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As a child growing up in Paris' wealthy 16th Arrondissement, an elite enclave of French high society, Fabrice Vecchioli was fascinated by his long talks with his grandfather about stocks and bonds. Investing for his own account, the elder Vecchioli made money through World Wars I and II and the Great Depression. "He looked at the opportunities in the darkness," recalls the Belgian-born Vecchioli, 52. "He said it was always good in the long run."
So Vecchioli looked for investment opportunities as soon as he graduated from the esteemed École Polytechnique in Palaiseau, France, in 1986 with a master's degree in mathematics and physics. At a time when European interest rates were falling from historic highs of 18% to 20%, the most lucrative opportunity in sight was in fixed income. Starting out as a market maker in government bonds, he went to work for a couple of French fixed-income managers, following rates all the way down to 3% to 5%. After the dot-com crash of 2000, Vecchioli made the switch to equities, snapping up growth stocks on the cheap. In 2002, he struck out on his own as a long-short global equity hedge fund manager, founding the Parus fund with his younger brother, Edouard, and $4.4 million from family and friends.
Since then, Vecchioli, his brother, and their two portfolio managers have beaten the vast majority of equity hedge funds by being early to spot growth companies that invent, and seem likely to dominate, new technologies. His biggest holding today is Facebook fb -0.12605042016806722% Facebook Inc. Cl A U.S.: Nasdaq USD83.195 -0.105 -0.12605042016806722% /Date(1427749200895-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 24262774 AFTER HOURS USD83.1 -0.095 -0.11418955466073683% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 264912 P/E Ratio 74.28125 Market Cap 233157705257.644 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 1355150 More quote details and news » (ticker: FB), which makes up 7.5% of assets, followed by Internet giant Google goog 0.6729401466243572% Google Inc. Cl C U.S.: Nasdaq USD552.03 3.69 0.6729401466243572% /Date(1427749200251-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1271838 AFTER HOURS USD552.03 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 12120 P/E Ratio 27.240159287057185 Market Cap 376343753218.795 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 1228170 More quote details and news » (GOOGL), at 6.2% of assets. A smaller holding is Apple aapl 2.5314401622718052% Apple Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD126.37 3.12 2.5314401622718052% /Date(1427749200851-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 46530466 AFTER HOURS USD126.45 0.08 0.06330616443776213% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 569204 P/E Ratio 16.917001338688085 Market Cap 717900196777.344 Dividend Yield 1.48769486428741% Rev. per Employee 2153110 More quote details and news » (AAPL), which he bought for a split-adjusted price of about $5 a share in June 2005, two years before the introduction of the first iPhone. Since then, Apple is up a whopping 1,788%. Prescient bets like that got Vecchioli through the crisis in 2008 with only an 8.9% loss, while the Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 37% that year.
London-based hedge-fund manager Fabrice Vecchioli likes big U.S. stocks with clear paths to rising profits. Photo: Chris Gloag for Barron's
The performance of the Parus portfolio, which has about 35 long positions and as many as 20 shorts at any time, earned a spot on our list of Best 100 Hedge Funds in May. From inception in December 2002 to June 30 this year, the fund's U.S. dollar class has delivered an annualized 17.13% return net of a 1.5% management fee and a 20% performance fee, according to BarclayHedge. For the three years through June 30, the fund is up an annualized 13.92%.
But performance fell virtually flat during the first half of 2014, as investors sold growth stocks, like the ones Parus owns, and took refuge in safer, dividend-paying stocks. To power up the fund, which is currently 15% short and 75% long, Vecchioli is planning to short more stocks. "We really want to short companies that are at risk of disappearing," he says. He recently shorted three offshore-drilling companies: Diamond Offshore Drilling do 0.26296018031555224% Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD26.69 0.07 0.26296018031555224% /Date(1427749211997-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1580330 AFTER HOURS USD26.52 -0.17 -0.6369426751592356% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 52721 P/E Ratio 9.532142857142857 Market Cap 3650879741.8692 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 541283 More quote details and news » (DO), Ensco esv -0.7518796992481203% ENSCO PLC U.S.: NYSE USD21.12 -0.16 -0.7518796992481203% /Date(1427749367889-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 5943297 AFTER HOURS USD21.05 -0.07 -0.3314393939393939% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 7072 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 4993235791.44593 Dividend Yield 2.840909090909091% Rev. per Employee 537000 More quote details and news » (ESV), and Transocean rig 1.518288474810214% Transocean Ltd. U.S.: NYSE USD14.71 0.22 1.518288474810214% /Date(1427749217144-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 7571801 AFTER HOURS USD14.7 -0.01 -0.06798096532970768% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 22142 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 5046321543.13163 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 641068 More quote details and news » (RIG). He sees their earnings being crushed by cutbacks in spending by big oil companies, increases in shale-gas and shale-oil supplies, and a proliferation of solar energy.
Earlier in the year, he shorted Best Buy bby 0.7016632016632016% Best Buy Co. Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD38.75 0.27 0.7016632016632016% /Date(1427749262856-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 4107676 AFTER HOURS USD38.75 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 58571 P/E Ratio 13.325767736166993 Market Cap 13524487981.2006 Dividend Yield 2.3741935483870966% Rev. per Employee 288136 More quote details and news » (BBY), Staples spls 3.63015823766677% Staples Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD16.7 0.585 3.63015823766677% /Date(1427749200409-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 8983657 AFTER HOURS USD16.7 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 36553 P/E Ratio 79.52380952380952 Market Cap 10321447850.5355 Dividend Yield 2.874251497005988% Rev. per Employee 284443 More quote details and news » (SPLS), and Bed Bath & Beyond bbby 1.2854492446329182% Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD76.43 0.97 1.2854492446329182% /Date(1427749200200-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1502376 AFTER HOURS USD76.3871 -0.0429 -0.0561297919665053% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 19829 P/E Ratio 15.347389558232932 Market Cap 14005451133.483 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 202550 More quote details and news » (BBBY), which he believes could be put out of business by lower prices on Amazon.com amzn 1.0875431778929188% Amazon.com Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD374.59 4.03 1.0875431778929188% /Date(1427749200567-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1779794 AFTER HOURS USD374.87 0.28 0.07474839157478844% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 41139 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 172082134901.406 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 577469 More quote details and news » (AMZN). Barron's made a case for the other side of the trade in a recent cover story ("Summer Bargains," July 14).
Short positions have generated 21% of the fund's gains since inception.
TODAY, TWO YEARS AFTER Vecchioli moved the Parus office to London from Paris, the Ireland-registered flagship fund has $404.6 million in assets. Another $370 million is in two smaller hedge funds that Vecchioli runs under exactly the same strategy—an offshore fund launched for U.S. investors in April and a fund registered for European investors a year ago. Minimum investments in the funds vary from $135,000 to $500,000.
Vecchioli will buy a stock only if he's convinced the price will rise by at least 15% a year over the next five or six years, based on his model for earnings growth.
A case in point is Facebook. Vecchioli did not invest immediately after the social network's May 2012 initial public offering, he says, because "we were not clear about the mobile strategy." But he took a closer look when the stock price fell by about 50% that summer. But with mobile use growing at nearly 70% year on year, he determined that the company would generate $5 of earnings per share by 2018. At 25 to 30 times earnings, the stock could be worth $125 to $150 by 2018, he figured.
Vecchioli first bought Facebook in September 2012 for about $20 a share; it traded at $75 late last week. He continues to be bullish, noting that about a quarter of all mobile minutes in the U.S. are now spent on Facebook and its photo-sharing app Instagram.
When he looked at electric-car maker Tesla tsla 3.0108108108108107% Tesla Motors Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD190.57 5.57 3.0108108108108107% /Date(1427749200215-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 9833206 AFTER HOURS USD192.65 2.08 1.09146245474104% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 256310 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 23266155090.332 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 314768 More quote details and news » (TSLA) last year, he concluded the loss-making company could grow sales as fast as the U.S. auto industry did in its infancy a century ago. He thought Tesla could sell about 500,000 cars a year for about $50,000 each by 2020, with earnings before interest and taxes of $4 billion; that assumes an operating profit margin of 16%, in line with Porsche and Harley-Davidson. He bought Tesla for about $70 in May 2013; the stock recently traded at $223. Vecchioli recently sold half of his stake in the company, but is still bullish on the stock long term.
"Tesla is a little like Google in the very early days," says Marc Chatin, a portfolio manager at the firm. "It is difficult to do what they do, and it's very much ahead of the competition."
Vecchioli stands ready to change his outlook on a stock when the situation changes dramatically. Earlier this month, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac proposed stricter capital requirements for mortgage-insurance companies such as MGIC Investment mtg 3.2873806998939554% MGIC Investment Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD9.74 0.31 3.2873806998939554% /Date(1427749234535-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 4596837 AFTER HOURS USD9.7168 -0.0232 -0.23819301848049282% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 46085 P/E Ratio 13.162162162162161 Market Cap 3199740576.57318 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 1177430 More quote details and news » (MTG) and Radian Group rdn 2.079510703363914% Radian Group Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD16.69 0.34 2.079510703363914% /Date(1427749331503-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1365422 AFTER HOURS USD16.7543 0.0643 0.3852606351108448% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 30337 P/E Ratio 3.228239845261122 Market Cap 3125057233.09898 Dividend Yield 0.05991611743559017% Rev. per Employee 632529 More quote details and news » (RDN), which together make up nearly 10% of the Parus fund's assets. The stocks fell on fears that mortgage insurers could be forced to raise new capital, potentially diluting shareholders.
He bought shares of both companies in March 2013, after delinquency rates on home mortgages had fallen, he says, to "near zero" levels. He thought that profit margins, then negative, would fatten from there. MGIC has more than doubled since then, even after the pullback. Radian is up about 31%. Now Vecchioli is reassessing these investments.
The months ahead could be challenging for the fund as it looks to refresh its gains. But the manager professes not to be worried. Nor, it seems, are his investors.
"Vecchioli has always been early to anticipate structural economic change in the industries he invests in," says Charles de Germiny, a private banker at Pictet in London whose clients invest in the fund. "He's been here before, and he has rebounded."
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Does the professional atmosphere of the school associated with Dermalogica mean better products? The proof is in the pudding, and this pudding is, for the most part, just Jell-O, not chocolate mousse. A company so concerned with skin-care education should be ashamed of itself for offering so many products that damage skin with known irritants and, more egregiously, offering so many sunscreens that lack sufficient UVA-protecting ingredients. Dermalogica's education-oriented, serious-minded, and clinical positioning doesn't mesh with the majority of their products, and is on par with tobacco company executives teaching an aerobics class.
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I have a coleus plant in a pretty large pot. I accidentally left it outside in the cold overnight and almost all the leaves were drooping or dead from the cold. I pruned them off and left the plant with a few good leaves. However most of the stalks are bare. The tallest one is about 1'8". I have been reading that they should be cut once they reach 4"-6". Should I go on and cut the stalks down that low or do I risk putting my plant into shock? Please help me. I dont want to lose my plant.
carrielee, observe closely the stalks from top to bottom. The dead part will be black in color which will transition to a yellow/brown (I am not good at describing colors) or green. I would cut back the stalks at this level and remove and discard all the dead material. The standing bare stalks will leaf out. Keep the container in partial/dappled shade and protected from wind and cold.
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Virco now available on line at Costco.com
Finally, for those of you interested, Costco has finally added the Virco to their online store. I guess it wasn't just a "Flash-in-the-pan" :o)
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My Virco didn't come with the propane tank. According to the product description on their web site it says it comes with a tank.
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"This grill can be used with both LP (liquid propane) and natural gas and comes equipped with a high-capacity hose/regulator assembly for connection to a standard 20-lb. low pressure tank (tank included)."
I saw that you had converted your Virco to NG. How was the procedure? Was it easy? Did u get a new regulator for it? I called the Virco Associate and ordered the conversion kit and the Rep said the kit does not come with a NG regulator. What else do we have to buy if we want to do the conversion? Please let me know the (detail) procedure and any additional parts that we need. Thanks.
Normally propane is delivered at high pressure from within the tank. Additionally, an overfull tank can dump liquid propane into the lines, which can then expand to gas and cause even higher pressures. Thus, a regulator is needed for propane appliances. Natural gas is supplie to homes at much lower pressures, and homes have a regulator at the gas meter to further lower it. So maybe that's why a NG regulator is not supplied with the conversion kit, and perhaps it is not needed.
Converting to NG was quite easy. You will need to obtain a hose to hook up the grill to your gas line. I purchased mine at Home Depot. It is made by Charbroil, is a 12' long hose that attached directly to the grill on one end and has a quick disconnect fitting on the other end. The fitting has a female 3/8" pipe fitting on it, so if you have a standard 1/2" pipe stub, all you need is a reducer and some thread tape.
I personally didn't use a regulator. Some people feel it is helpful in maintaining a certain pressure, but I haven't seen a need for one. I installed a gas pool heater a couple of years ago and didn't put one on there either, no problems with that. After all, I think that is one thing the gas meter does for all of your appliances anyway.
The kit that you will get from Virco should contain all new valves with the orifices in them already. I am not sure why they do that, the valves seem the same and the orifices just screw in. You will also get a new "cage" for the side burner that mounts underneath it. The easiest way, for me at least, was to first remove the knobs from the front of the grill (after of course turning off, disconnecting, and removing the lp tank). Then, if you look under the edge of the control panel, you will need to undo the lp hose, the fitting for the side burner, and the fitting for the rear burner. Once you remove these, then disassemble the ignitors. This is done by simply unscrewing the buttons and removing the batteries, then unscrew the plastic nuts that hold the ignitor assemblies to the front panel, remove the assemblies from the rear of the panel and let hang. Now, you can remove the four screw (two on each end) of the front panel, and the panel will come off.
With the panel off you can now replace the valves. You will need to disassemble the side burner to replace that orifice, it is pretty strait forward. The rear burner orifice needs to be replaced as well. Just remove the cover on the rear of the bbq (two screws). I Hope this helps, I am sure you will find it easy.
Since propane carries 2.5 times the BTU's that NG does, the new orifices (or jets) for natural gas are probably larger than the ones for propane. The valving may be different to allow for a larger total amount of gas to flow to the jets, not sure on that one either. Perhaps the low setting is a bit higher than that for propane, as well.
Sounds like a piece of cake. Except Charbroil grills tend to be less powerful than grills like the Virco. I wonder if a 3/8" fitting allows enough gas to get to the grill for all three main burners (60,000 BTU) but I guess if you say it's ok, it's ok ;-).
I was worried about that hose size myself but the inside of the hose is 5/16" which is the same size as the manifold on the grill that it hooks up to. I haven't had any problem yet. I have had all three of my burners on high and the side burner on, and still easily reached 450+.
The one end of the Charbroil hose is 3/8" flare fitting, which fits right where the LP hose is now on your grill. The other end is a quick disconnect fitting which has female 3/8" pipe threads. The 1/2" I was referring to is the standard size that most stubs might be if you already have one. I didn't have a line run, but I ran a 1/2" line in my basement about 25' to the outside wall, then came through the siding with a six inch strait piece. Outside I used an "elbow" pointing down. The elbow was also a reducer, one end with 1/2" pipe threads, the other with 3/8" pipe threads, then I just used a short 1" piece of 3/8" pipe, threaded on both ends, to go into the elbow, then the quick disconnect fitting that came with the hose simply attaches there on the short nipple. All joints received a generous supply of teflon pipe tape and plenty of torque. After I was complete, I turned the gas back on to my house and checked all the joints with a soapy water solution in a spray bottle. If there is a leak, the gas will "blow a bubble" in the solution.
Hope this helps, good luck.
thanks so much for the detailed procedure. So we have to disconnect and remove the LP regulator and its hose and replace the NG hose with it, no regulator needed (kind of dumb question but I have never play with any kind of GAS before).
You deserve the CGE title more than that obnoxious self proclaimed person. :P
Again, thanks.


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AUSTIN, Minn. — Police used a boat to catch a burglary suspect who made his getaway in a kayak in southern Minnesota.
The 31-year-old man from Austin, Minnesota, was arrested Sunday as he tried to kayak away from a restaurant with allegedly stolen items.
Police say the restaurant was closed when an employee giving a tour interrupted a burglary.
Officers found two people in kayaks on the Cedar River and got one to talk to them. That information led police to believe the second man was involved in the burglary.
Police got a fire department boat and, with a firefighter driving, were able to catch the kayaker. Authorities recovered cleaning supplies and lighters apparently taken from the restaurant.
The Post-Bulletin reports the suspect faces burglary charges.
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Hi all, I am considering relocating to WA from Scotland with my young family. Would Mandurah be a good place to live and bring up my children? plenty of sports and activitys for them? and school for my 5 year old boy plus nursery for my baby girl?
hi there i just got myself a job in perth starting mid january cant wait to get out there! what i need to know is how long the travel is to perth from mandurah? any tips on renting a furnished house? whats the area like in general? and the year round temps. is it really hot there? i hope so...... looking forward to coming over, a very cold John and Jayne from liverpool england
Wld it B a comfortable drive from Perth to Mandurah if we cater 2 hrs?
Anywhere on the way to stop for a good strong coffee? :)
Are there hostels/budget accomadation in Mandurah or nearby ?
Is there a tourist office there?
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Me and 4 of my friends are trying to find a holiday house in mandurah who would lease there house for elavers week. Any help?
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"The bureaucracy takes itself to be the ultimate purpose of the state." Karl Marx
"The ten most dangerous words in the English language are "Hi, I'm from the government, and I'm here to help." Ronald Reagan
How many of you know just how much of your life is determined by multitudes of nameless, faceless bureaucrats? You might think that the politicians in Washington D.C. have the ultimate authority when it comes to day to day decisions about how the government runs and how it treats its subjects, but if you have any belief in that illusion, you are sadly mistaken. The real power of the government is with the petty bureaucrat, the one you might see from time to time. Think the DMV clerk, the IRS auditor, the tax collector – any one of these individuals has the power, backed by government, to ruin your life at the point of a gun if they so decide.
"It is the invariable habit of bureaucracies, at all times and everywhere, to assume…that every citizen is a criminal. Their one apparent purpose, pursued with a relentless and furious diligence, is to convert the assumption into a fact. They hunt endlessly for proofs, and, when proofs are lacking, for mere suspicions. The moment they become aware of a definite citizen, John Doe, seeking what is his right under the law, they begin searching feverishly for an excuse for withholding it from him." H. L. Mencken
Anyone who has taken an airline flight lately knows exactly what H. L. Mencken's quote means. You are treated as a suspect from the moment you enter the airport until you get on your plane. And it's not just airports – has anyone tried to renew their car tags or driver's license lately? How many different layers of proof is one citizen expected to have anymore? It's quickly degenerating into the old Soviet question, "Papers, please." Now with the Real ID Act, it's going to be even harder to prove who you are without the microchip that's embedded in most forms of ID today. Mark of the beast, anyone?
"A bureaucrat is the most despicable of men, though he is needed as vultures are needed, but one hardly admires vultures whom bureaucrats so strangely resemble. I have yet to meet a bureaucrat who was not petty, dull, almost witless, crafty or stupid, an oppressor or a thief, a holder of little authority in which he delights, as a boy delights in possessing a vicious dog. Who can trust such creatures?" Marcus Tullius Cicero
That quote comes from his writings in early A.D. Rome (click the link to see when – for the purposes of this post, it doesn't matter). But even though he wrote that quote very early in western civilization's history, Cicero identified the central problem with bureaucrats and bureaucracies. The people who are attracted to bureaucratic or government jobs know that they are unsuited for any social success or productive work and it infuriates them, so they want payback. What better way to get payback than to fuck with people who they know are their betters? They relish their jobs because every time they can make someone wait, audit their tax returns, place a lien on their property or in extreme cases cause someone to die, they feel that their revenge is taken.
"Hell hath no fury like a bureaucrat scorned." Milton Friedman
No truer statement was ever uttered and if you don't believe me on this, just fuck with one of these dickheads. They will ensure that, to all extent of their government bestowed powers, they will do anything they can to make your life as hellish as possible and make you pay even more of your hard earned money than you do presently. Fuck with them enough, or just be in the wrong situation at the wrong time and they'll ruin your life…or get you killed.
"The threat of people acting in their own enlightened and rational self-interest strikes bureaucrats, politicians and social workers as ominous and dangerous." W. G. Hill
Having no enlightenment, no rationality and only self interest, bureaucrats see us individuals who want to live our lives without their interference as alien, almost as if a green extraterrestrial had walked into their office. They have no reference for what it is like to live as a person, much less a free individual with hopes and dreams and the means to attain them. And so, we are dangerous. We don't behave "by the book." And we have to be controlled. It's all for our own best interests, isn't it? Why should anyone be allowed to follow their individual talents and drive for the life they wish to live? That might make someone else feel inferior, just like they do. So we must be at the least controlled, and at the extreme destroyed.
"The purpose of bureaucracy is to demolish face-to-face social groups, to break instinctive and emotional social ties and obligations, and to subordinate people to the power of the state. It is cruel, it is wasteful, and it is unjust." Christopher Chantrill
So now we get to the true purpose of the bureaucracy that surrounds us today. The bureaucracy is impersonal, attracting to its ranks people who have no interpersonal relationships, no social aptitude and inferior abilities. It is intended to splinter free associations among free individuals. It promotes subservience to the state through obstinance, humiliation, propaganda, obfuscation, outright lies and examples of individuals exposed for the most minor of infractions in its medias. It relies on destroying reputations, besmirching integrity, turning social networks away from individuals under its scrutiny, and separating families. It is, in my opinion, the most destructive force that we are exposed to on a daily basis. I'll take my chances with the Taliban before I will with any bureaucracy I'm liable to be exposed to in my daily life. At least with the Taliban, I know where I stand.
"Should we believe self-serving, ever-growing drug enforcement/drug treatment bureaucrats, whose pay and advancement depends on finding more and more people to arrest and "treat"? More Americans die in just one day in prisons, penitentiaries, jails and stockades than have ever died from marijuana throughout history. Who are they protecting? From what?" Dr. Fred Oerther
"Whose pay and advancement depends on finding more and more people to arrest and 'treat'?" That one statement explains the entire reason for the War on Drugs. And make no mistake, it is a war. But the name is misleading, it's not about drugs at all, because if they ever succeeded, there would be millions of tax parasites out of work. It is a war to ensure that the parasites continue to get fed and expand. Nothing more, nothing less. How is that working out for Mexico where the government there has just about lost control of their country because of U.S. interventionism? And why, since the U.S. military is supposedly in control in Afghanistan, is their opium crop still being grown and exported? No, it's not about keeping people from consuming drugs; it's about ensuring that people continue to consume drugs. Without that demand, the taxpayer trough would soon empty. Can't have that now, can we?
"[I]f we won't choose to pay the price of liberty, then by default we shall suffer the cost of servitude — whether it be the iron chains of a tyrannical oligarchy or the regulatory chains of unelected, faceless bureaucrats. When we witness our neighbors abused by tyrants, will we skulk away and hope we're not next? Or will we stand by them and challenge — as freedom-loving Americans — the tyranny of lawless leaders." Phil Trieb
Anyone reading the quote above already knows the answer. Everyone hopes they're not next, so they hang their heads and refuse to get involved, even when they know their neighbor is innocent. And there's a reason why. You WILL be the next target, because the bureaucracy never forgets and definitely never forgives. The iron chains are unnecessary in the society we live in today. Regulatory chains serve the same purpose just as well.
"The welfare state that is built upon this conception seems to prove precisely away from the conservative conception of authoritative and personal government, towards a labyrinthine privilege sodden structure of anonymous power, structuring a citizenship that is increasingly reluctant to answer for itself, increasingly parasitic on the dispensations of a bureaucracy towards which it can feel no gratitude." Roger Scruton
This is the inevitable end of the path that started over a century ago. Look around you. How many of your friends, co-workers or families have their eyes open to what is obviously happening around them? I bet you can count them on one hand. They probably know deep down inside how much has been taken away from them, but for most people it's easier to stay oblivious and collect their miniscule paycheck or if they're like one third or more of the population, their government benefits. Watch some TV, drink some beer, play a video game, it's all good as long as the checks keep coming in.
"Bureaucracy is that dreadful state of when more emphasis is placed on the process than the actual resolution of a problem." William Powell
The problem is that the bureaucracy is entrenched. From Ask.com:
"How many government employees are there in the US?
There are a total of 21,292,000 government employees in the United States as of February 2010. This is according to the Employment Situation Summary published by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics on March 5, 2010. This number shows an 0.6% increase in the number of US government employees compared to February 2009."
That was in February 2010. I would dare say that with government expansion at the rates they are today, the number now is way over 22,000,000. These are people who are unelected. The huge majority of them are career bureaucrats, with huge incentives to keep their annual pay raises and future pensions. Think they give a damn about you? Think again. These are the people who still have their jobs after each election. Elected officials are a miniscule portion of the government and as such have very little impact on the overall policies that the bureaucracy relies on to preserve its power. Any elected official who tries to initiate reforms is quickly taken care of. Just look at the truth about John F. Kennedy's assassination and you will see that the bureaucracy has become a monolithic threat to all Americans, no matter how high the elected office.
So I know you are all asking, "What can be done?" My answer is 'nothing,' because it would be pure futility to try. The beauty of it is we don't have to do anything. The bureaucracy has set itself up for the most spectacular fall of any organized group of people since the Soviet Union, if not the Roman Empire. It's going to be fast, and it's not going to be pretty. As a matter of fact, just by staying out of their clutches, you can exacerbate their downfall.
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What is recommended to winter banana plants in Central Alabama ? Most advice seems to be related to colder climates. I have one Raja Puri in ground and well established and two Basjoo Musa in 5gal pots purchased mid summer and waiting on 2008 spring to plant in ground.
On the Raja Puri I would surround it with a cage of chicken wire & fill it with leaves-at least to 3 ft high.Then cover the cage with plastic.You could sink the Musa Basjoo in the ground still in the pots & treat the same way or you could put them in a frost free area till spring if you don't have a greenhouse.Hope this helps.
I am sorry if I sound silly but do you get banannas off your tree yet? The reason why I ask is because I am getting ready to move to Centeral Alabama and I had no clue that they would grow there. I am just wondering if the fruit would grow or if this was more for looks like some of our pear trees here in Ohio (we do grow pears but there are some trees that are just for looks.)
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Most bananas require a certain number of days to produce a bloom which is usually longer than our outdoor growing season. The winter of 2005-2006 was mild and a small protected pup bloomed in October 2006. This happens occasionally, about every 10 years or so in the Birmigham area. You can get bananas if you have a greenhouse or a way to overwinter the trees inside. Jan (Birdlady) gave good advice. I cut down my trees after the first frost, put a wire "fence" around the stumps and mulch heavily. Some stumps resprout and many pups emerge in spring.
I live in Chambers County in east central Al. When I first got my start of bananas I was told to plant them 18 inches deep, which I did although I thought that was a little excessive. Two others received plants at the same time as I did but I was the only one who followed the advice. I was also the only one who had their plant survive. I have had flowers in most of the 10 years I've had them and occassionally some bananas about an inch long. I never mulch or cut the stalks. When frost cuts the stalks, I leave that in place for mulch for the winter. I believe that after the first year the plants find their own level in the ground, as they certainly are not at 18 inches anymore. The height is proportional to the amount of water they receive and this year mine were pretty short and did not bloom. Over the years that I have grown them, they are gradually spreading out from the center which is now vacant.


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MONTREAL - Rory MacDonald again made it clear that
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Former UFC interim welterweight champion Carlos Condit will have to wait a while longer if he wants his wish, a fight with Matt Brown. Brown is out of their UFC on FOX 9 fight with a back injury.File read news >>
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A shorter guide than usual on account of me skedaddling to South Africa for the week but feel free to fill in the blanks in the comments. All gigs are 8pm doors unless stated otherwise. Also, don't forget the FREE State gig in the Mercantile this Friday.
Tuesday 11th May
– Dinosaur Jr, Built to Spill @ Vicar. St (€29)
– CocoRosie, Light Asylum @ The Button Factory (€20)
Wednesday 12th May
– Mission of Burma, Logikparty @ Crawdaddy (€19)
Thursday 13th May
– Soundcheck @ Spy (7pm, Free, €5 after 11pm)
– PANDAmonium! @ Pravda (free)
– The Books @ The Button Factory (€20)
– The Minutes @ Academy 2, Dublin (€10)
See the full week's listings »
Posted on May 11th, 2010


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Spider Web Window
I posted this to the wrong side first, sometimes I think I am totally losing it. I've been working and working on this window. It was my first time to work with crash glass. It took a lot longer than I expected. I did my blue web design and then went back and filled in with the crash glass, using GEII to glue everything. I decided not to grout it because I think it looks more webby this way. I made the spiders out of glass beads. It has been raining here so I haven't put it in the yard yet. Forgive my photography, the only place I could get enough light was my dressing room and I wanted a pic in front of the mirror too.
Thanks everyone. Oldcrafty, crash glass is really tempered safty glass. I discovered that if you put a thin layer GEII on it before you break it, then you can use it in sheets instead of a million little pieces. Soonergirl, I'm hoping to get DH to help build me a trellis/arbor thingy this weekend to hang it in, wish me luck.
Frou...only YOU can make spiders & a web look GLAMOUROUS! Love the 2 colors of blue for the web...is the crash glass siliconed on the opposite side of the blue web? Your bead spiders are quite classy ladies!
Thanks for the silicone tip about breaking into sheets instead of tiny pcs! TFS! Jeanne S.
Thanks Jeanne, I spread GEII on the window and then added the crash glass with the glued side down (glued side glued directly to the window). All that you see in the picture is the glued side out, the smooth back side of the window is not nearly as pretty. Can that sound anymore confusing?
Thanks for the tips. Do you let the GEII dry on the safety glas before breaking it? or spread it on and break while it's still wet? And if I'm comprehending the instructions right glue goes on the glass before breaking and then on the window pane also? It will look awesome hanging from a trellis............. can't wait to see pics of it hanging.
Yes indeedy, let the glue dry before breaking the glass and I use a pretty thin layer. And sounds like you get the rest of the instructions straight. I've drawn up my trellis plans for DH, and he didn't seem to be totally disagreeable, so I'm hopeful for this weekend.