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(Yes, it's Saturday. I lose track of time when long-lost adult children come to visit. But I wanted to get in on Jen Fulweiler's weekly blogger tradition. You can, too, if you like: see Jen's instructions at the very end of this post.)
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As my philosophy professor, the late lamented Dr. William Marra, used to say,
"Money is happiness in the abstract."
He was right: if we dedicate Black Friday to commerce,
it's not so much because we want this particular HDTV or that particular vegan leather handbag: it's because money seems to bestow the power to be happy in whatever way we might turn out to desire. It represents an open-ended guarantee that, should a wish arise, we'll be able to satisfy it. Money means control and protection from the unexpected. At least, maybe that's the illusion lurking in the back of our minds, and the real reason money has such a hold on us. A clearer view of Who's really in control is the cure.
I think consumerism run amok is closely related to safety consciousness run amok.
The most sublime and festive greeting we can come up with these days is,
'Have a safe holiday!"
I'm all for safety. Really! As the mother of a little girl
who once fractured her forearm while playing quietly with blocks in the living room, I'm a fervent fan of safety. But safety, security, health—these, like money, are conditions for certain kinds of happiness and pleasure—not ends in themselves. This is exceptionally easy to forget.
I can't prove this, but it certainly rings true. In this book
Shackelford and White say studies have shown that customer enthusiasm for any product reaches its zenith at the moment of purchase.
Yes, it's downhill from there.
Because even if you know perfectly well that that material goods don't bring true happiness, but only pleasure, it's very, very easy to overestimate just how much pleasure they're likely to bestow. That's even if they include batteries, require no maintenance, and don't get broken or "borrowed." There's a reason why Scripture says
Lay not up to yourselves treasures on earth: where the rust and moth consume, and where thieves break through and steal.
Then again, sometimes material goods bring not just disappointment but envy, misery, and violence. We have a house rule: No special treats that cause more trouble than happiness. There are certain cold cereals that I will pay an outrageous price for occasionally even though their first three or four ingredients are toxic chemicals.
But they have to pass the Less-Trouble-than-Happiness test. It is apparently very, very easy to be enjoying your own Cap'n Crunch one minute but be racked with anxiety and suspicion the next lest your sibling's bowl contain a couple milligrams more of tasty chemicals than yours. When this happens too many times, certain things stop appearing on the breakfast table at all, even on Fat Tuesday.
Money is not the root of all evil—money-lust is. But maintaining detachment from lots of money can be much harder than getting by with less. Wealth has a way of usurping more than its rightful share of our limited store of mental energy, time, and attention.
Besides, it seems that when you cross Puritan roots
with prosperity, you produce a powerful, anxiety-ridden sense of duty
to be a responsible consumer, perpetually preoccupied with price comparison. At its best, this is part of stewardship. At worst, Consumer Reports replaces the Bible, and getting a good deal becomes the duty that trumps all others. (Thus, you might find yourself out hunting down cheap gizmos when you ought to be sitting down to a family Thanksgiving—more on that in a minute.)
Good stewardship is, of course, a legitimate moral duty, but it gets out of hand. What else could you be doing with the time spent researching deals on a superfluous or toxic product? What exactly will you be doing with all the money you save? These are moral questions, too.
A funny thing happened this year. Some people, including myself, have been railing against Black Friday for a good long time.
But this year, somebody got carried away and decided to invent Black Thursday, and replace Thanksgiving with it.
This set off an outcry, which was heartening but peculiar. After all, Thanksgiving was downgraded long ago from a religious festival to an afternoon when women gathered in kitchens to share anxieties about gluten-free stuffing and men gathered on sofas to watch football with visiting in-laws with whom it was unsafe to discuss politics and religion.
We cultivate an "attitude of gratitude" because "studies have shown"—and they have—that it's good for your mental health. But an exercise done to enhance mental health is a step down from the celebration of a sacred feast.
As we head into the "Holiday Season," I want to offer more than hackneyed warnings against consumerism and secularism. It's easy to get caught up in pro- or anti-Bllack Friday activism, or indignation at CEO's who want to celebrate a certain lucrative birthday without any mention of the birthday Boy.
But then, if we protest that instead of preparing our hearts, we're missing the point.
In fact, we're missing it just as thoroughly as the guy who spends Thanksgiving Day in the electronics department of Walmart.
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Today I saw "Black Friday" signs at the local mall, in English and all, here in Barcelona, Spain, where nobody has ever heard of anything like Thanksgiving...
"Never buy a thing you do not want, because it is cheap, it will be dear to you." (Thomas Jefferson)
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Sapperdepitjes, that's very sad.
I remember when we first came to Barcelona, all the stores were closed from Saturday night to Monday morning. It took me a while to get accustomed, but it was a good thing. By the tme we left in 2002, more and more were open.
The images are just from Google Images (except the photo of my daughter). I have a lot of fun finding just the right ones.
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Is there any chance, do you think, that we're reaching the end? I mean that the ugliness and emptiness of it all is beginning to dawn on enough of us that a new era may begin?
It certainly seems to me that the era of blending Christianity with the surrounding culture—so that it's hard to say where one begins and the other ends—is ending fast.
I predict that the differences between the two ways of being are about to become much clearer.
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Katie van Schaijik, Nov. 24 at 10:29pm
I predict that the differences between the two ways of being are about to become much clearer.
Agreed, it is easier to see a light shining in the darkness then in the daylight...
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Katie and Tim, I agree--at least, that it's becoming clearer and will become clearer still. We'll all be forced to make a personal choice, and to see whether we're more attached to the ugliness and emptiness than we thought we were.
I think participating in the new evangelization is like raising kids surrounded by toxic culture: you have to reject the evil and locate and acknowledge the grains of truth in it but also present an attractive alternative. I find this is the most demanding part--it's relatively easy to stand up and say no the garbage, but it takes a lot more time and energy to present what's good instead. It's like saying no to Cap'n Crunch--that's easy--but also bothering to make homemade bread instead, so they can see the inferiority of the junk for themselves.
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Devra, the moments when I've been most depressed about myself and my motherhood were usually high holy days in foreign countries, when I felt my absolute dearth of resources for creating culture. I felt I could do absolutely nothing to bring alive the experience for my children. Which, of course, made everything worse.
Ever since, I've wanted desperately to live in community--among friends who know how to make music and do crafts and decorate cakes and deck halls and things like that.
I promise to bring a copious supply of appreciation and gratitude!
Mysteriously, my daughters seem to have abilities in this direction. (I think it might have had something to do with my wanting it so much.) They are both--each in her own way--artistic and craftsy and alert to beauty. At least one of my sons is becoming quite good at the piano. Another recently admitted that he notices the loveliness of birdsong, almost in spite of himself. :) So, there's hope.
Thanks be to God.
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A central angle is an angle with its vertex at the center of a circle, whose legs intersect the circle. The measure of a central angle is the same as the measure of the arc of its endpoints. Therefore, if central angle ∠ABC has measure 155°, then arc AC also has a measure of 155°.
Recall that a chord is a line that connects the intersections of a central angle with the circle. If two chords are congruent, their central angles are also congruent.
We can apply what we know about central angles and congruent chords in a circle to a problem like this. Well, we're trying to find two different things, one the measure of angle B and two the measure of arc A.
Let's start with the measure of arc A. if I look at A, it is the intercepted arc of this central angle, 155 degrees. So if I go back to what I know about a central and its intercepted arc, we said that they're going to be equal to each other, which means A has to be equal to 155 degrees. Also this is the measure of arc A, is 155 degrees.
Second variable we're solving for is B. If I look at B, it is the central angle that intersects a chord that is congruent to this central angle of 82 degrees, which means these two must be congruent something that we noticed when we said congruent chords have congruent central angles and congruent arcs, which means if B is congruent to 82, then B must be 82 degrees.
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Venice and the Environmental Hazards of Coastal Cities (Released December 2006)
Venice lagoon, and the surrounding land, rests on the Adriatic plate in a foreland basin between the Alps and the Apennine mountains. Each year, tectonic processes lead to a loss of about 1.0mm height relative to sea level on the Adriatic plate (Carminati et al., 2005). For millions of years, the Adriatic plate has been subducting under the Apennines, causing the subsidence of the land within and around Venice. The city loses an additional 0.3mm per year due to the gradual rise in sea level associated with the process of deglaciation that has been occurring since the end of the last ice age (Carminati et al., 2005). The combined loss of land due to these natural phenomena averages to about 1.3mm per year.
A number of alterations over the centuries have decreased the levels of sediments entering the lagoon. The process started with the diversion of rivers around the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Further, the jetties built at the lagoon's three inlets from 1850-1920 increased the ratio of sediments lost during ebb tide to those returned during flood tides (Di Silvio, 2005). Other factors, including the loss of salt marsh vegetation and the building of deep navigation channels within the lagoon have lead to increased rates of erosion, subjecting the lagoon more and more to the influence of the marine environment.
Loss of land has made Venice more vulnerable to flooding events. When low atmospheric pressure systems develop around northern Italy, it sets up a pressure gradient that allows storm surges. Since Venice is located at the 'dead end' of the Adriatic Sea, during these storm events water piles up in the lagoon (Tomasin, 2005). The past 50 years have seen an unprecedented increase in the frequency and intensity of flooding (Lionello, 2005). The confining shape of the Adriatic also can cause a phenomenon known as seiche to occur. If the seiche within the Adriatic becomes synchronized with the tidal cycle, flooding can continue for days after the storm event has passed (Tomasin, 2005).
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Does anyone know of a good website that list what the different tomatoes actually are. This way I can figure out which ones I want in my SFG and which ones I will do in a planter box. |
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- Posted by ribbit32004 (My Page) on Wed, Apr 7, 10 at 6:53
Seed catalogues, or any of the companies on-line catalogues will have them broken down in categories of deter. and indeter. If you're going to buy transplants this late in the season, they'll have that information listed on the plant tag. |
"...this late in the season..."????? Maybe where you are Ribbit, but we still have six weeks to go until safe tomato planting time!!! :-( |
- Posted by eaglesgarden 6b - se PA (My Page) on Wed, Apr 7, 10 at 8:45
I am having a hard time holding back putting in my tomatoes...whether is sunny and highs are in the 80's right now...lows in the 50's. But, there is a chance that the mercury dips and then I lose them all. 3 more weeks to wait for me! |
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If your seed catalogue or tag doesn't list det or indet, purchase elsewhere. Dan |
- Posted by ribbit32004 (My Page) on Wed, Apr 7, 10 at 12:09
paully1, The OP's in zone 8. It's late for them to start seeds now. |
JCCole, Try this: http://tatianastomatobase.com/wiki/Category:Tomato_Variety_List It should tell you what you need, I think. Susan |
- Posted by jccole97338 8 (My Page) on Thu, Apr 8, 10 at 22:12
Thanks Susancol, It looks like that link is going to tell me which one of my plants grown from seed are determinate and indeterminate. Most of the seeds I bought at retail stores and they don't tell me everything I needed to know. Happy Gardening! |
Ok, so call me stupy - what do determinate and indeterminate tomatos mean?? I have celebrity, roma and cherry tomatos going right now - what does this mean????? thanks |
From the FAQ on GW. "Determinate varieties of tomatoes, also called "bush" tomatoes, are varieties that are bred to grow to a compact height (approx. 4 feet). They stop growing when fruit sets on the terminal or top bud, ripen all their crop at or near the same time (usually over a 2 week period), and then die. They may require a limited amount of caging and/or staking for support, should NOT be pruned or "suckered" as it severely reduces the crop, and will perform relatively well in a container (minimum size of 5-6 gallon). Examples are: Rutgers, Roma, Celebrity (called a semi-determinate by some), and Marglobe. Indeterminate varieties of tomatoes are also called "vining" tomatoes. They will grow and produce fruit until killed by frost and can reach heights of up to 10 feet although 6 feet is considered the norm. They will bloom, set new fruit and ripen fruit all at the same time throughout the growing season. They require substantial caging and/or staking for support and pruning and the removal of suckers is practiced by many but is not mandatory. The need for it and advisability of doing it varies from region to region. Experiment and see which works best for you. Because of the need for substantial support and the size of the plants, indeterminate varieties are not usually recommended as container plants. " |
Momstar; Thank you so much for explaining that to me. Susancol; thanks for your website info. Tamij |
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o Dilma Running for Brazil's Presidency as National Candidate Against
SA-L-o Paulo
o Tarriff cut to send Brazil cotton imports soaring
o Brazilian Wealth Fund Dollar Purchases Could Stem Real's Rally, ICAP
o Sugar Drops on Reduced Concern About Supplies From Brazil; Coffee
o Vietnam Jan-Aug Exports To Brazil More Than Double To $296 Million
o Brazil to buy dollars, seeks to halt currency rise
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Dilma Running for Brazil's Presidency as National Candidate Against SA-L-o
Monday, 20 September 2010 18:24
Brazil's nationwide elections on October, 3 will see more than 130 million
voters choose a president to succeed Luiz InA!cio Lula da Silva, as well
as governors, fifty-four (of eighty-one) senators, 513 members of the
national legislature, and more than 1,000 state representatives.
But this year's election is important for more than its size: it will be
the first time since 1989 that voters will not have Luiz InA!cio Lula da
Silva as an option to vote for. All in all, this is one of the biggest
celebrations of democracy in the world.
But even if Lula is officially out of the contest, the departing two-term
president is not out of the game. Very much to the contrary: after eight
years in office, with almost 80% of Brazilians rating him as a "good" or
"excellent" president, Lula's enormous legacy will transcend the
particular acts of his government and substantially mark the Brazilian
political scene for the next decade and even more.
The first and most direct political manifestation of this legacy is almost
certain to be the election of his favored candidate Dilma Rousseff to the
Brazilian presidency. Rousseff, like Lula himself a long-term militant of
the Partido dos Trabalhadores (Workers' Party / PT), is in current
opinion-polls running twenty points ahead of her main adversary, the
experienced JosA(c) Serra, who represents the Partido da Social Democracia
Brasileira (Brazilian Social Democratic Party / PSDB).
Dilma Rousseff's approximately 50%-30% lead over JosA(c) Serra will, if
spoiled or blank votes are excluded, ensure this daughter of a Bulgarian
immigrant a first-round victory in what will be the first election she has
ever fought; this, moreover, against a candidate who has been governor of
SA-L-o Paulo; federal representative of SA-L-o Paulo state in the
Brazilian congress; mayor of the city of SA-L-o Paulo; and successively
minister of planning and health in Fernando Henrique Cardoso's government
The candidate
Dilma herself would agree that she owns her (probable) election mainly to
Lula's political charisma and promotion. But other factors underlie her
candidacy. In particular, a major series of corruption scandals in 2005 -
the so-called mensalA-L-o - led to Lula's enforced sacking of his
chief-of-staff JosA(c) Dirceu and finance minister Antonio Palocci, both
of whom were leading figures in the race to succeed him. This created the
opportunity for Lula to choose a candidate who could sustain a challenge
to the then most likely rival: the popular Minas Gerais governor AA(c)cio
Neves, also of the PSDB.
Here, the president's judgment of how politics work in the federal context
was perfect. Both before and after the military regime, and within
Brazil's modern democratic context, three states - SA-L-o Paulo, Minas
Gerais and Rio Grande do Sul - have historically competed for control of
the government in BrasAlia.
Before the coup d'A(c)tat in 1964, an alliance of Minas Gerais and Rio
Grande do Sul had kept SA-L-o Paulo - the richest and most populous of the
three - out of power for almost 30 years (with the exception of the nine
months of JA-c-nio Quadros's presidency in 1961).
But after the dictatorship and the transitional government of Itamar
Franco, a very powerful politician from Minas Gerais, the Paulistas have
secured a hold on government for sixteen years, with the consecutive
two-term presidencies of Fernando Henrique Cardoso and of Lula himself.
The loss of JosA(c) Dirceu and Antonio Palocci meant that two strong
politicians from SA-L-o Paulo were unexpectedly out of the running (Dirceu
was born in Minas, but his entire political career had been built in
SA-L-o Paulo).
In this context, Lula knew that yet another candidate from SA-L-o Paulo
would be likely to provoke a negative nationwide reaction - in part
because the Paulistas are seen in various Brazilian regions as
"ethnocentric" (even where people don't know what this word really means).
The president, given a free choice, nominated Dilma Rousseff - then
minister of energy - as his new chief-of-staff and probable successor. In
the context of this regional rivalry, Dilma had the inestimable value of
having been born in Rio Grande do Sul and raised in Minas Gerais!
At the time, she was scarcely known to the Brazilian public, had never
contested an election, had little in the way of a political identity - and
thus was able to acquire some of Lula's enormous political capital and
grow her own under his shadow.
The fact that Dilma Rousseff is a woman both gives her added recognition
and links her "novelty" very strongly to Lula's own political identity as
a changemaker in Brazil. If she wins, she will become Brazil's first woman
But, most of all, Dilma was the perfect choice to face the candidate Lula
feared the most: AA(c)cio Neves of Minas Gerais. It is not by chance that
Dilma has said more than once during this campaign that though her heart
is in Rio Grande do Sul, her thoughts come from Minas Gerais.
The choice
What happened then within the PSDB made Lula's promotion of Dilma Rousseff
seem not merely artful but touched by grace. The party made the huge
mistake of deciding its presidential candidate in a closed and elitist
meeting in SA-L-o Paulo, and even more by choosing a Paulista (JosA(c)
Serra) against a Mineiro (AA(c)cio Neves). The result and the way of
reaching it exposed both the Paulistas' hegemonic behavior and the
divisions within the PSDB.
In addition, this was a gift from the PSDB to Lula and Dilma, for it
allowed them to portray themselves as national and inclusive, and their
party adversaries as mainly Paulista and privileged. In practical terms,
the consequence was that AA(c)cio Neves decided to run for senator and
will be easily elected in Minas Gerais (the second largest Brazilian state
in the number of voters), but the Mineiros will probably vote two-to-one
in favor of Rousseff over Serra.
Then too, Serra's campaign became mired in a the same ambiguity about the
PSDB's political message that had handicapped it in 2002 and 2006 (when
successive Paulista candidates, JosA(c) Serra and Geraldo Alckmin, lost to
Lula) - namely, its inability to defend Fernando Henrique Cardoso's (FHC)
record and political legacy to Brazil.
Against the PT's strategy clearly to compare Lula's and FHC'S governments,
PSDB aspirants avoid the issue, and fail to champion the latter's major
and honorable role importance in Brazil's economic stabilization.
Lula on his own account has a lot of political support in the poorer
regions of Brazil's Northeast and North. This is due mainly to his social
programs for these areas, but it's also the case that politicians and
voters here are very suspicious of the Paulistas' overbearing attitudes -
and they could definitely unite around Dilma Rousseff and against JosA(c)
Serra and the PSDB.
In fact, it is easy to envisage even the PSDB's candidates across Brazil
wishing to be linked more with Lula than with Serra, whose party has
practically abandoned him.
Lula's political wisdom and the PSDB's errors will probably ensure both
that (via Dilma Rousseff) he wins once more in the October 3 elections,
and further deranges the opposition for at least the next few years.
It may be for AA(c)cio Neves to start the work over again, though it is
far from clear that is what he really wants. Meanwhile, Brazil will be
living with a new combination of continuity and change.
Arthur Ituassu is professor of international relations at the PontifAcia
Universidade CatA^3lica in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. You can read more from
him at his website: www.ituassu.com.br. This article appeared originally
in Open Democracy - www.opendemocracy.net.
Tarriff cut to send Brazil cotton imports soaring
12:04 UK, 21st September 2010
Brazil's imports may be set to soar nine-fold this year after the
government cut its import tariffs following drought savaged domestic
US officials in Sao Paolo have forecast that Brazil's cotton imports may
jump to 1.38m bales in 2010-11 - from 150,000 bales the year before. The
US Department of Agriculture two weeks ago pegged the figure at 900,000
The increase follows Brazil's decision last week to abolish cotton import
tariffs, currently 10%, from October until May 2011, after drought dealt
the final blow to a crop already sapped by poor sowings and tight credit
conditions, which have discouraged fertilizer applications.
"Brazil faces a 20-30% drought-reduced crop," the US officials said in a
With international prices soaring, thanks to tight supplies worldwide,
Brazil's industry has suffered a series of contract defaults, besides
production shortfalls from its domestic harvest.
North-south divide
The jump in imports reflects a distinct reversal in Brazil's fortunes in
cotton, where expansion in sowings and, more particularly, in yield
improvements drove a 10-fold surge in exports in the decade to 2008-09. In
the 1990s, the country was a net importer of the crop.
However, tight credit conditions, and better prices of other crops, have
depressed sowings by more than 20% over the last two years.
The retreat has been particularly notable in southern areas, where cotton
is harvested between February and April, so concentrating output in Centre
West and North East regions, where production peaks in July and August,
and altering trade dynamics.
The country's cotton year has been divided into a July-to-December period,
when it exports, and a January-to-June spell, when it is reliant on
foreign supplies.
This switch has created a pre-harvest hunger for imports, when domestic
supplies have run down.
"The increased concentration of harvest between the months of June and
August has further contributed to Brazil's need to compensate for tight
carryover stocks," the report said.
Higher share
The officials added that they expected the US, the world's top cotton
exporter, to pick up the bulk of Brazil's extra imports, with shipments
hitting an all-time high of 1.10m bales a** three times the previous
This would represent a market share of at least 80%, higher than the
historic levels of 60%.
New York's best-traded cotton contract, December, stood at 101.65 cents a
pound at 10:30 GMT, up 2.3% on the day, but remaining below a 15-year high
for a nearest-but-one contract of 101.98 cents a pound reached on Monday.
Brazilian Wealth Fund Dollar Purchases Could Stem Real's Rally, ICAP Says
Sep 21, 2010 12:00 PM GMT+0900
Brazila**s plan to step up dollar purchases in the local foreign-exchange
market through its wealth fund may stem a rally in the real before a $78
billion share sale by Petroleo Brasileiro SA planned for this week,
according to ICAP Plca**s Brazilian unit.
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva yesterday authorized the countrya**s
17.9 billion reais ($10.3 billion) wealth fund to buy an unlimited amount
of dollars for reais. The real has gained 34 percent since the beginning
of 2009, the second-best performance among 16 major currencies tracked by
a**In the short term, there could be some recovery of the dollar,a**
Felipe Brandao, director of emerging markets at ICAP Brasil, the
fourth-largest currency broker in Brazila**s futures exchange, said in an
interview from Sao Paulo. a**It wona**t change the dollar inflows and the
appreciation trend of the real in the long term.a**
The wealth fund will add to interventions by the central bank, which
bought about $4 billion in the first four days of last week as the real
jumped to the strongest since December, according to estimates by BGC
Liquidez DTVM, the second-biggest currency broker on Brazila**s futures
exchange. The purchases would be the largest over a four-day period since
October 2008, when policy makers bought a record $4.6 billion.
Petrobras plans to carry out its share sale Sept. 23.
The real had its biggest drop in almost a month yesterday, falling 0.7
percent to 1.7331 per U.S. dollar, after the government announced the plan
for its sovereign wealth fund at the end of the session.
a**No Limita**
The fund will have a**no limita** on foreign-currency purchases, the
Finance Ministry said yesterday in an e-mailed statement, which didna**t
say when the fund may start buying dollars. The strategy was approved
Sept. 17 by the Finance and Planning ministries and the central bank, the
ministry said.
Currency traders will take defensive positions as they wait to learn the
extent of the funda**s dollar purchases, ICAPa**s Brandao said.
Before the wealth fund decision was made public yesterday, central bank
President Henrique Meirelles said therea**s very little policy makers can
do to prevent the dollar from weakening given the sluggish growth in the
U.S. economy.
The real is closely tied to the currencies of other commodity-exporting
countries such as Canada, New Zealand and Australia, Meirelles said.
a**Theya**re trying to create some noise in the foreign exchange
market,a** Roberto Padovani, chief economist at Banco WestLB do Brasil SA,
said in phone interview from Sao Paulo. a**I doubt they are going to be
very aggressive in using this kind of device, but it creates the
uncertainty that they could act at any time.a**
Currency Comparison
Since the beginning of the month, the Australian dollar, the best
performer amid the 16 most traded currencies, has jumped 6.2 percent
against the U.S. dollar, while the real has gained 1.3 percent. The New
Zealand and Canadian dollars are up 4.2 percent and 3.5 percent
a**No country in the world can hold the dollar,a** Meirelles said during a
speech in the city of Curitiba. He said his comments werena**t
specifically tied to the Brazilian currencya**s value.
Sugar Drops on Reduced Concern About Supplies From Brazil; Coffee Climbs
Sep 21, 2010 8:44 PM GMT+0900
Sugar fell for a second day in London on reduced concern about supply of
the sweetener from Brazil, the worlda**s biggest producer. Coffee prices
Rain is forecast for most of next week in Brazil, mainly in the
southeastern states that produce most of the nationa**s sugar cane, Joel
Widenor, director of agriculture services at Commodity Weather Group LLC
in Bethesda, Maryland, said yesterday.
a**Rainfalls are expected to reduce fears of production losses in Brazil
after a long dry spell,a** Carsten Fritsch, an analyst at Commerzbank AG
in Frankfurt, said by e-mail today.
White, or refined, sugar for December delivery dropped $12.50, or 2.1
percent, to $595.30 a metric ton at 12:14 p.m. on NYSE Liffe, erasing a
gain of as much as 0.6 percent. Prices touched $595. Raw sugar for March
delivery slid 2.3 percent to 22.55 cents a pound on ICE Futures U.S. in
New York.
Adverse weather in recent months pointed to a**lower-than-
previously-expected productiona** for Brazil and Australia, Goldman Sachs
Group Inc. said in a report on Sept. 17.
Coffee rose on concern about weather before harvesting of the main robusta
crop starts in Vietnam, the worlda**s largest grower of the variety.
Making forecasts now about the Vietnamese harvest is a**hard,a** said Pham
Dinh Khai, director of An Giang Coffee Co.a**s branch in Buon Ma Thuot in
Dak Lak, the nationa**s principal growing region. The Vietnam Coffee and
Cocoa Association has yet to make an estimate of production.
a**Weather Watcha**
Robusta coffee for November delivery gained $4, or 0.2 percent, to $1,658
a ton on NYSE Liffe after touching $1,668.
a**Ita**s a complete weather-watch season at the moment,a** said Andrea
Thompson, an analyst at researcher CoffeeNetwork in Belfast, Northern
Ireland. a**Once you start getting a flow of crop and indications of crop
size, ita**s likely to limit any gains and put a cap on the market.a**
Vietnam will produce about 20 million bags of coffee this year, the same
as the prior year, CoffeeNetwork estimates.
Arabica coffee for December delivery advanced 0.7 cent, or 0.4 percent, to
$1.8265 a pound on ICE after four days of declines.
Vietnam Jan-Aug Exports To Brazil More Than Double To $296 Million
HANOI -(Dow Jones)- Vietnam's exports to Brazil in the first eight months
of this year more than doubled from a year earlier to $296 million, the
Ministry of Industry and Trade said Tuesday.
Vietnam's key exports to the South American country during the period
included building materials, footwear products, garments and rubber
products, the ministry said in a statement.
Vietnam's imports from Brazil in the January-August period were $280.5
million, the ministry said.
Vietnam imports food, materials for footwear and garment production,
timbers and tobacco from brazil, it added.
Brazil to buy dollars, seeks to halt currency rise
September 20, 2010, 5:53PM ET
Brazil's government says it will use its sovereign wealth fund to start
buying dollars in an effort to halt the appreciation of the nation's own
The Finance Ministry says in a statement there will be no limit to the
amount of purchases the fund will make in trying to hold down the value of
Brazil's currency, the real.
The sovereign wealth fund is meant to buffer Brazil from financial crises
and help Brazilian companies boost trade and expand abroad.
With the appreciation of the real, the goods exported by Brazil are more
expensive and less attractive to foreign buyers.
Last week, the real hit 1.71 against the dollar, its strongest level in a
year. On Monday, it closed at 1.72 to the dollar.
Petrobras Debt Sinks on Concern $78 Billion Sale Not Enough: Brazil Credit
By Tal Barak Harif - Sep 21, 2010 12:00 PM GMT+0900
Petroleo Brasileiro SAa**s borrowing costs are surging to a two-month high
on concern the state-owned oil company will tap the bond market for
financing even after it completes a stock sale of up to 134 billion reais
($78 billion).
Petrobrasa**s 7.875 percent bonds due in 2019 yield 4.65 percent, or 100
basis points more than Brazilian government bonds that mature the same
year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The gap swelled from 57
basis points on Aug. 2.
The companya**s debt is lagging behind similar-rated bonds sold by OAO
Gazprom, the Moscow-based natural gas exporter. Yields on Petrobrasa**s
2019 bonds fell 99 basis points this year, compared with a decline of 136
on Gazproma**s similar-maturity notes. Petrobras, which is issuing $42.5
billion of stock to the government in return for the rights to develop 5
billion barrels of oil reserves, will receive about $30 billion in cash
from the offering, making a return to the bond market likely, according to
Royal Bank of Canada.
a**The company is still going to have to turn to the debt market for their
huge financing needs,a** said Eduardo Suarez, an emerging-markets
strategist at RBC in Toronto. a**The oil they will develop isna**t going
to turn into cash for quite some time.a**
The yield on Petrobrasa**s $2.75 billion of 7.875 percent notes climbed 31
basis points, or 0.31 percentage point, since Aug. 19 to 4.65 percent,
Bloomberg data shows. The governmenta**s 8.875 percent notes yield 3.65
percent, up 6 basis points during the same period. Petrobras is rated Baa1
by Moodya**s Investors Service, two levels above the government.
Debt a**Limitsa**
Petrobras, which lost 26 percent of its market value this year, posted the
second-smallest profit in the second quarter among the worlda**s 10
largest oil producers. It surpassed London- based BP Plc., whose earnings
were hurt by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
Chief Executive Officer Jose Sergio Gabrielli said in an April 30
interview in Sao Paulo that the company doesna**t plan to sell bonds this
year because ita**s reaching the a**upper limitsa** of debt ratios before
putting credit ratings at risk.
Petrobras, based in Rio de Janeiro, will seek to raise $96 billion in debt
and equity over the next five years to finance its investment plan, said
an official who declined to be identified in accordance with company
policy. The $224 billion plan is the biggest in the oil industry.
a**They will have to go back to the debt market,a** said Esther Chan, who
helps manage $5 billion of emerging-market assets at Aberdeen Asset
Management Plc in London. a**Investors arena**t very keen.a** Petrobras
will have to raise $114 billion in debt over the next five years, Chan
Petrobras is seeking to finance the development of fields such as Tupi,
the largest discovery in the Americas in three decades.
The extra yield investors demand to own Brazilian government dollar bonds
instead of U.S. Treasuries widened two basis point to 201, according to
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
The cost of protecting Brazilian bonds against default for five years
climbed 2 basis points to 119, according to CMA DataVision prices.
Credit-default swaps pay the buyer face value in exchange for the
underlying securities or the cash equivalent should a government or
company fail to adhere to its debt agreements. Five-year swaps on
Petrobras debt have climbed to 164 basis points from 123 at the start of
The yield on Brazila**s interest-rate futures contract due in January, the
most active in Sao Paulo trading, rose one basis point to 10.67 percent.
Dollar Purchases
The real fell 0.7 percent to 1.7331 per dollar yesterday in New York.
Ita**s up 34 percent against the dollar since the beginning of last year,
the second-best performer among all currencies tracked by Bloomberg.
The government authorized its sovereign wealth fund to start purchasing
foreign currencies such as the dollar as part of an effort to slow the
reala**s rally, the Finance Ministry said in a statement yesterday.
Petrobras said Sept. 17 it boosted the value of its share sale to as much
as 134 billion reais from about 129 billion reais because of higher
demand. The company plans to sell 1.59 billion new preferred shares and
2.17 billion new voting shares in its main offer on Sept. 29.
a**Therea**s going to be enough interest for Petrobrasa**s offering, so it
will be able to avoid going to the debt market,a** said Christopher
Garman, the Eurasia Groupa**s director for Latin America in Washington
D.C. a**Theya**re going to buy themselves some time.a**
The companya**s debt as a percentage of equity climbed to 34 percent in
the second quarter from 32 percent in the previous quarter and 28 percent
a year earlier, Chief Financial Officer Almir Barbassa told reporters on
Aug. 13. A ratio of 25 percent to 35 percent is a**ideal,a** he said.
Standard & Poora**s cut Petrobras one level to BBB-, the lowest investment
grade, in June 2009 on concern the companya**s investment plan was too
Petrobrasa**s bonds yields are also rising on concern the share sale will
lead to more government involvement in the company. The Brazilian
government owns a 32 percent stake in Petrobras and controls the company
through 55.6 percent of voting shares. The sale will probably lead to an
increase in the governmenta**s stake, the company said in a Sept. 3
a**The mechanics of the transaction have a lot of people uncomfortable
because it just brings to the surface a likely increase in the political
component to the management of Petrobras,a** said Duncan Littlejohn, who
helps manage $1.6 billion in global private equity funds at Paul Capital
in Sao Paulo. a**It has taken a different dimension because the company is
going to get bigger after this offering.a**
Brazil plans new hydro auctions
21 September 2010
The Brazilian government may hold auctions by the end of the year for the
rights to build up to 10 new hydropower plants in the country, with a
total capacity of 3700MW.
According to newswire reports, the auctions are likely to include four
dams on the Teles Pires River basin, five dams on the Parnaiba River and
energy from the Santo Antonio do Jari dam in the Amazon region.
The auctions are expected to go ahead once environmental licensing has
been approved. Some of the proposed projects are likely impact on
indigenous territories and would require additional approval
Paulo Gregoire
ENRC Buys 50% of Brazil's Bahia Minerals From Zamin Unit for $670 Million
Sep 21, 2010 4:34 PM GMT+0900
Eurasian Natural Resources Corp. bought the shares it didna**t own in
Bahia Minerals BV and secured an option to purchase Greystone Mineracao do
Brasil Ltda to expand in iron ore.
ENRC acquired the remaining 50 percent of shares in Bahia Minerals from a
unit of Zamin BM NV for $670 million in cash, and an option to purchase
Greystonea**s owners Block V Ltd. and Caera Minerals Ltd. from Zamin for
no more than $150 million in cash, the London-based company said today in
a statement.
a**We remain positive on the fundamentals of the iron ore industry and
welcome the opportunity to acquire full control of BMBV,a** ENRC Chief
Executive Officer Felix Vulis said in the statement. a**We are confident
that the acquisition will enhance shareholder value.a**
ENRC fell as much as 1.1 percent to 904.5 pence in London trading, and was
at 911 pence as of 8:10 a.m. local time.
BMBV is the sole shareholder of two Brazilian companies, Bahia Mineracao
Ltda and Eire Mineracao Ltda. Greystone holds a mineral license adjoining
the BMBV project area
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Last summer I bought a Black bamboo and it started spreading about 2 months ago. I have it in a pot right now, but all the leaves are very long and unlike the short fat leaves on the plant, I am wondering if this could be some other kind of bamboo. Thanks to any help |
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It is possible that you do have another type growing with your black, but I think that you would have seen some growth before now, as it would have died without some part of the plant being above ground level. My black, and a few other phyllostachys of mine, sometimes put up 'thin' shoots that will also have thinner than normal leaves. Usually caused by stress in growing conditions, either a lack of water for a long period of time before shooting, or perhaps a lack of growing space as is the case when grown in a pot. Kt |
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THe "different leaves" is the rhizone. It hit the side of your pot and grew up. You have to plant your black boo in a REALLY big pot, such as a half barrel, and even that will keep it happy for about 2-3 years. Black bamboo isn't the best species to pot grow. I know, I tried it. So, next spring, buy a half barrel and replant it. Then, watch your boo grow! It certainly will! GOod Luck! Oh, by the way, if all of it's leaves fall off in early spring, like April, that is normal. They grow back fast. |
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well the pot I have it in is already pretty large barrel, and all the new clums are comming up in the middle, not on the sides. So I'm going to plant it in the ground next spring. thanks for all the help. |
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if u cut bamboo leaves, will they grow back, or continue to turn brown at the ends |
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Can anyone suggest some good trees for screening? My house sits next to an apartment, and I want to provide some screening. I know bamboo would do the job, but I also know they are invasive. Are junipers a good alternative? Where are some of the best nurseries to get them? Thank you |
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Bamboo works well if you contain it with something like Bamboo Guard. It's an enormous amount of work, though, because you have to dig 28" deep to bury the stuff. Italian cypresses will work too, if it's not too shady there. The problem is when one dies. It looks like a tooth fell out. How wide is your planting area, and how tall do you want the screen to grow? Where are you? There are great nurseries all over the state, but it's a big state. Renee |
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Thank you for choosing to dine at Eyrie, Robert Morris University's debut student-run restaurant. Eyrie, defined as a nest of an eagle (the University's mascot), welcomes you. Without you, Robert Morris University would not be able to offer this ultimate experiential classroom for our students - the future chefs and professionals in the hospitality industry.
Since its infancy, students have been the architects of Eyrie. As a project facilitated through the Integrated Learning Center (ICenter), a division of the University, students from all areas of study collaborated to make Eyrie a reality. Students from our campuses throughout the state of Illinois came together to create the floor plan, marketing pieces, menu and business model to ensure Eyrie came to fruition. This learning model continues on as you experience Eyrie for yourself.
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Location: The Dell
- Tickets: are not needed if the ceremony is held in the DELL. Family and friends may sit in the designated seating area (first come first served) or bring their own lawn chairs or blankets to sit in the shaded areas of the Dell. The only reserved seating in the DELL is for special needs attendees and our graduates. Please note that seating provided by the College is not in a shaded area and receives quite a bit of sun on a nice day.
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- As originally planned, the commencement ceremony for traditional students will be held outside in The Dell on Saturday, May 17. Because of the recent wet weather, please select footwear that would be appropriate for what could still be damp or wet conditions. The College reminds guests that the ground will be damp. If you choose to sit on the ground for the ceremony, please plan accordingly.
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- The Master's Hooding Ceremony for graduating fifth-year Occupational Therapy majors will take place the morning of commencement, at 8:30 in the KᾹV. Family and friends of graduates are invited to join in the celebration. Graduates will receive an invitation to the event and should RSVP with the number of guests in their party to Jean Dietrich at firstname.lastname@example.com or 717-361-1174. A continental breakfast will follow the ceremony.
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Last year I bought a rose from a roadside nursery in Bonham, TX, sort of a ramshackle affair. I planted it and got a couple of roses last year. This year, it is covered with buds and the flowers are beautiful, large and very fragrant. I'm dying to know what kind of rose it is. Any help would be much appreciated. |
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Hmm ... sure looks like Tiffany to me. Your description is spot-on, too. It's one of the finest pink roses (with those tell-tale yellow centers) in existence and a wonderful example of a hybrid tea. Unlike many modern HT's, it's also fairly disease-resistant. A real keeper in any garden. |
Looks like my Queen Elizabeth. |
I've had QE for over 20 years and I've never seen a yellow highlight in the center or any frangrance, either. However, seil's comment brings up another interesting possibility - Bewitched. I can't remember whether some Bewitched blooms reveal a yellow center or not, but one of Bewitched's parents is QE and it's fragrant, to boot. Here's a pic I have and honestly - I can't remember whether it's Bewitched or Tiffany. I'm pretty certain it's Tiffany, but most of the time they tend toward more pointed centers than this: |
That's Tiffany - in my picture and yours. My Bewitched has a couple of blooms already this year and there is no yellow. |
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Cappy's is an urban dog house that serves little weenies that are so taut that they audibly snap when you bite into them. They are gently garlicked, porky enough make taste buds dance for joy. They come topped with a spicy chili sauce -- fine-grind beef that is smoky, sweet, and powerfully addictive. A magical package.
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"I've been eating at Cappy's since I was five years old (I'm 54 now). The original place was across the street from where it is now. It was maybe 25 feet deep from door to back wall with one row of stools. There'd be a line waiting down the block. In my younger ..."
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"The hambugers look pretty good, but we've never tried one. For us -- and for hoards of fans -- Capitol Lunch is a hot dog place. We actually bought some of their fabulous sauce to take home (see sign at lower left), but then didn't quite know what to do with it. Without Cappy's taut dogs, and without its flourescent-light ambience, the sauce just doesn't have the je ne sais quois that makes this place a landmark."
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GhostsWhen we talk about ghosts, what we are actually referring to is one's astral body.
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