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My roommate is the worst. He's never seen an episode of LOST, but that doesn't stop him from sending me spoilers all day. He sent me this clip of Jimmy Kimmel's take on the LOST ending, which doesn't give much away. But, if you care about this stuff, don't watch the video, just enjoy the .gif that features viral sensation Bizkit after the jump.
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I think the pilot should have woken up from a dream - while he was piloting the original plane!
By Richard
Never was a big fan of LOST but had to record the finale for a friend of mine.
Here's a couple of other endings:
1: As in DALLAS, that gorgeous brunnete steps out of the shower and tells her doctor husband that he had a bad dream.
2: As in SAINT ELSWHERE the the actor who looks like Dustin Hoffman's double is autestic and staring into a snow ball with a small island and a palm tree on it.
Engineering question: How can a jet passenger plane taxi backwards with no diverter panels behind the exhaust? The only believable part of that set of scenes was the faithful trust in Duct Tape.
By al
hey rich...answer to your question..the pratt and whitney jet engines have the diverters in the middle of the engine, as seen in the scene of the plane backing up,look at the space in the cowling. as for the duct tape...there is no way that tape of any kind will hold back 3000 lbs. of hydraulic pressure..
By Larry
All non-military jet engines for passenger planes come with "thrust reversers" or diverters as you call them. They cause the rear half of the nacelle to slide back and plates close off the route of the bypass air from the compressor blades, forcing that air forward creating a negative thrust component greater than the thrust generated by the combustion chamber gases. I used to repair the pressure switches that monitored the thrust reversers on Boeing aircraft.
Flight 587 that ripped apart shortly after 9-11 was caused by thrust reverser deployment in flight which in turn caused a flat spin. The centrifugal force tore the plane apart. This is the only rational explaination of each engine being found one mile off the flight path in opposite directions.
The NTSB said there was no sabotage but all one needed was a pair of wire cutters and access to the engine to produce the result. Nip and short the sensor wires to block the message of a loss of pressure on top of a small nick in the hydraulic line is all it takes as several pilots theorized. The fluid slowly drains from the system allowing deployment while the short keeps pilots and any automatic back up unaware of the nature of the problem.
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Designer Galia Lahav's 2012 Collection
Russian born and educated in Israel, talented designer Galia Lahav has created a real life fairy tale with her 2012 Bridal Collection. With the fashion house's emphasis on couture, these stunning wedding gowns are detailed with intricate lace, the most fabulous satins, and layers of chiffon. These gorgeous dresses are for the most elegant and remarkable bride who wants this day to truly be remembered.
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I love the whole collection!
Any where in London I can get these dresses?
Hi guys, just tried on this collection this weekend at Boca Raton Bridal in Florida. Gorgeous collection, there are no words to describe it besides that! Price range was from $6,700-$9,000 from what I saw. Their stores are in CA, NY, and FL. But that is it! The stores should be located on the Galia Lahav website. Definitely worth the trip to the closest store! Good luck fellow brides!
Any stores in USA yet where I could try on a couple of these beautiful designs for my big day?
I would love to see the front of the last dress, and would also like to know what the prices are roughly for these dresses
What is the price range?
Are any stores in the US carrying these for try on before ordering? I'm obsessed with the beautiful backless dresses,
What is the price range for these dresses. They are stunning!!
Luv them all. ^_^ I want to see the front view of the last dress. Do have any photos of the front? Please show them to me. Thank you!
I wish these dresses were available in the U.S. Absolutely stunning!
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Fabulous designs! But can brides with less-than-perfect figures hope to wear one of Galia Lahav's creations?


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Trincomalee Kanniya Hot water well
This is the most famous hot well in sri lanka from the past.With the end of the war, many people visiting this Kanniya Hot Water spring in their trip to Trincomalee. People believe that this hot water is good for some skin deceases and it has healing power for Arthritis and Rheumatic. You have to come in less crowded time and please note that this is a religious place. Respect others and give them also the opportunity.
History of Kanniya Hot Water Wells :According to the details provided in some information boards at the site, Kanniya Hot water spring has the history from the King Rawana era. It says that King Ravana stuck the earth with his sward in several spots and several fountains were started on those places. The water was hot and thats the beginning of this hot water springs.
Some believes that this is a part of the Buddhist Monastery and Buddhist Monk used this place as a part of their complex. There are some old ruins scattered over the area. It seems that most of those historical artifacts were destroyed in the war time. You can find more information on this by visiting http://rebelofkandy.blogspot.com . This has some important photographs to prove this.
The name Kanniya Came from Kal = stone; niya = land
Madunagala Hot Water Well in Sooriyawawa
Madunagala Hot Springs is a wonderful creation of nature in all its natural beauty. Historically, these hot springs flowed into a natural water hole. The reason being that these thermal waters contain medicinal properties to cure ailments like skin eruptions and other rheumatic pains. Even our ancients, particularly the Buddhist monks living in ancient cave hermitages had made the best use of these healing hot springs for body and skin ailments.Padalangala to Hot Water Springs 11 kmPadalangala to Nonagama 21 kmPadalangala to Sooriyawewa 12 kmEmbilipitiya to Panamure 10 kmEmbilipitiya to Sooriya Kanda 39 km The famed literary scholar cum Assistant Government Agent – Leonard Woolf (1908-11) of Hambantota district, in his printed diaries had mentioned the arduous trek how he had hacked through the dense jungle to reach Mahapelessa (Madunagala) hot springs after crossing the Walawe River by boat.
There are three sites where thermal springs are situated in present Sri Lanka. They are Kinniya in the Trincomalee district, Mahaoya in the Mahiyangana area and in the Sooriyawewa area in the Uva Province


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I really really liked how they opened the show with Linda Grey and Patrick Duffy talking about Larry Hagman and that they were front and center of the cast. You know this is going to be harder to watch this year because he is only in 6 episodes, which could be about half the series, but I think most people tune in to see those older characters. That's who we relate to. Junior will never be a JR, Elena is one of the most boring characters out so really the only saving grace is Christopher and Rebecca. I mean who cares about methane gas LOL Don't get me wrong I will continue to watch but it will never be like the original. I love how bitchy Rebecca (Pamela) is and her eat my shit and die attitude. I knew that John Ross would team up with her and go back and have her. Those two plotting together could be good and give John Ross some hope on the show of being a little like JR. It amazed me that Elena ended up, or will end up, with so much stock in Ewing Energies. Wouldn't you know that the real Rebecca would change her story but in true Dallas fashion, Christopher gets the goods on her and FauxBecca talking to Tommy. She best watch out if they go looking for Tommy Good twist in all of that I must say. Poor Sue Ellen losing the governorship. I wanted her to get it but I like how JR came to her rescue and bought of the state's attorney in a manner that only JR can do. They haven't changed the way those two behave with each other and it's so good to see that love hate relationship. Ann. What's up with her being so distraught because that little bitchy daughter didn't want anything to do with her. Good detective work on Bobby's part and I can't figure out why Ryland and his mom hid her and he knew all along. I wonder if Ann has a dark past that is going to come out. Good start of the season I thought.
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Picture a 10-point, 220-pound buck being harvested by a girl half its weight. That girl is me, at 103 pounds and 5 feet, 4 inches tall.
This story begins in college when "a girl" was needed for the archery team. I'd never shot a compound bow before, and I wasn't interested in hunting. But when asked to shoot for the team for fun, I thought, What the heck? The team provided me with my first bow, a Darton. I shot for a few years, then graduated from college and became a dental hygienist.
In the fall of 2000, I began to hunt with my boyfriend, Travis, who took the sport very seriously. I learned the basics of hunting, but, because I loved animals, I couldn't picture myself shooting one. Still, I was finding relaxation and enjoyment in nature.
A year later, I was hunting on my own. Travis would often walk me to my stand and put his climber a few trees down from my lock-on stand. I didn't practice as much as I should have, and Travis would tell me, "You're going to be upset if you miss just because you didn't practice."
Well, I guess I had to find out the hard way – on a 150-inch 10-pointer that I missed in Pike County, Ill.
After getting used to a lock-on stand, I decided to purchase a climber. I found a perfect lightweight model. Then I got a new bow. I was so excited knowing that now I was ready to hunt. My first deer was a button buck.
On Nov. 8, 2003, a day I'll never forget, I bagged my second deer. Around 2:30 p.m., I was considering going hunting that evening. Travis told me to go to his lock-on stand; he had seen the buck of a lifetime there the previous week. I didn't really like the stand because I rarely saw anything there. When I did, the deer was too far away to shoot.
I finally decided to battle the wind and cold, so I got dressed and headed down the road. I parked my Jeep at the edge of the field, grabbed my backpack and bow, threw on my hat and headed to the woods.
At exactly 4 p.m., I was ready in my climbing stand, but I didn't think I would see anything. It was very windy. I grabbed my grunt tube and made three loud grunts.
A few moments later, I heard a loud crash behind me to my left. I slowly turned to see a huge rack coming my way. The buck was about 50 yards out and closing fast. My heart began to pound, and my knees began to shake. I had to get myself together before it saw me, so I quickly stood up and got into position. Things were happening so fast that I didn't have time to think.
The wind was not in my favor, but the buck walked right under my stand and had no idea I was there. It was 10 yards from the stand when it stopped for a quick munch and quartered away from me. I drew, aimed behind the left shoulder and ... whack! My 75-grain broadhead hammered the buck. It was a perfect shot. I watched until it disappeared about 80 yards distant.
Only 30 seconds had lapsed from the time I saw the buck until I shot him. Afterward, I stood there shaking and in shock. It was just like the hunting videos; I was yelling and had a grin from ear to ear. I had only been on the stand for 13 minutes. After several tries to Travis and his brother, Chad, I finally reached Travis's dad on my cell phone. He offered to meet me at the edge of the field.
I descended the tree and followed the blood trail, marking the last spot of blood with an arrow. Travis and Chad, after joining us, decided it would be best to wait a few hours before tracking. Around 8 p.m., with our friend Tom in tow, we headed back to the woods.
We began tracking with our flashlights and lanterns, and at first we didn't find much blood. It seemed possible that we wouldn't find the deer. But our hopes rose when we found tracks. Suddenly, Travis yelled for me to come to him. I said to Chad, "I bet they found him lying up there."
And there he was, lying close to the last place I'd seen him. We couldn't believe how big this deer was. People go out West to shoot something like the deer I harvested in York, Pa. We took about 80 pictures that night, and Tom even videotaped after we got the buck onto the field.
I can't take all the credit. The guys had to drag him out of the woods (I couldn't budge him). I never imagined I would harvest a buck this big. His Pope and Young score was 143 5/8.
Sometimes all it takes is to be at the right place at the right time. That buck had only one thing on his mind – a female – and that's exactly what he got.
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Scott Horton has a good article making the case for the stupidity of Washington's foreign interventions, as opposed to their being part of a covert plan that strengthens the empire. This stupidity is not inconsistent with the influence of various war lobbies that influence the government. The stupidity cuts across party lines and successive administrations, with a senselessness that's stunning.
It is as if no one with any sense is at the helm, and this is part of it. Neither Bush nor Obama have had any foreign policy sense. Neither one had any experience in it. They could only surround themselves with people, likewise lacking maturity, and listen to often contradictory counsels. It takes a great deal of wisdom and maturity to be immersed in an atmosphere of rarified and distilled policy options, devised by others, and be able to control the process and then reach judgments that make sense. Bush and Obama both lack these qualities. Why would a Texas governor and an Illinois senator be expected to be able to manage foreign affairs, much less lead the way against entrenched views and interests? Their advisors and cabinet departments are driven by their own concerns of image, turf, political ambition, rivalries, face-saving, gaining of personal advantages, and playing favorites; and these advisors lack the experience too. When they do have experience, it is frequently out of date and conditioned by past events. Even now when the Syrians are disabling any possible way to use chemical weapons, an inexperienced person like Samantha Power is still sounding alarms and acting tough. Congressional grandstanding and stupidity add another dimension of their own to the tragedies that have unfolded as a result of Washington's incompetence and grandstanding, not that Washington has ever competently run either its foreign or domestic policies. It is just that the follies of the past dozen years have been so painfully obvious and so out of step with the rhetoric being produced to support them.
Great amounts of spying and surveillance have not given rise to intelligent foreign policy decisions, simply because the decision-makers have no clear ideas about how to use the limited resources at their disposal and for what ends. Representative democracy fails to produce people wielding power who have any idea how to use it or not use it, as the case is far more likely to call for. A course or two in international relations or a law degree, taught and issued by universities with dumbed down programs, do not instill competence. Neither does the advice of experts who pretend to more knowledge than they have. Experts are actually exceedingly scarce, just as scarce as those few who have truly creative talent in any field. A government divided into branches and bureaucracies doesn't produce checks and balances resulting in outcomes that achieve the constitutional aims. How can it? Do stupidity and venality somehow cancel stupidity and venality? Or do they smother truth and intelligence? Experience shows that the system produces stupidity and irrationality as measured against the aims in the constitution's preamble, which themselves have almost no overlap with the principles of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness expressed in the Declaration.
It is ludicrous for America's political class to lecture other countries about democracy and to justify its foreign interventions by making a case for democratic government. There is no case in terms of law for democracy, none whatever. There is a case in law for the rights of individuals, and that is more than enough of a challenge to delineate, defend against the corruption of false ideas of rights, bring into acceptance and into actuality. If such a case were understood, no one could defend a "law" passed by a majority to the detriment of a minority. We would search for ways that the rights of each group were upheld. We would stop supporting the foolishness and inequities of democracy and instead look for opportunities to support the justice of rights without using means that violate them.
Presidents have lately been exceedingly fond of making a case for intervention by morally condemning foreign leaders and saying that America has the one and true morality. They do the same for domestic policies. This approach sacrifices rights at the altar of a false god, a universal morality that the government knows and wishes to enforce. There is no such morality. Right actions and wrong actions (moral actions) can only be decided by individual persons in possession of themselves and their resources who are attempting to decide what they should do and not do. Their very individuality and uniqueness of situation, resources, aims and knowledge demand this. No external agents, much less a stupid one called "government", can replace their own individual moral actions without trampling on their rights. In order to make moral decisions, rights must come first, as they help to define the person who is making the moral decisions. A government that interferes, as with Obamacare and sundry other interventions, is simply erasing the "I" that is the person. The government's leaders do this in the name of something moral, but they are actually destroying the very basis for a moral decision, which is the individual human being as a moral agent. The collectivism of this is beyond stupid and senseless. It is fundamentally dehumanizing.
Foreign and domestic interventions by government are thought to be right by those executing them. Bush had his "axis of evil" and Obama has his, even if he avoids the words. So do many Congressmen and others in their administrations. They think of themselves and their actions in moral terms as right. To them what they do is sensible in some sort of simple-minded moral terms, such as Saddam is a bad guy or this one gassed his own people or that one will massacre everyone. They see the faults in other societies without seeing similar faults in their own. Their stupidity is in failing to see how much worse their interventions will make matters. Their blindness is in failing to see that they themselves are collectivists who are not protecting rights but destroying them and, in the process, undermining the human beings who bear the brunt of their impositions.6:58 pm on November 7, 2013 Email Michael S. Rozeff


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My review of Christine Pohl's excellent book, Living into Community: Cultivating the Practices That Sustain Us, is up at seedbed.com. I had Dr. Pohl for a couple of classes as a student at Asbury Seminary, including Ethics of Hospitality. This new book is a wonderful companion to her classic Making Room: Recovering Hospitality as a Christian Tradition.


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The BBC reported that the Pope visited the Blue Mosque in Istanbul as part of a three-day visit to Turkey. According to the BBC, the Pope offered a moment of "silent prayer…next to the Grand Mufti." The BBC man said that it was, "a moment of rich symbolism in terms of the inter-faith dialogue" that the Pope is trying to promote. And it certainly was! Keep Reading…
This is bigger than we thought…The Final Shemitah
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When a country has sanctions placed upon it, such as Iran, North Korea, and others, the world listens briefly, and most truly do not understand the implications. Countries who do not fall into the status quo with the UN, face this treatment of isolation with sanctions designed to hurt the economies of those countries. When President Obama decided to issue sanctions against Russia for their involvement with the invasion of Crimea, and now Ukraine, Prophecy theologians stood up, and took notice of the timely events that followed…and how America's leaders were being used by God to set up the battle of Armageddon….
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In March of 2015, a total solar eclipse is scheduled to happen…and in March of 2015, Israel will be electing new leaders into their government. What has happened thus far with the blood red moons, and the partial solar eclipse and what COULD happen in 2015?
Russia and Iran join forces
As if the pages of the bible were some kind of movie script, Russia and Iran will undoubtedly play a major role in the wars to come against Israel. Iran however will perish according to prophecy during the Magog and Gog war with Israel. So what does the alliance now generate and why would Putin want Iran on his side? What about Syria?
Third Blood Red Moon could prove to be most dramatic to date…
With the approaching third blood red moon next April, 2015, the world could see what some call an unleashing of world war. As the world faces economic meltdown, weather catastrophes, civil unrest, and spiritual darkness, Prophecies concerning the enemies of Israel continue to abound, and may be fulfilled next year with a strike in retaliation for what some are calling the beginning of the end. Israel may find this time period the best window of opportunity to strike Iran, bringing Russia after the strike into the Middle East for an invasion…..
The Shakeup of Israel's Government
As America reels to and fro from riots and uprisings, Israel is facing it's own chaos in the form of elections and scandals that could have a dramatic role on what God will do with her in the future….prophecy once again is on the edge of a seat getting ready to show the world that God is in control…so what's next in Israel that could bring the world to the alter of salvation?
Arabs and Jews Unite to Proclaim Messiah's Return
Wednesday, November 26, 2014 | David Lazarus
A new generation of Arab and Jewish followers of Jesus met together last week to strategize on how to "turn Israel upside down."
Two hundred and sixty Messianic Jewish and Arab pastors, youth leaders, evangelists, Bible-school teachers and ministry leaders gathered for a three-day council to discuss, study, pray and work together to effectively bring the word of God in power to Arabs and Jews throughout the whole Land of Israel.
Special Guest Christine Weick November 29th, 7pm EST
When the Islamic Prayer service began in Washington DC a few weeks ago at the Washington National Cathedral , a woman stood up and told the Muslims that "Christ is the only one to be worshipped"…and because of her testimony for Christ, she was removed from a CHRISTIAN Church…by force. Christine Weick travels the country spreading the Gospel and also promoting her book.."Explain This"…she will be our special guest on Prophecies Of The End Times Radio Ministry with myself and "Rando" from GWOWRADIO.com November 29th, at 7pm Eastern Standard Time…Click the read more tab below for more information about Christine's ministry
Jerusalem… Past, Present, and Future.
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Jerusalem is mentioned in the Bible. It is often in the news. According to biblical prophecy it has a rocky road ahead, and then it will be replaced.
Do you know what the Bible teaches about Jerusalem? Why is its past important? What is its future? What will happen to Jerusalem?
Jesus spoke about Jerusalem. Jesus also told His followers to watch events in Jerusalem (Matthew 24:15; Mark 13:14,37; Luke 21:20), so knowing what to watch for should be important for real Christians. Jesus taught events would change in Jerusalem.
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AHA NOVA Award winners know that healthy farmers are vital to a healthy rural community
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Healthy farmers are vital to a healthy economy in rural Shawano County, WI. Agriculture accounts for more than 22% of the local economy and dairy farms make up the biggest part of that contribution.
But many dairy farmers find health insurance too costly – nearly 20% lack coverage and 80% lack insurance that covers checkups and preventive care. And given their long workdays, farmers are reluctant to leave the farm to visit the local doctor or clinic for a checkup, even if it were provided at a reasonable cost.
So community leaders decided that, if farmers were not going to leave the farms to get care, the county would bring care to the farmers. Area health care, agriculture and business leaders hired Rhonda Strebel as a rural health coordinator in 2004 to visit farm families and provide free health risk assessments, such as blood pressure, cholesterol and skin cancer screenings, as well as offer health information and referrals to area services.
Called the "Shawano County Rural Health Initiative," the program is spearheaded by ThedaCare, a five-hospital community health system based in Appleton, and Shawano Medical Center. For helping to build a healthier farm community, the two health care organizations received a 2012 AHA NOVAAward July 21 at the 2012 Health Forum and AHA Leadership Summit in San Francisco. The award honors hospitals and health systems that go beyond caring for the ill and injured to help people live healthier, more productive lives.
Under the outreach program, now executive director Strebel brings primary and preventive care services directly to the farmers free of charge. She or one of her nurses visit more than 300 farms and make about 1,000 "farm calls" a year. Nearly 40% of those contacts result in referrals to other resources.
With little or no health insurance coverage, Strebel says farmers are not likely to seek medical treatment for minor accidents or chronic conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes, melanoma, hearing problems and arthritis or seek help for bruises or broken bones. And they are not likely to seek preventive care for themselves or family members. "Farmers can work up to 16 hours a day and they are not leaving the farm to come in for a screening," she says.
But neither can they afford to be laid up. "Who is going to milk the cows?" Strebel says. "Who is going to get the work done? They know their health is important, but there also is this feeling that they can't afford to leave the farm."
That's the case with dairy farmer Kay Reminger, who can't remember the last time she or her husband John visited the doctor.
"The Rural Health Initiative has been a godsend for us," she says.
Strebel or one of the nurses comes to the farm for free every year to give them a regular checkup – an "invaluable" service for busy farm families, Reminger says. "They bring the procedures to our farmhouse kitchen table," she says. "It's a blessing."
The rural outreach program resulted from a 2002 ThedaCareled "plunge" into the county's dairy region. Health system, community and business leaders took a bus to visit farmers and hear their problems.
ThedaCare organizes one or two of these community plunges a year, visiting different parts of the county to gauge residents' needs. "It's a way for us to visit with and speak to people who are living the issues," says Paula Morgen, ThedaCare's director of community affairs.
Plunges are a first step toward bringing the community together to address issues like poverty, homelessness, domestic violence, literacy, and, in this case, dairy farmers' lack of access to health care.
"Many stakeholders of the farming community were at the table from the beginning, discussing the issues farmers face and feeling ownership of their health situation," says Morgen, who, like Strebel, is a member of the initiative's 19-member rural health committee. "Farmers, bankers, veterinarians, UW Extension agents, for-profit businesses, school districts, health care providers and more all came to the table and took ownership of the problem and solution. It's been an incredible community partnership from the very beginning with everyone ending up a winner."
ThedaCare CEO and President Dean Gruner, M.D., said the Rural Health Initiative is a powerful example of community collaboration. "From the beginning, we worked with the [dairy farm] community to develop a plan that would work for them," he says.
ThedaCare provided $60,000 in startup funds to get the program off the ground. The seeds planted in 2002 continue to grow. Last year, the program expanded its reach and now covers three counties.
"When we started out, I rode with the milk truckers to meet farmers and introduce them to our program," Strebel recalls. "It's amazing how much we've grown." Shawano Medical Center CEO Dorothy Erdman says the program's partnership-funding model, with money from both hospitals and community partner fundraisers and pledges, can be duplicated in other rural areas. "This is an innovative, practical, low-cost way to reach a large population of high-risk residents who normally fly under the radar," she says.
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Since Patrick Robinson hit the Gap a couple of years ago he's been obsessed with the perfect. After devoting at least a whole year to making the "perfect-fit jeans" he's back with the "perfect tee."
And if anyone's going to whip up the perfect basics, it should be Gap, but given the sheer number of almost perfect, and incredibly luxurious tees out there think The Row, Kain, even James Perse Gap should probably throw the word "practical" after "perfect."
The news tees come in a few different styles, the V-neck may be best, and a spectrum of vintage inspired colors like heathered sage and burn out white. They're super soft and fit well, but the most perfect thing about them is the $19.50 price tag.
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Family Medicine Physician Roman Tusinski, M.D., Joins Harrington Physician Services
Webster, Mass., April 20, 2012 - Roman Tusinski, M.D., Family Medicine physician, has joined Harrington Physician Services.
Dr. Tusinski will be located at the Harrington Physician Services office at 340 Thompson Road in Webster. He will join Dr. Jeffrey Cohen, as well as Heather Briere, N.P., and Susan Murtagh, N.P.
To schedule an appointment with Dr.Tusinski, who will begin practicing the end of April please call 508-943-5132. He is accepting new patients.
"We are excited to bring Dr. Tusinski to Harrington Physician Services," said Kristin Morales, Executive Director of HPS. "It will allow more Webster-area residents to have a local primary care physician."
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Ender Wiggin (Asa Butterfield), a shy but strategically brilliant boy, is recruited to join the elite. Arriving at Battle School, Ender quickly and easily masters increasingly difficult challenges and simulations, distinguishing himself and winning respect amongst his peers. Ender is soon ordained by Graff as the military's next great hope, resulting in his promotion to Command School. Once there, he's trained by Mazer Rackham himself to lead his fellow soldiers into an epic battle that will determine the future of Earth and save the human race
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Crown Point police Coropal, Jeff Eldridge, left, stands with his K9 partner, Buddy and officer Stanko Gligic, right, with partner Radar, pose for a photo with Keith Stevens and Shelli VanDenburgh.
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The Indiana House of Representatives Courts & Criminal Code Committee approved a bill authored by Rep. Shelli VanDenburgh, D-Crown Point, that toughens penalties against anyone who kills a law enforcement animal.
The bill also maintains financial penalties for when and animal is so badly injured it can no longer function in a service capacity to law enforcement.
House Bill 1093, which was coauthored by Rep. Linda Lawson, D-Hammond.
HB 1093 passed the house 97-0. State Senators Sue Landske, R-Cedar Lake, and Jim Arnold, D-LaPorte, are sponsoring the bill in the Indiana Senate.
If passed and signed, the law will become effective July 1, 2013.
VanDenburgh's legislation requires courts to order anyone convicted to pay restitution for police animals that are killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty. This will include replacement costs and veterinary bills as well.
"The cost to replace a police dog is around $12,000," said Van Denburgh. "Local communities often have to find ways to raise that money on their own. This bill relieves local police departments of that burden."
Crown Point Mayor Dave Uran's chief of staff, Keith Stevens, testified in Indianapolis as to the invaluable work of his K-9 partner. According to Stevens, his previous dog of four years helped remove more than 106 pounds of marijuana off the streets, and found criminals, suicidal juveniles, and elderly citizens.
When a K-9 officer is retired from the police force, that animal is turned over to the police officer handler to become a family pet. That officer and family are then responsible for all care of their adopted pet.
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What experiences do you have?
P.S. I'm striving to learn French, but I feel lazy and can't make myself. :D
forget it lazyness and language acquisition don't work; just go lay down and watch tv or something to soften you brain some more.
if you are not lazy, you are never alone in language learning, the target language becomes your best friend and with it; you can learn about and explore the world that is hidden behind the lauguage.
but i see you already have a few under your belt... good job...
yes, I am currently learning Mandarin Chinese, and have done so without any professional schooling. So far, I have done alright, and when I am speaking to a native chinese speaker, I can understand some of what they say, the general idea, and they can also understand me.
I am pretty fluent in Spanish, but learned this language growing up, in addition to my native English. I also know some Japanese, Samoan and Tagalog. I think when learning a language, each person has their best and most effective way for learning it. For me, learning Chinese has involved the following things: using online sites; watching many chinese movies, listening to chinese music and probably most of all, practicing with friends. I think the last point is most important, and as I have learned, most people around the world learn some basic english in school, but because they do not have, or choose not to interact with native speakers, they never build up the confidence to become proficient in the language.
The key is: don't be afraid to make a mistake. That is the only way you will learn.
Yes, of course. You just need to keep yourself motivated and you will go far. There's so many resources on the internet, that you could literally do all your language learning online if you wanted to.
Yes, i started learning Portuguese with a teacher, and many pupils,but some time later I realized that I was learning much more by myself,with books,a good grammar book, TV,listenig to songs, watching movies...
As for me, in the past I tried learning various languages just by taking the regular courses, in school or university with a professional teacher. It just went to nothing. I never had a conversation with anyone in those languages, and all the many hours of study were just wasted, I forgot most of it. It was very boring, just learning grammar rules and regulations and trying in class to practice baby sentences with someone else who also did not know what they were saying.
Now I am studying Hebrew with a totally different viewpoint, my goal is not professional education, but rather a daily exposure and using of the language in real life. I am learning in leaps and bounds, very fast, and it is so much fun and exciting. I am totally taken up by my study. I immerse myself in a Hebrew environment daily. What a difference!! It is lovely this way. I have taken some courses with a one on one teacher to get me started, but now I am pretty much self-taught. I am looking for some good Skype matches to work more on the conversational skills, and that will be sweet.
This is the first time I try to learn a new language all by myself. The hardest part is I don't know where to begin and I'm confused because no one tells me what to do. But I'm trying my best to figure it out.
If you can't make yourself, than maybe you shouldn't do it. Learning a language doesn't happen overnight. Your brain is more than capable of learning a language, so your motivation and passion is what's going to carry you most of the way.
If you really want to learn French, write down the reasons why you want to learn it. Get yourself pumped, and excited that you're going to be learning a new language that's going to open up a whole new worl of oppurtunites for you! And if you're still having trouble there, make short-term goals. Quiz yourself. Find someone to practice with.
Happy learning~
I realize after trying to study French and Korean on my own that I'm not disciplined enough on my own to study the language by myself. Thank God for Italki....that way I can and have taken lessons from actual teachers which I feel is far more helpful for me. I think if you recognize the fact that you might not be a good self learner, then you can take actual lessons from someone. I have all the French books and have been studying French off and on for YEARS and still can barely introduce myself so now I'm about to do a lesson with a teacher.
Keep at it though....no matter what route you choose to learn. Keep going!
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According to the report, an increase in the number of mobile and networked devices provides an enticing target for cyber criminals to steal data and thwart the functioning of systems in a variety of venues from hospitals to utility providers.
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Top Five Ways to Keep Holiday Weight Gain at Bay (according to Lari Robling)
December 6th, 2010 - By Lari Robling
- 1. We know we are going be downing extra calories this time of year, so start early to increase your activity. Even at a modest pace, most people can burn 100 calories or more by walking a mile. Park your car and get out and finish the ride on foot, get off public transportation a stop or two early or take a couple laps around the mall before you start to shop. Those extra burned calories hopefully balance the extra calories of your holiday treats.
- 2. Have a plan. A lot of damage can be done without even thinking about (or enjoying) what you put in your mouth. If you know a neighbor makes a great cheesecake, then plan to savor that at the open house. Nibble on the carrot sticks, hummus and healthier options and enjoy that cake without guilt.
- 3. Bring something low calorie and low fat to the party, that way you know there is something you can eat. Chances are, several people there will appreciate it as well.
- 4. Make your first beverage (alcohol or otherwise) plain water or seltzer. This way you have something in your hand as you make the rounds saying hello, but can take your time to decide what you want to spend your liquid calories on.
- 5. Take a page from Mark Bittman who eats vegan until 6 pm. If you make your breakfast and lunch low calorie, low fat and high fiber then your evening meal can include some treat foods in moderation.
Enjoy the holidays and remember one meal or one slip isn't the problem. It's what we do the other 364 days of the year that matters!
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We're lucky; here in Philly we managed to avoid the worst of the storm. We had a fair amount of wind and rain but the work we'd done in the basement and on the tree in front of the house held up and all we have to cope with is a kid with cabin fever (although she's currently having a playdate and the two of them are arguing, so, you know, FUN).
I spent a few hours with my mom at the hospital and learned… nothing. They took more xrays. We waited. We heard nothing. Finally she was exhausted and I needed to be home so I left. Today, she's much less clear than she was either Sunday or yesterday, but she's also now running a fever and on pain meds so no one is alarmed (except me; I feel like a broken record trying to remind everyone that she is NOT A DODDERING OLD LADY, DAMN IT, FIND OUT WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG).
Finally, after 48 hours of not hearing from any doctors, I sat down with the attending physician today and we went over about a dozen things that we think she might be having issues with from medications to circulation issues to thyroid or other metabolic issues to B12 deficiencies to blood pressure to inner ear to…. ack. Basically, they've ruled out the horses, so now they are beginning to look at zebras. Still waiting on a consult from her neurologist (who is affiliated with this hospital), some other tests they are going to do tomorrow, including a rather big one; checking her resting cortisol to see if her adrenal glands were damaged from 20 months of steroids for the pneumonia.
Y'all, I'm tired.
Plus, lingering in the back of my heart and mind has been the knowledge that Saturday was the 8th anniversary of my son's deaths, and how I'm simply unable right now to go there and feel the pain – particularly since I already touched on it, writing about the boys and abortion and the election several times recently. I feel like I cannot let myself go there again. Which is stupid, of course. But I'm trying to hold it together for my mom, help with the family's storm related stress, and there's just no time for me to fall apart right now.
But of course, your body and mind make time, and last night's combined news about New York City – particularly the thought of the NICU babies at NYU's hospital getting evacuated down nine flights of stairs because of power failure (and back up power failure) and then the rumor that Coney Island Hospital was on fire, completely, and no one could get to them to help (not true at all, apparently; a car burned in front of the hospital) threw me over the edge and I had a full panic attack.
I've had fewer than five panic attacks in my life and I don't really know what to do with them when they happen other try to take deep breaths which felt impossible because my heart hurt. I tried distracting myself by discussing politics on twitter and everyone yelled at me for trying to score "points" during the emergency so then I felt shitty as well as panicky.
Good times.
In the midst of all of this I'm trying my best to work, which today is kind of laughable. My head is too muddled. I think I'm going to go nap and try again tonight.
So. There you have it, my "report."
How are you doing? Were you in the storm's path? Are you doing okay? Can I help? Let me know.


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Holidays amongst the vines
by Tom Cannavan and Natasha Hughes, 06/06
Holidaying in the wine regions of the world is one of life's great pleasures. OK, not that many offer sandy beaches and hot and cold-running nightlife, but the combination of breathtaking scenery, uplifting culture and fine food and
wine provides adequate compensation.
France: La Baume
The art of matching wines to food has become increasingly fashionable in recent years, but few wineries harness this growing interest in any practical way - especially in the Old World. One exception is La Baume, which is located on the plains of the Languedoc, just outside Beziers. Its atmospheric farmhouse has been transformed into a culinary centre, where visitors can not only learn how to cook a wide repertoire of dishes, but can then sit down to enjoy them with a range of complementary wines.
Italy: Badia a Coltibuono
It's not often you get the chance to take your cookery lessons in a monastery that dates back to the 11th century, but at Badia a Coltibuono, hidden deep in the forests of Chianti, that's exactly what's on offer. The monastery, with its pale, stone walls and elaborate knot garden, stands at the top of a hillside, and affords visitors a wonderful panorama of the surrounding countryside. The current owners bought Badia in the mid-nineteenth century, and today the estate is renowned for its wines, olive oil, and for a restaurant whose
Spain: Hacienda Zorita
The city of Salamanca is a jewel in the crown of Castilla y Léon, the former Kingdom in western Spain, where renaissance architecture fills the streets. If two beautiful cathedrals, one of the word's oldest universities, and the magnificent, colonnaded Plaza Mayor aren't enough for you, there is excellent eating and shopping too. Just a 10-minute taxi ride away is the bucolic vineyard country of the Duero, and one of the finest boutique hotels to be found in any winery. This is Hacienda Zorita, where 22 rooms have been formed from a Dominican monastery that was founded in 1345, and sits astride the Tormes River. Christopher Columbus was a resident at one time.
Argentina: Postales del Plata
The Argentine province of Mendoza is an awfully long way to go merely to taste wine, and most people combine a trip to the region with a visit to the country's capital, Buenos Aires. But in truth, there's far more to Mendoza than its wineries. Lovers of active sports and wide-open spaces will thrill to the possibilities: the range of adventures is almost as wide as the Andean horizons. You can ride a raft atop the tumbling white waters that spill through the canyons of the Mendoza River, or hike high into the mountains to go fly-fishing for trout in some of the world's most remote streams. Those who enjoy riding will appreciate the opportunity to see more of the stunning countryside from horseback. The Western-style saddles used in Argentina make the going relatively easy, and the horses, by and large, are of a calm disposition.
South Africa: Banhoek Vineyard Lodge
There are a number of fine places to stay amongst the vines in the Cape, with beautiful restored Cape Duh homes, whitewashed farm cottages and whole Manor Houses available to rent. Banhoek is a seriously luxurious five-star lodge, recently built in the Banhoek Valley countryside just five minutes from Stellenbosch. Each room has a wrap-around balcony with uninterrupted views over the vineyards of the Zorgvliet wine estate and onto magnificent mountains and valleys strehing far into the distance.
Canada: Prince of Wales Hotel
Most wine-orientated visitors to Canada will head for either Ontario or British Columbia, where there is an infrastructure of restaurants, hotels and visitor facilities to make for very enjoyable touring. In BC's Okanagan Valley I can heartily recommend Therapy Vineyards guesthouse on the Naramata Bench. In the midst of the vines, there are beautiful lake and mountain views and every home comfort (Tel: +1 250 496 5217 or visit www.therapyvineyards.com). But as Therapy is really pihed at large parties taking over all eight bedrooms, I've plumped instead for the romantic and ultra-luxurious Prince of Wales hotel in historic Niagara-on-the-Lake.
Australia: Peppers Barossa Hermitage
Peppers is the brand name of a group of very high quality boutique hotels across Australia and New Zealand, many of which are independently owned and run. The Hermitage is about as well placed as any hotel could be for visiting the wineries of the Barossa, sitting on the Seppeltsfield Road, next door to Penfolds and other top wineries. Shiraz vines run all the way to this hilltop property's boundaries, and there is peace and quiet by the bucketful in this semi-rural location.


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Greek gov't bonds downgraded to junk status, Eurozone in trouble
Well well. S&P just downgraded Greek government bonds to junk status, which means that many institutional investors can't by them anymore. Yields jumped to 15% and more.
Put another way, the Greek government just drove off a cliff. They're deeply, deeply in debt, and with costs like that, they have no way to service it. This means one of two things: default or a very expensive bailout by the Eurozone big economies.
Both are bad news.
Default would wreck the Greek economy even worse than it's wrecked now. It's also stuck between a rock and a hard place: to get back on its feet, it badly needs to devalue, but it can't, because it has the euro. OTOH it can't give up the euro, simply because the logistics of that operation are so fiendishly complicated that it can't afford to. That can mean only one thing: deflation. Deflation means a protracted period — say, three years at an absolute minimum, and could easily be 10, 20 years or even more — of very high unemployment, falling wages, falling prices, and a dramatically falling standard of living.
A bailout, OTOH, is incredibly unpopular among the countries who could afford it, in particular the Germans and the French — they're not at all happy about throwing money at Greece, especially as their wrecked economy is largely due to dishonest dealing by their government. However, if they *don't* bail Greece out and allow it to go into default, it'll drive up interest rates all over Europe, and may well cause the next dominos to fall — Portugal, Spain, Ireland, and Italy aren't doing too great either, and Spain and Italy are pretty big economies.
This is the first real moment of truth for the euro. I honestly don't know if it'll survive as we know it. I don't think it's likely to collapse altogether, with the eurozone countries going back to their old national currencies, but it's possible that when the dust settles, one or more of the weaker countries will leave the EMU, and at the very least it's likely that the Baltic states lining up to join will find their wait suddenly lengthened.
IMO this is a tragedy that Europe has brought on itself. We played fast and loose with the entrance criteria, both for the EU and for the euro, for political reasons. Greece, Romania, Bulgaria, Latvia, and Lithuania (at least) have no business being in the EU, let alone the eurozone; their economies, and in many cases polities, just aren't robust enough. We took them in for any of a number of political reasons — to bring the former Socialist countries into the Western orbit, or in an attempt to stabilize the chronically unstable, corrupt, and misgoverned Greece.
That was misguided kindness. The EU can only work if the countries in it are roughly on the same page politically and economically; it can give a bit of a leg-up to countries that are a bit weaker but are solidly on the right path, as the successful example of several other former Socialist countries shows. However, the EU can't do a country's work for it, and countries looking for quick short-term benefits will get bitten in the long run. Now we all pay.
Once the EU comes out of this, it'll look rather different. I'm pretty sure that we'll see the official emergence of a multi-tiered system, with a core of rich, stable Eurozone/Schengen Area countries, a second tier of countries with a realistic possibility of joining the core but not yet there, a third tier of countries that are EU but neither Eurozone nor Schengen, nor about to join immediately, and a fourth tier of "hang-around members." I also believe this structure will fairly quickly stabilize, with countries mostly remaining where they are, except perhaps the most successful of the second-tier countries eventually joining the core. I have no idea what that'll mean, globally, but things will be different, for sure.
Why don't they go after the crooks that stole the money and get it back?
Apparently Portugal also got moved a peg closer to junk bond as well.
Mostly because said crooks have already spent it on wine, women, and roulette, I'd expect — or else they're the ones who are responsible for catching thieves, and are therefore unlikely to go after themselves.
In any case, almost all the money will be unrecoverable by now. A lot of it has just evaporated as assets crashed; the rest has been spread around or salted away far enough that it can't be found. Hey, maybe even you've ended up with a few dollars of Greek gold!
And yeah, the PIIGS are all in trouble. Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece, and Spain, that is.
How long ago was Ireland one of the fastest growing economies in Europe? Can't be more than three years. What happened there?
International investigations are in order. Dig up those caches! Prosecute the crooks!
Of course, at the time, Ireland's growth was touted as a brilliant success of neoliberal laissez-faire economics. Strangely, the folks who were doing that have been strangely silent about it lately…
Greece will largely be chalked up to corruption (even if that's only a portion of the pie), but what about the others? Is this an indictment of the economics of Euro social democracy?
As to the other PIIGS, Ireland and Spain are classic bubble economies that popped and are now trying to pick up the pieces. Spain practiced remarkable fiscal discipline, actually, but during the boom a huge amount of money flooded into real estate there, and then it flooded out — a very similar dynamic as Florida in the US. There wasn't all that much Spain could do about that, I think — a runaway real estate bubble is very hard to pop, especially if the money is coming in from outside, and you're in a situation where you can't restrict capital imports (as is the case within the EU).
And Italy is just a corrupt kleptocracy with huge regional disparities and a government that doesn't. Govern, that is. (Lovely place to visit, though, but I wouldn't want to live and work there.) I don't know much about Portugal, other than that it always was one of the weakest economies of Western Europe — it never really got going full steam after dumping its dictator.
I've come to visualize the world economy as a bunch of containers filled with water, on board a ship that rolls a quite a bit. The smaller the containers and the less permeable their barriers, the stabler it is — crises are mostly local or at most regional, and there's not a lot of contagion. What we did over the past several decades was take down the walls between most national economies. We made it possible to zap capital around the globe instantaneously and with no cost nor controls. The idea was that the markets, when left to themselves, are best at allocating capital internationally, leading to increased prosperity for everyone.
The trouble is that that also resulted in capital sloshing wildly around the globe from one place to another, causing gigantic booms and catastrophic busts. Spain and Ireland experienced this big-time: they got a massive flood of money that drove up prices and wages, and then the money left as quickly as it came, leaving the prices and wages high but productivity nowhere near high enough to justify them, not to mention government programs predicated on tax revenues that are now well beyond reach. Now they're in deep doo-doo, and really through no (huge) fault of their own.
They're now discussing the possibility of a variant on the Tobin tax — something to put just a little price tag on those capital flows, which would make short-term speculation just a bit more expensive, without really affecting long-term investment. I hope it works out.
If not there is an easy recipe to follow Ireland:
- Remove controls over speculation in order to attract speculators
- all speculators come, foreign banks found daughters in your country in order to avoid controls in their own country
- get much money
- the bubble explodes because of missing controls
- success
By the way with regard to Greece there is comfort:
Germany alone has given 500 Billion Euro bailout money to banks after the financial crisis - the complete Greece national debt is 300 Billion Euro. :biggrin:
Yes its a troublesome situation, and the way it came about is extremely annoying. That states have some trouble fulfilling all the stability criteria is somewhat to be expected, even the big economies have repeatedly failed there. But as far as I can tell, the greek government lied and obscured its true dept on purpose, simple as that.
While the german government specifically puts on a nice show of not-really-wanting-to-help and putting-up-tough-conditions this is largely for the benefit of domestic politics, I'd guess. There is no way the rest of Europe and especially the big economies can afford to let Greece crash entirely and I don't even think they can easily throw Greece out of the Eurozone. The real question is what this bailout will do to the economies in the rest of Europe. I am no expert on economics, but my guess is we can probably save Portugal too, if need be, but if Spain or Italy start to fail (or maybe even Ireland is enough), my feeling is that things could go real ugly and scenarios like what PJ described in the OP become quite imaginable.
In a very small nutshell, what happened was this:
(1) The Greek government lied in order to get accepted into the Eurozone.
(2) Getting into the Eurozone drove down the interest level of government debt.
(3) The Greek government borrowed at those newly cheap rates like there's no tomorrow.
(4) A party ensued. The money was spent in all kinds of ways on all kinds of people. A few people got very rich, but most people saw their income rise.
(5) The global economy crashed, and people started paying attention.
(6) The Greek lies came to light.
(7) Interest rates shot up, leaving the Greek gov't with a crushing burden of interest payments on its national debt.
Since the country is poorly governed to start with, they have no way to get that kind of money via taxation, and since they already privatized most of the state-run businesses, they don't have any assets to sell either.
Other than a bailout, this leaves two options — default and socialization. The Greek government could simply pass a law to take over, say, the financial sector, or the assets of the Greek Orthodox Church, or any of a number of other parties who have a lot of valuable stuff, and then sell its assets to pay off the debt. Or it could default. That's what the protesters want — some want them to seize assets, others want them to default, some want them to do both and give Communism a try.
Of these options, IMO a bailout is the least bad, followed by a default, socialization, and Communism. None are good news, and the last two aren't really realistic, barring a full-on popular revolution (which could always happen, of course), because they would have Greece repudiate just about all of its international commitments, which isn't easy to do.
Oh please. Now they're banning shorts.
[ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8648029.stm ]
AFAICT this isn't naked shorting, which really is pernicious. Ordinary shorting is a favorite scapegoat, but it's actually a stabilizing influence on markets, because those shorts have to be covered. I.e., this is a panic move that demonstrates a pretty fundamental lack of understanding of how markets work, and as such is not a reassuring sign.
I.e., whenever the stock market falls, the short-sellers will cash in, which results in a burst of buying as they cover their shorts, which slows down or stops the fall. Banning shorts will only make things worse.
(If BBC had this wrong and this is about naked shorting, apologies. That should already be banned, though, so I don't see how it could be the case.)
Well, i'm from Greece and i can tell Prime Junta told many truths in his posts,but believe me it's not so simple as it looks like.
Greece at the moment is in dire condition and everything is falling apart.
I agree that Greece should never joined the Eurozone with the economy it had back then.So,indeed, "cooked" books were presented. BUT,i can not accept that Europeans countries were fooled.They simply accepted them and,also, there are some kind of evedince that some of them encouraged this behaviour. For political reasons?Most propably…..
But,also,for future economic and financial exploits.
About the raise in salaries you mention,you are wrong.All money went to specific hands,politicians and mostly to 4-5 families that basically rule now.And we are talking for a lot of money.It's not strange that these families are considered among the strongest(financial) around the world. And it's really hard to prosecute them
In any case future seems pretty dark here and yes,i am really afraid Europe faces one,if not the biggest, challenges.
I can come up with many more details but at the moment i am checking vacancies around Northern Europe.hehe
It's absolutely terrible that it's impossible to kick Greece out of the Euro zone. And it's similarly bad that the Euro contracts don't even allow help by the EU. So the EU needs to be tricky to be a legally allowed to help.
Now it's a no win situtation. As long as the structure in Greece is as corrupt as it is now, the country will need more money every few months. It's a bottomless pit.
A few scenarios:
1) Help Greece. They'll need much more money 4 times a year. Maybe a couple of years and 250B can cure the problem … until it happens again.
1a) This will set a precedent. Other problematic Euro zone countries, which are also in trouble albeit objectively much more stable than Greece, will demand the same. And rightly so.
2) Help them once, because it has already been agreed upon. Then let them go bankrupt.
3) Pay them to leave the Euro zone. Give them 100B and ask them to sign a contract. Then show them the door and ask them not to come back until they're 100% clean.
4) Change the Euro contracts to allow sanctions in case of misbehaviour. No chance. Guess who will veto it. ;)
5) Don't help them. Greece will go bankrupt, the Euro will probably survive. The other critical countries no what happens if they don't get their act straight.
6) Help all endangered economies, but only in exchange for drastic changes. Especially in case of Greece this would be a massacre. Play hardball. Beggars can't be choosers.
The best solution is IMHO (6) in combination with (4). If that doesn't help try (3). If they still refuse the solution should be (2), in combination with a prayer that the Euro survives. (5) has already been ruled out and (1) only delays the problem.
Playing hardball is 100% necessary. The necessary changes have to be enforced.
On sidenote, the strikes in Greece are certainly not helpful. The people in other country can only get the impression that large parts of the population still don't understand that their country is nearly bankrupt.
Well,all started basically wrong with the Eurozone.And now,it's hard to set it straight.
It's not about Euro survival.They want a strong currency against dollar.That's why they do not let Greece go bankrupt.I believe they are working at the moment for creating the right rules for kicking out "bad" players.Until now there is no such settlement.
Watching the yesterday attack at Portugal spread rates,combining with the ferocius attack at Greece spread rates one can wonder how big is the game playing at the moment globally.Especially if we accept as true the fact that statistically Greece debt is the same as the US and almost the same with UK(never saw the official rates)
As for the strikes,well, it's of little importance of what others think because of the information they have.It's a risk asking people to pay for money they never got or used,especially for amounts like billions.
[ http://www.tradingeconomics.com/Econ…spx?Symbol=GRD ]
The GINI coefficient (measuring income differentials) hasn't changed much at all over the same period; it's been meandering between 0.31 and 0.34.
[ http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?Que…QueryType=View ]
What does this mean? Yes, most definitely a few people did get extremely rich — but they did not get all, or even anywhere near most of the money. Suppose Greece borrowed 200 billion euros over this time. If those four families got a measly 10% of that, they'd walk off with a cool 20 billion. The other 180 billion would still have been spent on other things — infrastructure projects for the Athens Olympics, higher salaries for civil servants, and so on and so forth. That would all translate to more demand for all kinds of stuff and an upward pressure on prices and wages — an overheated economy, IOW.
So, blame those crooks all you want (and the rest of the EU for allowing them to get away with it, if you like) — but don't delude yourself into believing that they got all the money while you never got anything, so all you have to do is catch them and get the money back, and all will be well. They didn't, and you did, and the money's gone.
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