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The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its sixty-sixth session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Saint Lucia and the United Kingdom under the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child or its two Optional Protocols.
The concluding observations and recommendations on the reports will be available on the Committee's webpage on 19 June as of 2 p.m.
During the session, the Committee discussed progress made in the process of the strengthening of human rights treaty bodies, in line with the General Assembly resolution 68/268, adopted in April 2014.
Nathalie Prouvez, Chief of the Rule of Law and Democracy Section, Research and Right to Development Division of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and representative of the United Nations Secretary-General, addressing the Committee's opening meeting on 26 May, said that the General Assembly had decided to convene a high-level meeting on 20 November 2014 to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Convention of the Rights of the Child. The anniversary celebrations would rightly highlight the fact that the Convention on the Rights of the Child was the most ratified human rights treaty in history. Following the recent accession by the State of Palestine to the Convention and its Optional Protocol on children in armed conflict, commendably without reservations, there were now more States parties to the Convention on the Rights of the Child than there were Member States of the United Nations.
The Committee is a body of independent experts formed in 1991 to monitor the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child by its States parties. The Convention gives a comprehensive collection of children's rights the force of international law. The Committee also monitors implementation of two Optional Protocols to the Convention: on the involvement of children in armed conflict, and on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography. A third Optional Protocol on a communications procedure was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 19 December 2011 and entered into force on 14 April 2014. It allows individual children to submit complaints about specific violations of their human rights under the Convention and its first two Optional Protocols.
The Committee will hold its sixty-seventh session from 1 to 19 September 2014 at the Palais Wilson in Geneva, when it will consider the reports of Croatia, Fiji, Hungary, Morocco, Singapore and Venezuela under the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its Optional Protocols on the involvement of children in armed conflict, and on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography.
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College Hockey:Hunwick stops 42 as Michigan tops Notre Dame
Caporusso notches goal, assist
DETROIT — Michigan and Notre Dame were both in the last place they wanted to be Saturday afternoon, the third place game of the CCHA playoff championships at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit.
The two top seeds in the tourney had suffered embarrassingly lopsided defeats in the Friday semifinals to land themselves in the preliminary game on CCHA "finals night."
Michigan goaltender Shawn Hunwick literally stole the show in a 4-2 Wolverines victory, redeeming himself from a less-than-stellar semifinal performance against Western Michigan on Friday.
Hunwick stopped 42 of Notre Dame's 44 shots, his career high for saves posted in regulation time.
"I was definitely motivated to come back and have a good game today," said Hunwick. "We're in the tournament next week and you don't want to go in lacking confidence, so I thought today was a big day."
Both coaches were decidedly more pleased than they had been with their teams' performances 24 hours earlier.
"Late in the game, Shawn Hunwick was the difference," said Michigan coach Red Berenson. "Coming off last night's game, we weren't very happy with the result and the way we played. I thought we started the game much better tonight, maybe more desperate.
"We were playing another team that was upset about their game yesterday and I thought the first half of the game was a tough game."
Notre Dame coach Jeff Jackson was surprisingly upbeat after two losses in two nights.
"I was very pleased with our team's effort tonight," said Jackson. "I thought we played a much more complete game. I thought we played well with the puck and without the puck. For the most part, I was very pleased with our effort. It was just a matter of their goaltending outperforming ours."
Although Notre Dame opened the scoring early in the first period with an odd goal, Michigan countered in staccato fashion late in the period with a two-goal burst to lead, 2-1, after 20 minues.
Hunwick, who struggled mightily in Friday's semifinal loss to Western Michigan, attempted to clear a loose puck around the corner boards out of danger. Instead of following the curvature of the boards, the puck ricocheted off a referee's helmet straight back in Hunwick's direction. Riley Sheahan, cruising through the low slot banged the rebounding puck past Hunwick at 4:34
"When they scored that first one, I shot the puck off the ref's helmet and I thought, here we go again," Hunwick said. "Last night, I don't think I played too bad, a couple of bounces, bad rebounds."
Notre Dame netminder Steven Summerhays held Michigan at bay until a 15-second blitz late in the period.
Only 18 seconds into a power play, Wolverine Chris Brown found Louie Caporusso breaking down left wing. Caporusso took Brown's pass, skated in on Summerhays and picked a hole on the short side under the Notre Dame netminder's arm to find the back of the net.
Caporusso wasn't through.
Carl Hagelin was the recipient of Caporusso's repayment of the favor of an assist. Hagelin blocked a clearing pass just inside the Fighting Irish zone that bounced to Caporusso, who fed the puck right back to Hagelin. The Wolverines captain found an opening high over Summerhays' glove only 15 seconds after Caporusso's original tally.
Ironically, the 15-second gap between Michigan goals marked the third time this season the Wolverines had scored goals 15 seconds apart.
Michigan extended their lead to 3-1 at 4:37 of the third period. The source of the goal was one of the least likely suspects.
Jeff Rohrkemper, who Berenson had chosen to dress for the game after being a healthy scratch in the semifinal, did the damage.
Wolverines defenseman Mac Bennett managed a shot from the right point on Summerhays, who failed to secure the puck. Rohrkemper swatted at the loose puck as he skated by Summerhays and just got enough rubber to slide the puck into the net.
"You don't know if someone's going to score a goal," said Berenson of inserting Rohrkemper into the lineup. "Jeff Rohrkemper's only played in seven or eight games this year. He played okay when he played. It may have been a lucky goal, but an important one."
The Fighting Irish weren't quite finished yet, though.
With the clock winding down in the third period, T.J. Tynan tenaciously battled three Wolverines in front of Hunwick and, on his third try, finally drew Notre Dame within one goal at 18:23 of the final period.
After Scooter Vaughan's empty-net goal was waved off due to an official's quick whistle, Luke Glendening finished the Wolverines' task with a second, official empty-netter with only 4.3 ticks left on the clock.
Both Michigan's and Notre Dame's attention turns now to the selection process for the NCAA tournament and the decision on where, and against whom, each will play their NCAA Regional first round games.
Interview with Notre Dame's Riley Sheahan
Interview with Michigan's Louis Caporusso
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When I went to Japan this year to meet Martin Bailey for the first time I was impressed by two things beyond the fact that he's just a ton of fun to be around. First, the man's an excellent teacher. Second, he knows his craft. He knows stuff I've never heard of. And it shows. I know I lean to the artsy side of things, so I need people like Martin around to keep me on my toes and keep my craft honed. Sharpness is one of those aspects of the craft Martin taught me new things about. I've said before that if the best thing someone can say about my work is that it's tack sharp, then I've probably failed. But at the same time, if it's dismissed because a flaw in my technique or understanding, my art doesn't have a chance to be heard.
Martin wrote Sharp Shooter, Proven Techniques for Sharper Photographs because I asked him to. I learned so much from him in Hokkaido about this stuff that I knew we needed to publish it, and he's created another excellent book. Martin, in his usual clear and concise fashion, covers the gamut on this from hand-holding techniques, stabilization, what makes an image sharp in the first place, to macro-sharpness, focus stacking, techniques to make your images sharper for final output, and more. I swear to Ansel Adams, you'll be hard pressed to find a guy who makes sharper photographs, and he can teach you to do it too.
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The bottom line is that he suggests depositing in a 401(k) until the match is maximized, them max out a Roth, then back to the 401(k). If no match, then start with the Roth, and go to the 401(k) after that.
This month, by coincidence (indeed, I wrote my
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as I wasn't expecting to find a Ramsey article that could provide an intro to my monthly feature.
Now, on Dave's page he certainly had enough room to comment further, but chose not to. He missed the most important part of the answer. How much are the annual expenses within the 401(k)? As my article this month elaborates, most advisors are under the assumption that expenses are similar between the 401(k) and any post tax accounts. This can be a fatal mistake, fees can run as high as 2-3% at a small company. Read my January feature story and decide for yourself. If your company 401(k) has a low expense ratio among the options, then my advice would match Dave's. If the expense is high, I'd advise to grab the match and call it quits, not investing another cent beyond that in the 401(k)
On a final note, my math compared a 401(k) to a taxable account over a 20 year period. For the late starter, who has little in savings, but a high income, the math will work differently as the person in question may be saving money in the 28% bracket, but land in a 15% bracket at retirement. That 13% tax differential can overcome some bad expense ratios. Again, though, it's important to read anyone's advice and decide how the information presented applies to you. For an answer to your specific situation please drop a note from my main page.
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What if you lived in a world that determined your worth to society based on how mentally healthy you were?
That is the world of "Psycho-Pass," a 22 episode cyberpunk anime that exposes us to this possibility, where stress levels are to be maintained or you would be considered a "latent criminal."
The story follows Inspector Akane Tsunimore, a rookie who is brought into a crime unit that investigates crimes involving these latent criminals. The unit works with other latent criminals called Enforcers, who are charged with sniffing them out. Using special guns called Dominators, the Enforcers and Inspectors can read your "crime coefficient." If it's above a certain level, the gun will simply paralyze you. But if it's too high, you are targeted for elimination.
But this isn't just Akane's story. We also follow Enforcer Shinya Kogami, a former detective who let his readings get too high after an Enforcer, who he considered a partner and friend, is killed and discovered in a gruesome manner. Their recent cases, which point to a seemingly untouchable criminal, seem to have a connection to the same person responsible for his partner's death, driving him to possible revenge.
In the first couple of episodes, we are given a peek into this world, told all the rules, and even get some idea of why Akane chose to go into this line of work. By the time we get into the third episode, we get our overreaching arc of the series -- what if you go up against a criminal who can beat the system?
The writing on the show is very smart, examining all the facets of this system that has given this society peace for so long, but also has some major flaws to the system, as well. For example, in the first episode we are exposed to one of these problems -- Akane not only finds herself protecting a victim from her captor but also from Enforcers because her levels had gotten too high from the stress of the situation.
Probably one of the downsides of the show is that we don't delve too much into how the other characters became Enforcers for the system. There's only one episode that focuses on how the only female Enforcer in the unit got her job. And all other relationships are kind of hinted at, including one relationship that isn't revealed until halfway through the run of the series.
The ending does leave you wanting more from this world to see how it will eventually be resolved (which we will be getting in season 2 when it airs in October), and it brings up a lot of questions on the real benefit to this type of society. If you're looking for some good police action with some science fiction thrown in that gives you something to think about, check out "Psycho-Pass."
"Psycho-Pass" is currently available from FUNImation Entertainment as a two volume DVD/Blu-Ray series, or as full season Premium Edition Blu-Ray set.


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- Big Island helicopter and zipline combo tour from Kona or Hilo
- Fly over Hawaii's active volcanoes and cascading waterfalls by helicopter
- Enjoy a thrilling 8-line zipline course through the lush rainforest
- Picnic lunch, light snacks and water included
- Small-group tour limited to 12 people ensures a more personalized experience
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Get two thrilling adventures in one unforgettable day. A helicopter flight is the ideal way to see the Big Island's volcanoes, and ziplining along one of the longest lines on the island offers remarkable waterfall views.
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This tour was amazing!
September 2014
Fantastic tour. Everyone was lovely to deal with, our helicopter pilot Caption Redbeard (alias Scott) was brilliant. We loved every minute of the helicopter ride over the volcanos and his knowledge was invaluable. Then a wander around Hilo, some lunch and then up to the ziplines. What a buzz. The guys Matt, Chris and Gavin rocked the lines, everything was fun, safe and the views were AWESOME! Had a ball. Everything was on time, we were looked after from the minute we touched down in Hilo until the time we flew back to Oahu! Thanks to everyone for a brilliant day - one we will remember for ever.
June 2014
The helicopter tour was amazing and our tour guide John was the BEST!! The zipline was SO much fun too! Everybody involved in the day of activity was simply amazing, from our drivers who picked us up to our tour guides down to support staff. Everybody was amazing, friendly and professional.
March 2014
This was a fabulous package and a great company to book with. It's a bit costly but was worth treating my two daughters and sister to our first time on the wonderful Big Island. Rick was our esteemed pilot - an ex Marine, we felt totally safe during our flight. He was very informative and open to all our questions. The zipline was great! The young staff were all very professional and extremely efficient - this was all our first time and we all had a blast! I've recommended this company to everyone I've talked to about this vacation.
Thanks for a wonderful experience!
January 2014
Wow! This was an amazing trip from start to finish! The helicopter tour was phenomenal and the zipline was fun too. However, the best part was probably our pilot Dan who talked with us throughout the entire helicopter tour showing us so many wonderful things and explaining them so well (we had two children with us). He listened to our interests and focused the tour on those. It was a fabulous day - one none of us will ever forget. Well worth every penny!
January 2014
Must do on the Big Island! Danny was our helicopter pilot and was very knowledgeable about the island ! Zip lining was by far a wonderful experience with our great guides Alex,Chris, and Matt! If you don't do this tour you will truly miss an experience of a lifetime !
January 2014
Far most the best experience on the island. Our helicopter pilot Danny was wonderful on showing us what all the Big Island has to offer . He made sure everyone had a great view no matter where you were sitting. Our zip lining guides Chris,Matt and Alex made it memorable!
December 2013
OUTSTANDING! Super fun crew and beautiful landscape that you zip thru. Waterfalls, deep gorges and lush valleys. Awesome experience.
July 2013
Brilliant. You get a fantastic 2.5 hours time in the air; seeing the entire island (in 2 seperate flights which provides a nice break in flight times). The zip line was also a load of fun. Only advice: after the zip-line you're in Hilo with no specific agenda for a few hours before the 2nd leg of the flight. So I suggest you investigate options and plan something to do (even if only foregoing the zip-line lunch and having a nice meal/late lunch somewhere in Hilo)
April 2013
This was our first trip to Hawaii and This Adventure Was Worth Every Single Penny. The Paradise Helicopter Pilot, Marco, was excellent, discussed everything, from what we were seeing and the locations' history. Minor turbulence was experienced once, but nobody was worried. The KapohoKine Adventure Tours took us to the 5th longest Zipline in the world. Amazing Ride and Super Safe Guides on the Lines! Greatly appreciated. The little kids (61lbs) with our group were so comfortable with the guides they were not afraid and even went down the lines first! When they didn't make it to the platform, the guides were retrieving them in moments. The Guides also were knowledgeable about the area and the history of the Big Island.
Absolutely a must do!! You will see some of the most amazing waterfalls and breathtaking views. Next time I come to the Big Island - I am Doing This Same Trip AGAIN!!


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If bellwether Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) is any indication, fasten your seatbelts. We're in for a volatile earnings season.
The company delivered strong quarterly results, led by unexpectedly stellar sales of its new hepatitis C drug Olysio. But the company executives also said the drug is expected to become more vulnerable to competition, and shares dropped nearly 2% on the New York Stock Exchange.
J&J's second-quarter earnings, excluding one-time items, rose 12% over the year-earlier quarter. Earnings came in a $1.66 a share, beating analysts' consensus by 11 cents. Items excluded were litigation accrual and costs tied to the acquisition of medical-device maker Synthes. Full-year adjusted EPS guidance was increased by a few cents to $5.85- $5.92 per share.
J&J's strong sales were driven mostly by new drugs, which exceeded expectations. Those drugs include Imbruvica, J&J and Pharmacyclics' impressive new cancer treatment for mantle cell lymphoma. The company's oncology drugs in general did very well, with Velcade up 6.3% and Zytiga up 42% globally.
The hep-C blockbuster season continues
Without a doubt, J&J's super-star in the earnings report was hep-C treatment Olysio.
Olysio sales reached $831 million in Q2, more than doubling from $354 million last quarter. Physicians have been prescribing Olysio with Sovaldi from Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ:GILD) for an an interferon-free genotype 1 hepatitis c cure.
The FDA has not approved the drug combo, so prescribing Sovaldi/Olysio together is an off-label use of the drugs. That seemed to surprise many analysts, but I learned through cancer treatment that off-label prescription of promising drugs for deadly diseases is commonplace. Bottom line: When cure rates are impressive and well-documented, and the alternative is grim, some physicians won't wait for FDA approval.
Olysio's unexpectedly great sales numbers also spell likely good news ahead for Gilead investors, with that company's earnings set for July 23.
Headwinds ahead?
While Olysio performed much better than Wall Street expected, some factors could weigh against the drug's future performance. Both AbbVie (NYSE:ABBV) and Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE:BMY) are gunning for a share of the huge hep-C market. And Gilead is likely to come out later this year with a Sovaldi+ledipasvir combination that would negate the usefulness of the Sovaldi/Olysio combo.
J&J CFO Dominic Caruso cautioned during the conference call that he expected "significant competition" for Olysio. The competition "will certainly pose a headwind," he said, although he declined to quantify it.
Another cautionary note: sales in J&J's diabetes care business were hit with price declines associated with Medicare competitive bidding in mail order and retail, which became effective last July.
A trusted brand again in a trillion dollar market?
The ongoing turnaround of J&J's consumer business was a focus of the conference call. Once a highly trusted brand in health care, multiple recalls of well-known products such as Tylenol and infant Motrin have bedeviled the company.
But even the most careful company is occasionally going to have a recall, and J&J has been working to move past its problems. Sales at the consumer unit rose 2.4% to $3.7 billion. According to CEO Alex Gorsky, the consumer unit's long-term prospects are excellent, as populations age and world economies recover. Right now, the worldwide market for health-care products is growing at 3% to 5% a year, and is close to $2.5 trillion a year.
J&J's medical-devices segment, which includes the Synthes business, posted anemic growth in sales -- up 0.7% to $2 billion. Still, Mr. Gorsky said he expects "solid growth" from the Synthes business in the future. He also said J&J was looking for potential deal opportunities in medical devices.
The big question
Like all major pharmaceutical and biotech companies offering expensive new drugs, J&J is going to be affected by the answer to a very important question. Given the growing pushback against health care costs, will insurers continue to cover the new drugs' stratospheric prices?
As of now, insurers are weighing their options.
Meanwhile, Johnson & Johnson, the maker of everything from Band-Aids to cancer drugs, a stellar dividend grower, and much loved by many long-term investors, is continuing to right its ship.
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It's Official: China Will Be Dumping US Dollars
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change 100 old dollars for 10 of the new. Oh...and by the way, your salary is now 1/10 of its former glory.
Well soon no one will want U.S. dollars...Maybe thats the plan all along to get out of the liquidity trap..
If that's the plan, the next currency is waiting in the backroom, and all USD debt is null and void. What I've been wondering about, is if debt doesn't pass on into the new currency, then what about everyone's savings? Does that become null and void too?
Then take off the gloves and tariff them and like-profiled countries, so that there are consequences.
Associate with China or (other similar Third World countries) and find yourself without.
No one shut himself into back foot,author is getting sick and hemmoraged by ideas of selling own house into bear market trap!Chinies continue to buy US&Canadian and other businesses,its cancer like FED and cancer can survive for not much with such expansion,the body should die and chinees die in its own greed for overgreed for natural resources,may some Tzunami will help to cool them off or one of the points:chinees may build own stock exchange for commodities,this will be real good respond for USA and their crazy inflationist team controlling futures markets,as soon as its applied-USA dead with their shizofrenic control of everything,World cross cross deals starts!
Get ready for the US dollar flash crash. Do not expect a simple drop. Keep some foreign currency on the sideline and get ready to plow it into the dollar when the flash crash hits. This is how Thaksin became president in Thailand, he gamed the 1997 Asian crash. The same thing is going to happen here. All do please remember, that the dollar currently is TBTF. There is no willing or able entity to save the U.S. like Iceland or Greece, so when this happens, the world will push the dollar up, most likely from PPT. As long as foreigners are buying oil with dollars, the dollar will always have that support line. So I wouldn't bet on the USD going from here to confetti, at least not in the short term. Many BTFD opportunities to be had from the dollar's volatility.
Except that Thaksin got kicked out of that country a few years later. Would you like to explain that in a non-friendly-to-Thaksin way?
Thaksin didn't get kicked out of the country because he made a sweet FX trade. He got kicked out of the country after he was siphoning money from some of the telecom companies, and giving out deals to his friends, etc. Thakin made the money necessary to make himself a public image, and from thereon he became the president.
China wants higher rates on the debt.
I regularly read your blog on zerohedge with admiration. But this time I have to say your interpretation is bordering between wrong and lack of depth.
Zhou's remark is about how frustrated China is with its moneyatry policy. It is bigger than dollar itself. It is much more complicated. It may have downstream effect on China's dollar holding. But no one in China is openly talking about dumping U.S. dollar.
Again, this comment is out of respect.
You're right. Not dumping. Just selling in an orderly fashion so they don't screw themselves.
Remember kiddies... China will ALWAYS hold USD notes and debt....
China exists to supply America with goods. They need to hold US notes and US debt to hedge/support their business model. A loss of American purchasing power just means we have lost our power to purchase Chineese goods.....
Even if they think it is headed off the cliff, they need the USA exposre to keep the status quo... If they liquidated all their US exposeure, it would kill this country, which would kill theirs a few years later when noone is fueling their amazing growth
America is not even Chinas largest trading block, Europe is ...and then the USA melts in with Russia, Brazil, Arabia, Asia (inc Japan) and Africa etc so why would the Chinese get their knickers in a twist about an also-ran?
Timmay needs to understand he may have taken the largest staff in diplomatic history on a jolly to Bijiing ever (and came back with fuk all but a sore jawbone - see any G7, G20, IMF, UN meeting) but that doesn't equal status or financial clout ...Tim, as he probably was at school, is a very forgettable run-of-the-mill pasty faced lightweight packing a couple of chickpeas for biceps... a fitting 'weed' as Treasury Secretary for Americas future!
Not going to happen... just tell me where the dollars will go, they have to be recycled to the US if they want to keep trading here, were not going to let them buy major US companies or land, gold other commodities not really an option that would spur more inflation... they are trapped and know it, unless they want to crash the $ and loose their price advantage, then the riots would bring the gov down.
Taken at face value statements (I know - I'm asking for a big assumption), China doesn't really want to re-peg their currency higher, while the West (and especially the U.S.) wants China to re-peg their currency higher, as one means of reducing trade imbalances (China floats its currency and its exports become x% more expensive).
In the meantime, The Federal Reserve has become the largest buyer and holder of treasury notes, surpassing China this year.
Finally, China is facing tremendous pressure both to sustain job creation, which is becoming more difficult and also a demographically intense mission, and curb domestic inflation, which is ravaging the savings and incomes of its citizens.
What does all of this portend?
One can use logic, which hasn't gotten those using it very accurate projections lately, or one can admit that there are strange workings behind the scenes, and admit they can't possibly know what is in the works and will be ultimately revealed.
The World NEEDS Higher rates to correct the imbalances.. the longer it's delayed, the more severe the coming crash will be. Guess that's why pm's are going Wild..
So far just alot of Jawboning.. The TLT has stayed in its range.. 3.5%-3.8%...confounding the Bond Bears.
The bondbears have real capital, as opposed to the ponzi-god, bond-bull Benny B.
"The dimwits in Washington don't understand this because their advisors are all Wall Street stooges who don't think debt or deficits matter. After all, why would they? Their entire business model is now based on endless cheap debt from the US Fed."
Nicely put.
I wouldn't say the Chinese Govt is any more intelligent than the US Govt (all Govts are dumber than mud). But there's no doubt the US Govt, as you say, is little more than a front (puppet) for very big corporate interests (parasites) ...precisely what Govt was designed to be
Jim Sinclair has wisely suggested the best way for the Chinese to rid themselves of US Dollars, and reduce political pressure on the trade imbalance, is simply to buy Gold in the USA .....will the Chinese dimwits, sorry officials, grasp the opportunity?
If you want to lose money, buy treasuries.
This comes on the heels of China deciding (along with Russia) to trade in their own currencies, NOT the US Dollar. Not to mention the numerous warnings Chinese politicians have been issuing to the US over the last 24 months.
tired of this bullshit.. china-russia trading.. who gives a fuck.. how much is it ? 50 bln, 75 bln.. peanuts..
lets take look at mother russia, for example
hey idiot, do you know that 50% of russian foreign reserves are in $$$$$.. thats make +- 250 bln $$..
do you know that russian private debt is over 500 bln $$$, and its mostly in $$$... thats 750 bln in $$$ ..
and thats offical numbers..
also, I guess russian billionaries keep another 0.5-1 trln $$$ in europe (switz/ luxemdburg/cyprus) out of sight of russian tax authorities..
thats make at least 2 trln $$$
i guess chinese keep another couple trln $$$ too..
what a fool..
i'm not talking about mafia/drugs/etc guys...
I had correctly predicted increase in silver price growth speed here, in this March 13th graph.
But I made that prediction correctly based consequent correction to 25-28 USD. Have i also predicted correction correctly ( that its coming soon) , and the level of correction price ( its 45 USD in the graph, could be of course even >50 USD in the peak as well as prices move very fast in superexponential growth region)?
We shall know in less than a 2 weeks.
The interesting thing is , stocks has to drop at the same time, as USD value will be somewhat temporarily restored vs. silver and also a bit vs. gold, but oil price should not change dramatically.
Is Iran going to do something stupid? I have no idea what could cause all these events simultaneously. Or some too big to fail bank may fail?
rome is burning but in a digital age...tick tock
There peg is stabilty. The issue is water, wheat, and do not piss on people and tell them its raining since that did not work out to well for them. Over here decades have pointed to the branch of village idiots to monitor local affairs only and you see how that script has played out in the tide which has not turned. This is more than a left or right issue and always will be. Solon did not tax the man working rocky soil. Today you only need to look around to think we see the weather but not the true sign's. Cost is not issue anymore but units to produce.
They're just going to use those dollars to buy Africa and South America outright, while lending the rest to Europe, so it's cool.
If China dumps its Dollars it will weaken the Dollar. This in turn will increase the opportunity for the Yen to become the Reserve Currence.
I hate to say it but I thinkChina is more Fiscally prudent than our own Fed. So, if the Yen becomes the Reserve Currency, it could be a good thing.
They print more than the Fed, do.. this does not mean the Fed should start printing even more.
China have excess dollar reserve because;
1. China have trade surplus against the US.
2. China is keeping the dollar to keep Yuan from rising against the dollar.
So, for China to get rid of dollar means they are allowing Yuan to rise against the dollar. But it's all dog and pony show since the Chinese export business is subsidized by the central government where their massive printing of Yuan have resulted in black hole effect where their exports actually cost less than the cost of material. China is headed for a massive bubble that will not end well.
The Chinese could be buying these things from America to balance trade: anti-pollution equipment, advanced pharmaceuticals, medical equipment, lifesaving equipment, high-efficiency generating equipment, mining equipment, wind turbine generators etc. etc. All of this would help their citizens to live longer and in less polluted conditions. They will not. The Chinese government is only seeking to buy power and influence. They will buy up mines, farms, production plants etc. If we had a government that cared about its citizens it would prevent this and add 100% tariffs on all Chinese imports. We should show the world that we can be mercantilist, too.
We do not buy their goods in Euro's
Destroying the dollar only further erodes the value of the debt they are holding
How does it make business sense unless they are expecting us to default ?
they coming for ya, once they buy portugal's, spain's italy's, etc debt; they are then slaves to the chinese. once they enter the south, they'll work their way north, france, belgium, GERMANY; then... the great Britannia herself; coming full circle.
Please stop plugging this guy's FREE SPECIAL REPORT.
<<< The dimwits in Washington don't understand this because their advisors are all Wall Street stooges who don't think debt or deficits matter. >>>
Perhaps the Wall Street stooges know Washington DC will bail them out again if needed.
The leeches on Wall Street are out to suck every bit of wealth they can away from the middle class.
Not sure the story reads that way to me, more like China saying "Now that we have sucked all the life out of you and can find nothing more we want, we are kicking you out on the curb."
No, that's when China starts to take on a wonderful gamma-ray glow to it, courtesy of the US responding unfavorably to China's continued existence.
We can assume they are all dimwits but I would strongly disagree. They may appear as dimwits if the welfare of their country was their primary concern. Seems to me they have long abandoned that polyannish concept in favour of their personal wealth and well being.
Wouldn't it be interesting to shine a light on their holdings in Swiss bank accounts and secret islands.
With all those smallish islands having no real defense, a large country could just wipe them out if enough SHTF.
those idiots have been saying that for year already.
And yet they increased their reserves by 800 billion this last year.
the trade deficit is so large they can't help it. they tried buying copper, metals, etc.
they just have so much there is no where to put it.
God what a moronic post. Thanks for your deep insights Graham. How about some substance next time?
What's up with these posts on ZH that are nothing but fluff?
It had no substance and it was shorter than many comments on the site. It's clear that your primary goal is advertising and not writing/sharing content with the community.
I agree POPO, where's the substance?
China dumping dollar reserves as they are hot potatoes being replaced with "REAL ASSETS".
How China's using political correct contacts to replace dollars with resources??????
What countries ,,what companies,,,ect ect??
I think this might be in response to the audience this blog has attracted over the past months. Basically people seem to be here to congratulate each other on their PM holdings, period.
with a generalization so sweeping, you must be a janitor.
And you would deny us our celebration for a battle won in a war we know we will loose, only hoping to survive? You are a bitter sort.
wtf is china going to peg to next, the euro?
"BEIJING, April 18 (Xinhua) -- The People's Bank of China (PBOC), the central bank, said Monday that it has signed a 25-billion-yuan (3.83 billion U.S. dollars) currency swap agreement with the Reserve Bank of New Zealand."...... "..China has signed currency swap agreements with the Republic of Korea (ROK), Hong Kong, Malaysia, Belarus, Indonesia, Argentina, Iceland and Singapore."
O great FREE REPORTS from the dimwits thinking that inflation will be triggered by Chinese selling USD. A literal treasure trove, my ass.
Let me explain it simple like.
1. Chinese sell USD (US debt instruments)
2. Supply of US debt increases world-wide
3. Price of debt falls (supply/demand)
4. Demand for US debt falls, because price falls (OOOOH non-linear feedback mechanism)
5. Supply US debt increases, further dropping price
2 options at this point
6A. In a vain attempt to keep interest rates "controlled" FED increases monetization, resulting in continued $ FX drop and commodity price increases bleeding through into US domestic inflation.
6B. The FED steps back from the money printing and allows interest rates to rise - instantly bankrupting all major banks, and collapsing RE due to high interest rates and very tight credit.
7B. Full-on domestic deflation COMBINED with high commodity prices due to all the $'s washing around the world outside the domestic economy with nothing to buy.
8B. To prevent the whole-sale foreign ownership of the US when these international $'s repatriate, the US foreign debt is repudiated (aka Sovereign default).
Option B will be avoided -- until it can't. I predict we will get A, then we will get B.
I'd have no problem with 8B taken early enough to put some serious hurt on China's interests.


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POLITICS: President Obama's 2013 Budget
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Rather than giving you a long, complicated post about President Obama's 2013 budget, with lots of confusing charts and small print, this time I decided simply to ask a friend to hold his i-Phone camera while I just told you what was up, face to face. So here it is, our first video.
Please humor us on the rough edges. Over time, we'll get sharper with our production values. But for now, let us know if you think the experiment a successs -- and don't be shy about constructive criticisms! This is new territory for us. And, of course, special thanks to our excellent cinematographer, Peter Matz.
By the way, the source for all the charts I've used here is the Historical Tables section of President Obama's 2013 budget, straight from the OMB web page. Enjoy. Just click on the image above.
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This video made a rather complicated process far easier to comprehend. Good job! As for the camera work- a inexpensive holder for the iPhone can make a big difference in stability- that is of course until you take the "professional" route!
- February 16, 2012 at 2:49 PM
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Thanks Ken, this was crystal clear!
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That was really well done. Excel is an often under-appreciated piece of software.
One question, I know that when Obama came into office, they changed how they were accounting for the war in Afghanistan and Iraq and I know that added to the deficit. Does that have any impact on your charts?
Thanks again, that was a great way of simplifying a complicated subject!
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Figure 1. let-7 mutations turn back the clock on regeneration in adult neurons. Like many tissues in the body, the ability of neurons to regenerate new axons changes throughout the lifecycle, typically diminishing with age. Inhibiting let-7, or alternatively, increasing the level of its reciprocal inhibitor, lin-41, in adult neurons restored the regeneration capabilities of the larval axons. The dashed green lines indicate the disconnected axons in degeneration. The solid green lines are regenerating axons.
These discoveries have important implications in treating brain and spinal cord injury or neuro-degenerative diseases as they show that it may be possible to improve the ability of neurons in the adult brain to regenerate after injury through therapeutic inhibition of the let-7 microRNA, and thereby restore their youthful regenerative capacity.MicroRNA does not encode a protein but rather a small RNA that imperfectly base-pairs to complementary sequences at 3' untranslated region (3'UTR) of target mRNAs in order to block gene expression [2,3]. Approximately one third of the C. elegans microRNAs are evolutionarily conserved, implicating a central role for microRNAs in animals. The expression of microRNAs is either spatially restricted or temporally regulated in the nervous system. The spatially restricted expression of lsy-6, mir-273, and mir-71 controls left-right asymmetry in neuronal development [4-6] while the temporally regulated expression of lin-4 and let-7 controls timing of neuronal connectivity and developmental decline in neuronal regeneration [1,7]. The let-7 microRNA represses the expression of lin-41 to inhibit anterior ventral microtubule (AVM) axon regeneration in older neurons and the effect of let-7 and lin-41 in regulating AVM axon regeneration is mediated through the LIN-29 transcription factor [1]. Since let-7 and lin-41 genes are broadly expressed in different types of neurons [1], their roles in neuronal regeneration may be widespread. In addition to let-7, many microRNAs are also expressed in postmitotic neurons, raising the possibility that other microRNAs could also contribute to developmental decline in neuronal regeneration [1]. In C. elegans, many aged neurons display a further decline in axon regeneration. In aged AVM neurons, a reduced let-7 remains able to enhance axon regeneration so it is likely that let-7 continues to contribute to the further decline in axon regeneration in aged neurons [1]. This result also argues for a more direct role for let-7 in axon regeneration, rather than it all being a simple delay in terminal differentiation of the neuron.Like C. elegans neurons, mammalian neurons also suffer from the age-related decline in axon regeneration. The idea of slowing down neuronal aging to promote axon regeneration after injury is an appealing possibility. Our results suggest that one way to promote axon regeneration is to turn back the clock in old neurons via manipulation of the neuronal timing microRNA, such as let-7 [8]. Given that the let-7 microRNA sequence and its late-onset expression are highly conserved across animal phylogeny, general rules of let-7 microRNA governing neuronal regeneration in C. elegans are likely to be applicable in other organisms. Abundant let-7 expression in the human brain tissue appears to support this possibility.
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Zucchini Latkes
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Psst: These days I like these Zucchini Fritters even more.
Makes about 4 dozen 1 1/2-inch latkes
1 pound medium zucchini
1 large baking potato (3/4 pound), peeled
1 small onion (4 ounces), peeled
1/2 cup matzo meal
1 large egg, lightly beaten
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
Vegetable oil, for frying
Halve the zucchini crosswise. Cut the zucchini flesh off the seedy center and coarsely grate it in a food processor. Or grate it on a box grater until you reach the seedy center. Discard the center. In a food processor or on a box grater, coarsely grate the potato and onion. Transfer the grated zucchini, potato and onion to a colander and squeeze dry. Let stand for 2 minutes, then squeeze again. Transfer the vegetable mixture to a large bowl. Add the matzo meal, egg, lemon juice, salt and pepper and stir to combine.
In a medium skillet, heat 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil until shimmering. Drop packed teaspoons of the zucchini mixture into the skillet and flatten them with the back of a spoon. Cook the latkes over moderately high heat until the edges are golden, about 1 1/2 minutes; flip and cook until golden on the bottom, about 1 minute. Drain on paper towels. Repeat with the remaining zucchini mixture, adding more oil to the skillet as needed.
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Ever since the neocons, peace has been a taboo subject.
You listed the artist's name, the region he lives in, and the name of a terrorist group operating in the area, but forgot to mention the name of the country. Its name is ISRAEL!
Indeed , no gilded cage for Peace, in fact a concrete wall would be more accurate.
imagine… there is no countries… no religions too…
We do Imagine that. It is called anarchy.
Palestine never wants peace they want to destroy Israel, doesn't matter they never had a state of there own. It was always a possession of somebody else. The Brits, before that the Ottoman Empire, before that Syria and Jordon going all the back to the Romans
Whereas the good, Right-Wing, Evangelical Americans only want to destory of them ( and convert the rest to Christianity )
It's interesting to note that this cartoon doesn't seem to be singling out Israel as the culprit…It's about as generic as they come.
So I wonder…if this had been drawn by say, a Dutch artist instead of a Palestinian, would so many of the people responding be taking upsides like this?
Both the USA and Israel undermine any way to peace. The Israeli leadership believe all the are the Palestinians are on is theirs by right of previous ownership. They want them dead or gone and the Palestinians are slowly doing just that.
So where in the world would let you Jews live in peace?
the life of a Palestinian
a Palestinian is born upside down with horns growing out, these horns later fall off. when children they can teleport. Seemingly taking great joy in appearing in time to be shot during Israeli military operations. If they reach adulthood their body's start to develop bombs as appendages.
quite honestly I can only fear that you would read that as truth. It is true that Palestine has never been its own empire, however it has been its own state.
Quite honestly you seem to imagine that all Palestinians are evil. that said a slated worldview is easy when one lacks the ability to think criticly
Gotta start reading the small print.
Here I was all up and agitated about those Syrian factions refusing all attempts at peace.
My bad, it is those Israeli factions refusing all attempts at peace.
"What difference does it make?"
"You listed the artist's name, the region he lives in, and the name of a terrorist group operating in the area, but forgot to mention the name of the country. Its name is ISRAEL!"
Palestina to the Romans,
Canaan to the Greeks,
Judah to the Babylonians,
or the Levant to Crusaders,
or Yehud Medinata to the Persians…
Ok where do you get that or is that your sick opinion.
No I just choose to support Israel, sorry but the Jewish people are the only one's to ever have a country on that land.
Palestinians had over two thousand years to do something about it but either would or could not. Sorry .
After you evil accusation, I don't feel bad flagging you.
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Here's another very personal one I've decided that it's time to post. I think I actually these up once but I deleted them a while back cause yeah ... Didn't want em up at that time. Now I feel its a good time. New Year = New Beginnings, hey.
Anyways ... Here it is:
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- Bitter Sweet -
There were no tears,
There were no saddened faces.
There were no cries, or shouts of anger,
For the amount of years, that it had took for her to go to the place,
Of all places.
She stood out, in the middle of the hallway,
Looking from side to side with a tear swept gaze,
Her mind racing, forever wondering,
As she thought back to the days.
One, silent tear, caressed her bruised vision of beauty,
The bight blue oceans of her eyes closed,
Her hair, flowed vigorously through the night air;
A blood-red rose, it's petals fell to the ground below, without a voice of care.
No-one thought, no-one knew,
An angel, a saint, a martyr of the innocent - yet stung:
As the bird flew, so close, but a mere speck in one's vision.
Someone was lost.
Another soul, another feeling,
Just the same cost, no matter at all, just another view of seeing;
As her spirit floated away, without uttering a single word,
A trail of mist, sorrow, blinding - Her spirit faded away,
Leaving behind, just one more sense, of a bitter sweet memory.
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Nobel Prize-winning economist still pushing idea for 'fake space alien attack' stimulus
It was last summer when Paul Krugman first suggested the idea of mobilizing America for a space alien attack in order to create economic stimulus. Unbelievably, nobody in Washington has taken his advice yet (frankly I'm a little surprised). As you'll see below in a video from Friday, that lack of interest hasn't stopped Krugman from continuing to push the idea.
The Krugman plan doesn't even rely on an actual alien invasion, but rather the threat of a fake attack so we can get all the stimulus a war provides without the actual war. It's a Keynesian economics version of Capricorn One.
Transcript by way of Newsbusters:
PAUL KRUGMAN, NEW YORK TIMES: This is hard to get people to do, much better, obviously, to build bridges and roads and healthcare clinics and schools. But my proposed, I actually have a serious proposal which is that we have to get a bunch of scientists to tell us that we're facing a threatened alien invasion, and in order to be prepared for that alien invasion we have to do things like build high-speed rail. And the, once we've recovered, we can say, "Look, there were no aliens."
But look, I mean, whatever it takes because right now we need somebody to spend, and that somebody has to be the U.S. government.
"There were no aliens"? The Obama administration would be at home with that because they've had a lot of practice saying "there was no market for these solar panels." I'm a little perplexed though. If we were under imminent attack from an alien civilization, why would we want to build a bunch of brand new stuff for them to blow up? Krugman's logic only makes sense provided we can convince everybody that, after traveling a hundred million light years, the first thing ET's will be eager to do is ride on a train-to-nowhere with Ray LaHood.
Here's the video of Krugman working his out of this world Keynesian magic:
Later in the evening, Krugman and a couple of Obama administration economic advisors gathered around the fire to continue the discussion. It was there that Krugman planted the space alien seed. Recovery Summer II here we come:


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"Two years ago, investing in New York was like mobile — we were afraid of it," he said, noting thanks to the way Steve Jobs shifted the power balance in the mobile market, mobile has become the fastest growing investment area for his fund.
Now he's hot on New York start-ups. Conway said that since 2009, the percentage of SV Angel investments in New York-based start-ups have increased from 2% to 20% and he expects that figure to only continue to grow. He said Los Angeles and Chicago were also emerging as top tech markets.
"We think New York has built a tech ecosystem as strong as Silicon Valley," he told the 500 person crowd of mostly developers gathered at Twilio Conference in San Francisco.
So how did Conway conquer his fear of New York? Portfolio company GroupMe (which Skype acquired last month) just might have something to do with it. Nothing like watching an $85 million sale go down to give you the warm fuzzies, especially when SV Angel's initial investments are all less than $200,000.
SV Angel's recent investments in New York start-ups include: Visual Revenue, which makes a predicative Web analytics tool for media companies; BestVendor, which offers a crowdsourced product-review service to help businesses make purchasing decisions; and Canvas Networks, a community site for sharing and editing images. Several other New York start-ups that the firm has previously backed have raised more capital in recent weeks, including consumer-banking service BankSimple, education start-up SkillShare, and online doctor-appointment service ZocDoc.
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