miles/year/25mpg = 400G/year *$.50 = $200/year increased gas costs or $16.66/month more. This is hardly anything to get excited about.
Response to taught_me_patience (Reply #35)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 07:04 PM
bl968 (360 posts)
51. poor
Except for the fact that to poor person $200 a year is a whole lot of money.
Response to bl968 (Reply #51)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 08:08 PM
CAPHAVOC (1,138 posts)
57. Me too.
It also raises the price at the grocery store. Food is going through the roof. How convenient none of it counts in the official genuine government approved inflation rate.
Response to taught_me_patience (Reply #35)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 09:43 PM
IamK (956 posts)
63. most perople driver closer to 15K and have 2 cars in the family...
I get about 18-20mpg also, but that was my choice..
Response to villager (Original post)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 02:37 PM
Diclotican (5,095 posts)
36. villager
And still, the petrol price in the US, is far less than we on the other side of the atlantic are used too... Your "4 dollar a gallon" is a dream for most others......
But, if this is what give US another republican president - then good help us all
Response to Diclotican (Reply #36)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 09:05 PM
bl968 (360 posts)
62. The real price of gas without speculation
Wanna know what the real price of gasoline should be? Just look at prices paid for Gasoline in oil producing countries.
Price per gallon of gas
Saudi Arabia Riyadh $0.91
Kuwait Kuwait City $0.78
Egypt Cairo $0.65
Nigeria Lagos $0.38
Venezuela Caracas $0.12
Lets give them an extra dollar per gallon for shipping costs prices are still massively higher than they should be.
Response to villager (Original post)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 04:39 PM
VPStoltz (1,295 posts)
38. And all because the Recons won't tell the truth and the Prez can't tell the truth.
The U.S. is the world's biggest exported of refined fuel.
The big companies can make a greater profit by holding it back from us to sell to China.
We want to keep China happy so we have to go along with that lop-sided logic AND remember, the government can't get involved in private business decisions - ain't that right Newt, Mitt, Rick, and Goofy?
Response to villager (Original post)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 06:13 PM
high density (13,397 posts)
47. How is Obama supposed to "handle the price of gas?"
An extra $.50 on the price of a gallon costs me about $5/week. Am I really supposed to be concerned about this? I pay more than that in interest to finance my car for a week.
Response to high density (Reply #47)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 07:09 PM
lib2DaBone (8,124 posts)
54. Obvioudly you dont have the need to drive many miles to work....
In this economy.. many people are forced to drive 40-50-60 miles one way... just to work a low-paying job, minimum wage job.... trying to survive.
50 Cents a gallon IS a big deal my friend...
Response to lib2DaBone (Reply #54)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 08:09 PM
high density (13,397 posts)
59. My commute is four miles
And I rent, so if I have to pack up and move to be closer to a new job, I will.
At 100 miles a day and 25mpg, you're looking at $10 extra per week for $.50/gal... $520/year. That's cheaper than most cable TV options. Certainly we'd rather have people putting this money to use in a way other than lining the pockets of commodity speculators, but I am still not seeing the "big deal" or any feasible solution to it.
Response to villager (Original post)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 06:29 PM
mercymechap (579 posts)
49. What do you expect
when Republicans/conservatives keep harping at it and blaming Obama, even though in 2008 they had all kinds of excuses why it wasn't Bush's fault and, 52% of Mississippians think Obama is Muslim and inter-racial marriages should be outlawed!
Response to mercymechap (Reply #49)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 07:25 PM
lib2DaBone (8,124 posts)
55. what it boils down to... is...... leadership
Where is the LEADERSHIP?
Where is the "vision" for our country?
Where is the road map for the future?
We are all latch-key citizens.. left on our own.. with no plan for betterment or what needs to be done? Energy..jobs..education?
Yes.. the Republicans have blocked everything.. agreed. But we have new wars in Yeman, Syria, Libyia, Quatar, and now Uganda has U.S.Troops and is ready to explode.
Mr. Obama should have focused on nation-building AT HOME.. but he didn't. I have apologized every which way for Mr. Obama.. up one side and down the other.
I know I will get flamed.. but sorry.. these are the facts and I didn't make them up... and I do not have to power to change them.
We need LEADERSHIP. Repblicans wont do it.. Mr. Obama wont do it.. so who will? (And dont say Ron Paul)
Response to lib2DaBone (Reply #55)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 08:12 PM
CAPHAVOC (1,138 posts)
60. I do not know
I guess it is every man for himself. Guess we will have to hit rock bottom again before anything changes. Eat Drink and be Merry?
Response to villager (Original post)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 07:30 PM
MD20 (123 posts)
56. Mr. President TEAR DOWN THIS MONOPOLISTIC WALL!
In the interest of National Security, I implore you to Nationalize the oil industry. Treachery reigns and enemies lurk behind the shield of patriotism, all the while chipping away at democracy. Stop them now, before their virulence has run its course and reduces the middle class to a distant memory.
Response to villager (Original post)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 08:29 PM
unkachuck (6,295 posts)
61. you would think....
....a Saul Alinsky trained community organizer would be a little more proactive and little less chicken about taking on the crony-capitalists of the oil monopoly on behalf of his employer, the American people....
....to many with lowered expectations, Obamas' failure to vigorously pursue the crony-capitalists is his major sin and will more than likely cost him needed votes....this lack of fight and aggression have many believing that he is at best, an only okay president....
Response to unkachuck (Reply #61)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 10:07 PM
MD20 (123 posts)
64. The unthinkable looms!
Call him what you may but Obama is the best hope for the average American. Lowered expectations or not, all that stands between absolute ruin and rule by oligarchy is that skinny guy in the White House. He was weakened by those of us who allowed the repug-nah-i can'ts to get control of the House. That's proof that apathy and wasted votes are not an option, fellow Americans. Solidarity is the guarantee for victory. We must empower our hero and give him a Congress that supports him. DO NOT forget the state of affairs that brought Obama to the forefront and victory. Losing sight of that is sheer madness considering the omnipresence of greedy wolves waiting... gathering 'round to finish devouring the wounded body of the middle class.
Response to villager (Original post)
Tue Mar 13, 2012, 12:00 AM
sudopod (5,019 posts)
67. People who do this are beyond dumb. nt
Response to villager (Original post)
Tue Mar 13, 2012, 10:56 AM
Beacool (29,828 posts)
70. Gas prices are something tangible that affect all citizens, even those who don't drive.
When the price of a barrel of oil goes up, so do the prices of gas at the pump, public transportation, and more importantly, the price of food. The cost of food and gasoline have been steadily increasing worldwide.
It may not affect some of us much, but there are many people who can barely scrape enough gas money to get to work and who may have to make the decision of whether to buy food or put gas in the tank. These are the working poor who are barely making it as it is. So yes, the price of gas will hurt any sitting president in an election year.
Personally, I'm already cringing at the increase in airline fares.
Response to Beacool (Reply #70)
Tue Mar 13, 2012, 07:19 PM
DonCoquixote (12,990 posts)
72. especially when
We know damn well that the oil companies will do their best to keep those prices high, all to avenge that Trans-Canada pipeline Bill Clinton came out for.


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