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Your Money Saving For Retirement? Here's A Tip September 1, 2012 The stock market hasn't been kind to 401(k) plans in recent years. At an annual economics retreat in Maine, some experts offer up a word of caution: Watch out for fees. Listen Loading… 4:44 Download Playlist
Lobsterman Genevieve Kurilec holds a lobster caught while fishing along Deer Isle, Maine. Kurilec says more women are beginning to captain their own lobster boats. Chris Arnold/NPR hide caption itoggle caption Chris Arnold/NPR Business She's No Man; She's A Lobsterman August 19, 2012 In New England, more women are breaking through the glass gangway. For generations lobstermen in Maine have been predominantly, well, men — but that's starting to change. Listen Loading… 4:26 Download Playlist
Economy New Terms Set For Fannie And Freddie August 17, 2012 The Treasury Department Friday changed the terms of its bailout agreement with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The mortgage giants often had to pay the government back more in interest than it earned in profits, a system at odds with the goal of eventually dismantling the companies. The move appears aimed at calming financial markets. Listen Loading… 1:42 Download Playlist
Sara Millan (left) thanks Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America CEO Bruce Marks after NACA was able to reduce her family's mortgage during an event in Los Angeles in September 2010. Damian Dovarganes/AP hide caption itoggle caption Damian Dovarganes/AP American Dreams: Then And Now Persuading Banks To Give Homeowners A Break August 16, 2012 Over the past four years, Bruce Marks has been on a traveling road show to help people avoid foreclosure. He says his nonprofit, the Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America, has helped more than 200,000 people get their payments lowered so they can afford to keep their homes. Listen Loading… 7:17 Download Playlist
Crisis In The Housing Market Consumer Bureau Targets Improper Floreclosures August 13, 2012 The head of the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau says he wants to "extend new protections to consumers against the kind of shabby customer service and law-breaking by mortgage servicers that has been so thoroughly documented." The bureau has proposed new rules to help homeowners facing foreclosure. But housing advocates say it will all depend on enforcement. Listen Loading… 4:14 Download Playlist
As lobster prices plunge, scallops offer fishermen an alternative to make money. Levi Bridges for NPR hide caption itoggle caption Levi Bridges for NPR Around the Nation Maine Lobstermen Give Farming Sea Scallops A Try August 12, 2012 As more areas are becoming overfished, fishermen and scientists in Maine are developing a way to farm scallops instead of catching them. It's said to be safer for the environment and brings in more money, but the method isn't approved yet. Listen Loading… 6:10 Download Playlist
Economy Economists Cautiously Applaud Jobs Report August 4, 2012 In a much needed sign of hope for the U.S. economy, the Labor Department reported Friday that the country gained 163,000 jobs in July, which was better than expected. Still, unemployment rose a bit to 8.3 percent. NPR's Chris Arnold reports from an annual economics retreat in Maine with reaction from some of the country's top economists and analysts there. Listen Loading… 4:41 Download Playlist
Economy Fed Considering Steps To Boost Economy August 1, 2012 The Federal Reserve is meeting this week and could decide Wednesday whether to take further action to boost the economy. Or, it may wait until its next meeting in September. With the unemployment rate stalled out above 8 percent and no longer falling, and other signs of ongoing weakness, more analysts think the Fed will move to take additional action. Listen Loading… 4:36 Download Playlist
Many experts say reducing mortgage principal can help troubled homeowners avoid foreclosure and stay in their homes. But the regulator who oversees two of the nation's largest mortgage holders, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, has rejected the idea. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption itoggle caption Justin Sullivan/Getty Images The Two-Way Fannie, Freddie Regulator Holds Firm Against Mortgage Write-Downs July 31, 2012 A federal regulator is blocking the government-owned mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from reducing the principal that homeowners owe on their mortgages in order to avoid foreclosures.
Economy June Brought 80,000 Jobs, 8.2 Percent Unemployment July 6, 2012 The Labor Department on Friday reported the nation's unemployment rate remained unchanged at 8.2 percent in June, as employers created 80,000 jobs. The figures fall short of expectations and indicate a weakening job market amid sluggish economic growth. Listen Loading… 4:08 Download Playlist
Economy Factories Scaling Back Amid Economic Slide July 2, 2012 Manufacturing, seen as a recent bright spot in the economy, contracted in June. It was the first monthly downturn in three years. Analysts cited several factors for the surprising downturn, including recession in Europe and slower growth in China. A pullback in factory activity could spell trouble for the U.S. economy unless another key sector — construction — gains true momentum. Listen Loading… 2:16 Download Playlist
Business Sales Tax In Health Law Targets Medical Devices July 2, 2012 Some industries stand to benefit now that the health care law has been upheld by the Supreme Court. For makers of medical devices, the ruling means frustration because a sales tax on their equipment stays in place. Listen Loading… 4:05 Download Playlist
Created by the federal government during the Great Depression, Fannie Mae became a Washington powerhouse: a highly profitable, private company, protected by the government and boasting huge lobbying clout. But today, Fannie Mae has essentially become a ward of the state. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption itoggle caption Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Crisis In The Housing Market Morale Takes A Hit At Beleaguered Fannie, Freddie June 27, 2012 Mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have been vilified for their role in the housing collapse. Key employees have left as morale has plummeted. But the two organizations are key to the functioning of the U.S. housing market, leaving some observers concerned about the ongoing brain drain. Listen Loading… 8:29 Download Playlist
Economy Credit Rating Agency Moody's Downgrades 15 Banks June 22, 2012 Fifteen major banks were downgraded Thursday in a reflection of the slowing global economy and volatility in financial markets. In a sweeping move, Moody's cut the credit ratings of some of the world's largest financial institutions, including Bank of America, Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Listen Loading… 3:37 Download Playlist
The housing market is finally showing signs of a comeback, according to an annual study from Harvard. But, though mortgage interest rates are at record lows, banks are often too cautious to lend. Seth Perlman/AP hide caption itoggle caption Seth Perlman/AP Crisis In The Housing Market Will Credit Be The Spoiler In Housing Recovery? June 14, 2012 The housing market is finally showing signs of a comeback, according to an annual study from Harvard. Home prices have stopped falling in many areas, and buyers are growing more confident. But, though mortgage interest rates are at record lows, banks are often cautious to lend. Listen Loading… 3:47 Download Playlist


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The toolbox has been released. Currently looking for beta testers. |
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Can't wait for this launch! |
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With the TA Developer toolbox you can create and backtest trading strategies with a simple and easy to use graphical user interface (GUI). The toolbox integrates easily with other Matlab toolboxes. E.g. import data with the datafeed toolbox, analyze data with the statistics toolbox or create forecasting models with the neural network toolbox. Use more than 70 standard technical indicators to perform technical analysis of stock and futures data. All technical indicators can be easily applied per drag and drop. Perform backtests of trading algorithms on a portfolio of stocks (e.g. all S&P 500 constituents). You can focus on the trading strategy development and do not need to worry about writing backtesting code. |
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That's why in old cultures, in old civilizations - and they are still in existence - the older person is respected, because there is no way for the younger person to know more than the older person. The only way to know is experience, and experience comes with age - and you are respectful to the person who has more experience. The oldest person becomes the wise man because he has lived his whole life, and life has not been changing for centuries. It is just going on the same. So the wise man can suggest things to you which younger people cannot know. They have to be respectful.
It is in the contemporary century that a tremendous revolution has happened. It has created a new phenomenon: the younger generation. Because of the schools, colleges, and universities, these people have no responsibilities. The idea of child marriages is condemned, so they are not married. They don't have children. They don't have any jobs. Their parents have all the responsibility for their education. So up to twenty-five they are completely without responsibilities.
And this is the time when the mind is the most romantic, because this is the time - between fourteen to twenty-five - that they are the most sexual. Sexual energy makes them romantic, and their sexual energy makes them great idealists. Somebody becomes an anarchist, somebody becomes a communist, somebody starts thinking about utopias - how the world should be. And, moreover, when they come home after five years in the university, they cannot accept that the old people know more than they do.
Now a new dimension of knowing has opened - that is education. The older people may know much through experience, but the younger people have known a hundred times more through education. Hence, all over the world the respect for the old, for older people, has declined. It was resting on a certain foundation. That foundation has disappeared.
Now the latest knowledge is known by the younger person. The older person is carrying out-of-date ideas. And ideas are changing so fast, science is progressing so fast, that even professors have started feeling that they are no longer respected because whatever they know is almost out of date. When they passed through their universities it was the right thing; now twenty years have passed. In twenty years so much has changed that any intelligent student can beat them - about anything. The student just has to go to the university library and look in books which have been published about the subject during these twenty years.
When I was at university, I proposed to my vice-chancellor that at least once in a year there should be a debating competition between the teachers and the students.
He said, "What are you saying?"
I said, "When you can have a tennis competition between teachers and students, a volleyball match between students and teachers, what is wrong with my suggestion? In fact those are physical things; this is far closer to the work of a university - an intellectual competition. And it will help the whole university to know how backward their professors are.


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Four tufts of human hair found in the frozen ground of Greenland have yielded DNA from a man who lived 4,000 years ago. Scientists who analyzed the hair say this is the most complete reconstruction of ancient human DNA ever accomplished. And it reveals details not only of the man himself, but also where his people came from.
NPR's Christopher Joyce reports.
CHRISTOPHER JOYCE: The genetic snapshot of Inuk - that's what they're calling the 4,000-year-old man - almost didn't happen. Evolutionary biologist Eske Willerslev had gone to the Natural History Museum in Copenhagen asking for ancient human remains from the Arctic. They had some bones, but wouldn't part with them. So Willerslev went to northern Greenland to look for himself. He found nothing but ice and rock. Back at the museum, he met a scientist who said, wait a minute.
Professor ESKE WILLERSLEV (Evolutionary Biologist, University of Copenhagen): He said to me, well, I'm pretty sure, you know, there's some probably human hair in the basement of the national museum and was kind of 10 minute walk from where I'm living, we actually found the sample in the basement.
JOYCE: The hair had been collected in Greenland in the 1980s and forgotten. The hair contained DNA preserved by the cold, and very important, mostly free of contamination from bacterial and other foreign DNA. A team of scientists sequenced most of the chemical units in Inuk's DNA, and here's what they found.
Prof. WILLERSLEV: We can show, well, he was genetically adapted to cold temperatures. We can also show with a very high probability he had tendency to baldness, he had this blood type, you know, he had this skin color, et cetera.
JOYCE: Type A-positive blood to be exact, thick hair, brown eyes, dark skin and of the two types of earwax that humans inherit, Inuk had the dry kind - all this from hair.
Professor DAVID LAMBERT (Evolutionary Biologist, Griffiths University): Somebody would've told you 12 months ago, two years ago, certainly three years ago that this was impossible.
JOYCE: David Lambert is an evolutionary biologist at Griffiths University in Australia. He says superfast gene sequencing machines made the discovery possible.
Prof. LAMBERT: This is a remarkable feat, to say the least. And if you look at the people who did this work, it's quite a remarkable team as well.
JOYCE: What the scientists zoomed in on were single nucleotide polymorphisms. Yes, that's a mouthful. Just call them SNPs. They're tiny variations in the pattern of chemical units that make up DNA. Think of strings of multicolored beads with subtle variations from one string to the next. Brown-haired people have one set of beads; blonds, a different one. If you find a string and read its pattern, you know something about who was wearing it - the same with SNPs.
Willerslev says Inuk's SNPs reveal something else surprising: Inuk wasn't like the people now living in the North American and Greenland Arctic. His DNA closely matches people who now live in Siberia, thousands of miles to the West.
Prof. WILLERSLEV: It's most likely, you know, an independent migration that came into the New World Arctic around 5,500 years ago and it didn't really leave any present-day descendants in the New World.
JOYCE: Inuk's culture is called Saqqaq. Willerslev says his people must have crossed the Bering Strait from Siberia to North America and then to Greenland.
Willerslev says up till now, sequences of modern human DNA have revealed details of human evolution and migration, but that's just secondhand evidence of the past.
Prof. WILLERSLEV: And that's where I think ancient DNA becomes very powerful, because it gives you a direct look into the past.
JOYCE: The research appears in the journal Nature. Willerslev's next project at the University of Copenhagen: hair from 8,000-year-old South American mummies.
Christopher Joyce, NPR News.
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Monday, January 5, 2015
The Imitation Game
During World War II Enigma machines were used by Germany to send coded messages with attack details. These machines and their coding systems were viewed by many as being unbreakable. That all changed when Alan Turing and his colleagues developed a new machine that could decipher the code. These mathematicians and problem solvers are credited with shortening the war by two years, saving thousands of lives.
The Imitation Game is the story of Alan Turing and his colleagues. Benedict Cumberbatch is really fantastic in this complex role. Turing is depicted as a narcissistic genius with incredible focus but lacking in social skills. His life is shown to have been full of highs and lows, acceptance and rejection. "Sometimes it is the people no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine."
This is a solid movie with good performances by the entire cast including Kiera Knightley, Allen Leech (Branson from Downton Abbey), Matthew Goode, and Mark Strong. If you are a fan of historical fiction you will surely enjoy this movie. Although this is a drama, there is a surprising amount of humor throughout the film.
The Imitation Game is rated PG-13 for some sexual references, mature thematic material and historical smoking.
Sunday, January 4, 2015
Into the Woods
Into the Woods began its life as a musical written by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine. It premiered at the Old Globe theater in San Diego in 1986 and went on to Broadway in 1987. In 1988, Into the Woods was nominated for numerous Tony Awards and took home Best Book of a Musical, Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical (Joanna Gleason, who happens to be Monty Hall's daughter), and Best Musical Score. So, it's a musical. Get it?
The story blends the lives of characters from Cinderella, Rapunzel, Jack and the Beanstalk and Little Red Riding Hood. With that bit of backstory, you should know what you are getting into when you see Hollywood's version of Into the Woods. What you are not going to see is a movie for children based on adorable fairy tales. Heartache, oppression, deception, and death are major themes in these tales. Often times these themes are glossed over or overlooked entirely in Hollywood versions of these classic stories. That, to me, is tragic. Into the Woods delves into these darker themes in a most delightful way (to quote another great musical). Happily ever after often isn't all it's cracked up to be.
The music and lyrics are poignant, gripping, hilarious and sweet. The costumes are beautiful and the sets are vast and enchanting. The cast, oh my gosh the cast: Meryl Streep, Anna Kendrick, Emily Blunt, Christine Baranski, Tracey Ullman, Johnny Depp, and Chris Pine just to name a few. Overall, this movie is very well done and worth your time and money. I encourage you to see it in the theater where the big screen and high-end audio system add to its magnificence.
Into the Woods is rated PG for thematic elements, fantasy action and peril, and some suggestive material.
Friday, December 26, 2014
Staring Shainlene Woodley, Theo James (on a bright note, he is very handsome), Ashley Judd, Tony Goldwyn (the prez in Scandal, a show I can't stand), and Kate Winslet (in possibly the worst movie of her career).
Divergent is rated PG-13 for intense violence and action, thematic elements and some sensuality.
Friday, January 31, 2014
Blue Jasmine
I absolutely love this movie. Wow, I am completely surprised by how much I love this movie. Disclaimer: I am not a big fan of Woody Allen. I watched Blue Jasmine because I wanted to see Cate Blanchett's performance as she is the front runner to win the Oscar for Best Actress. I really expected to like Cate Blanchett despite the movie. I may have never been more wrong about a movie. I honestly can not understand how Blue Jasmine was not nominated in the Best Movie category.
Cate Blanchett's performance was flawless (and her wardrobe was unbelievable). The story was interesting. The characters were well developed. I mean, I really don't have anything bad to say about this movie. If every Woody Allen movie was like this one I would be on Team Allen (at least as a filmmaker...just sayin'). So, I'm interested to hear from Woody Allen fans. I know I am in the minority since most people love his films.
Sally Hawkins was nominated in the Best Supporting Actress category. While her performance was good, it was not a stand out to me. Its third and final nomination was for Best Original Screenplay (Woody Allen); it was a really interesting story.
You should see this movie, right now, tonight, that might be pushing it, maybe this weekend, oh wait, Super Bowl, maybe next week, you could watch it Saturday, unless you are planning your Super Bowl party, sorry to boss you around, just do what I tell you, go to Redbox.
Blue Jasmine is rated PG-13 for thematic material, language and sexual content.
Thursday, January 30, 2014
All Is Lost
All Is Lost reminded me of Gravity in so many ways. The big difference was that it wasn't good. Gosh, I really hate saying that. I am a big fan of Robert Redford and I really wanted to like this movie. I gave it my best shot, but it just kept falling short. It could also be compared to Cast Away and once again it just wasn't up to that standard.
I had heard people talk about Robert Redford getting snubbed by the Academy with only one Oscar nomination for Sound Editing. I don't think he was snubbed at all, I just don't the movie was as good as it should have been. If you read my review of Gravity you will see that I was impressed by how great the movie was considering its lack of back story. I will admit that there was some corny dialog in Gravity that I could have done without; sometimes less is more. So, this movie could have been the perfect balance for me but I didn't understand the character.
I just didn't get it. If you are going to do a movie with very little dialog there has to be a lot of emotion shown by the actor. Robert Redford had almost no emotion throughout the movie. If there was a back story of some sort perhaps we could understand how he did not flip out for the majority of his harrowing ordeal. It was hard to relate to his character. I honestly didn't care what happened to him at the end of the movie. Sorry, really I am.
All Is Lost is rated PG-13 for brief strong language.
Gravity 3D
You know that feeling when a movie is super hyped up from everyone you know, including the media? Gravity is, for sure, one of those movies; you hear how intense it is, how you will be at the edge of your seat, you won't take a deep breath until it's over, Sandra Bullock is incredible, blah, blah, blah. This is exactly the kind of hype that makes me want to absolutely hate a movie (that's just my upbeat attitude shining through like the morning sun). I regret to inform you that this movie rained on my downer parade and turned out to live up to the hype and be awesome, by the way.
After the movie was over I found that I had clinched my jaw and fists throughout the entire movie. Thanks for the TMJ, Gravity. I haven't seen the movie without 3D so I can't compare and contrast, but I highly recommend the 3D version. I don't usually find a need to pay the extra money to see a movie in 3D, but this one is an exception. Please go see this movie while it's in the theater and, for heaven's sake, pay the extra cash for 3D.
I am so glad that the movie starts and ends in the sweet spot. It is rare that a movie can succeed with very little back story. Usually when this happens you walk away from the movie feeling a little flat because you didn't care about any of the characters. The beauty of this movie is that the situation is so riveting that it doesn't really matter who the character is, you end up inserting yourself into the action and wondering how you would react (safe to say that I won't be looking for astronaut jobs on Craigslist any more).
Spoiler alert: this movie is not filmed in space. Ha, I know this seems obvious, but you will forget this fact during the movie. So, hats off to the real star of the movie, the green screen. Such an ambitious film. I am in awe of the incredibly talented people behind it.
If you are looking for a straight up fun time at the movies, go see Gravity. If you think you are having a bad day and want to feel better about your situation, go see Gravity. If you want to see a movie that does not require you to figure out any tricky plot twists, go see Gravity. If you want to relax, stay home.
Gravity is rated PG-13 for intense perilous sequences (understatement of the century), some disturbing images, and strong brief language.
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Captain Phillips
Pros :)
Nominated for six Academy Awards including best picture (longshot to say the least). Captain Phillips is well worth your time and money. Now available at a Redbox near you.
Rated PG-13 for sustained intense sequences of menace, some violence with bloody images, and for substance abuse.
- Intense action throughout most of the movie
- Tom Hanks is fantastic (but not nominated for an Oscar 2014)
- Casting call for Somalis in Minnesota
- Cinematography makes you feel like you are on board
- Filming on open sea as opposed to water tank paid off for film makers
- Goes on a bit too long
- You may want to rethink your dream job as cargo ship captain
- Controversy surrounding movie (in its defense, it is a movie, NOT a documentary)
Nominated for six Academy Awards including best picture (longshot to say the least). Captain Phillips is well worth your time and money. Now available at a Redbox near you.
Rated PG-13 for sustained intense sequences of menace, some violence with bloody images, and for substance abuse.
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EBP Procedures The EBP Procedures itemize the steps that members and FHLB Boston must follow to implement the Equity Builder Program and administer all transactions from the advance preparations for the annual funding round, receiving and reviewing applications, income calculations, enrollment, disbursements, and monitoring and other regulatory obligations. This is a useful reference for members.
EBP Online Application Manual EBP Enrollment/Disbursement Manual These manuals cover every step in the application, income calculation, enrollment, and disbursement processes. The EBP Online Application Manual reviews the entire application process and online screens, including the EBP Agreement. The EBP Enrollment/Disbursement Manual provides an overview and detailed step-by-step, screen-by-screen instructions for completing an income calculation and enrollment, and for requesting disbursement of EBP subsidy funds. EBP Application Round Training View Slides This presentation outlines the EBP application process and program requirements. It also introduces the home-buyer enrollment process.
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Twilight at Little Round Top: July 2, 1863--The Tide Turns at GettysburgTHE BATTLE OF LITTLE ROUND TOP AS IT HAS NEVER BEFORE SEEN-THROUGH THE EYES OF THE SOLDIERS WHO FOUGHT THERE "Here is the real story of the epic fight for Little Round Top, shorn of the mythology long obscuring this pivotal Gettysburg moment. A vivid and eloquent book." --Stephen W. Sears, author of Gettysburg "Little Round Top has become iconic in Civil War literature and American memory. In the emotional recollection of our great war, if there was one speck on the landscape that decided a battle and the future of a nation, then surely this was it. The story of the July 2, 1863 struggle for that hill outside Gettysburg goes deeper into our consciousness than that, however. The men who fought for it then and there believed it to be decisive, and that is why they died for it. Glenn W. LaFantasie's Twilight at Little Round Top addresses that epic struggle, how those warriors felt then and later, and their physical and emotional attachment to a piece of ground that linked them forever with their nation's fate. This is military and social history at its finest." --W.C. Davis, author of Lincoln's Men and An Honorable Defeat "Few military episodes of the Civil War have attracted as much attention as the struggle for Little Round Top on the second day of Gettysburg. This judicious and engaging book navigates confidently through a welter of contradictory testimony to present a splendid account of the action. It also places events on Little Round Top, which often are exaggerated, within the broader sweep of the battle. All readers interested in the battle of Gettysburg will read this book with enjoyment and profit." --Gary W. Gallagher, author of The Confederate War "In his beautifully written narrative, Glenn LaFantasie tells the story of the battle for Little Round Top from the perspective of the soldiers who fought and died in July 1863. Using well-chosen quotes from a wide variety of battle participants, TWILIGHT puts the reader in the midst of the fight--firing from behind boulders with members of the 4th Alabama, running up the hillside into battle with the men of the 140th New York, and watching in horror as far too many men die. This book offers an elegy to the courage of those men, a meditation on the meaning of war, and a cautionary tale about the sacrifices nations ask of their soldiers and the causes for which those sacrifices are needed." --Amy Kinsel, Winnrer of the 1993 Allan Nevins Prize for From These Honored Dead: Gettysburg in American Culture |
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Heard of the foolish manipulated by the Goebbels style propaganda of lies and lies until they are firmly embedded. This type of government only wants to remain in power and don't care about the lot of the people. Wake up to reality! Cuba in the 50's was number one in standard of living among Latin American Countries, now is a failed state, with a the spirit and morals of its people gone and the damage is irreversible. Who are you trying to fool? None other than the gullible.
Miguel Marmol said to Yanqui doodle:
"So, the link you shared with this forum is referred to an article of year 2003, when the situation was notably worse than now in the island......what has happened in the world in almost 7 years?"
If you are of the opinion that the situation has "notably improved" from 2003 to present, supply the documentation to support your claim.
Yanqui doodle,
Probably you read too much newspapers and you dont travel enough around the world, especially in countries you like to comment about.
So, the link you shared with this forum is referred to an article of year 2003, when the situation was notably worse than now in the island......what has happened in the world in almost 7 years?
Cuba the country capable of the biggest changes I have ever seen. I wish my country be able to evolve as much as I have seen Cuba changing in the last 15 years.
I appreciated this article of The Economist because, despite the magazine is not the best friend of socialist ideas, the content is really (and strangely) balanced...
Here is a little irony: I went to Havana and came across their original Stock Exchange. A stock exchange is probably the most iconic symbols of capitalism. So what did the communists do with the Stock Exchange? They turned it into a cafeteria!!! According to this article - that cafeteria is probably one of the more iconic symbols of their communist system.... and it is now doomed to failure??? … what a surprise.
Che's and Fidel's dream of converting Cubans into a "New Man" required good knowledge in Economics. Che was a doctor and Fidel a Lawyer, neither were trained economists they made it up as he went along. They failed horribly. They have an unbelievable history of human experiments 'based on communist' philosophy that have been one disaster after another. And one cover-up propaganda campaign after another.
Inspiration by Marx is so unfortunate - for all the great philosophical writing of Marx, Marx is an intellectual minor in comparison to giant size of Maynard Keynes. If only they had read Keynes maybe their world would have been enlightened.
They almost took their Utopian Communist dream to the world in their attempt at the "Second Revolution" with a distinct foreign policy to create peasant uprisings in Africa and South America. For all the Soviet military backing they failed horribly in Angola, and were halted by the South Africans (of all nations).
With a horrible economic drain from a lost war and no longer a Soviet backer, they fell into what is the greatest economic depression in history. Most governments would have fallen but the Castro brothers became brutal and remain brutal to this day.
Their last hope is that the USA drops the embargo so that Cuban Americans can send plenty of cash to relatives on the island and the Castros will then use the cash to prop up their brutal regime. Don't be mistaken, research the UN Human Rights Report on Cuba and you will see that they have over 49 known political prisoners. Yes over 49 Nelson Mandelas are in prison today.
If the USA ends the Embargo.... it is the Castro Brothers and their henchmen who will get the "free lunch" and even worse their propensity to export their philosophy is still endemic - ask any Venezuelan.
Let me be clear, at the outset, the market capitalism of Adam Smith has outclassed the Equity Communist Manifesto Model of Marx and Engels, as Leader's like Fiedel Castro,in Cuba, a maveric politico-military leader, has become fossilised himself bereft of innovative ideas, so is his NEW MAN THEORY for the community is DEAD.
Today, vast opportunity lies at the BOP, bottom of the pyramid model,2005,Prof.CK Prahlad,IIM,Ahmedabad,1962,MBA-PHD in Strategic Mgt.,educated and now teaching at University of Michigan USA that low price, high volume, high quality, goods and services, are going to stay.China's example is worth imitating except the human rights and human freedom and black market babies systemic failure of China.
So is Micro-Finance Doctrine.Yes.I agree, we need JOBLED NOT JOBLESS GROWTH?But how?
I agree that there is no free lunch,Prof Milton Friedman,USA,Monetarism,1976 Nobel Prize Winner, Economics postulated.
I believe in labour-capital-technology-Pvt.-Public Sector Partnership-PPP-LED and more than significant, isFREEDOM-GLASNOST-Openness as means to DEMOCRACY leading to free media,free speech,fundamental human,judicial,food security,defense security rights.
Creative Innovation market technology change is not dead,Economic Strategic Management,Marketing for masses, of products and services,jobled growth, must be Cuba's policy focus with food stock security.
Cuba must get on,going,with WINDS OF CHANGE and GLOBALIZATION, with 5-I's, Individual Consumer,International Business,Infrastructure,Industry & Investments are key focus areas to Cuba's Economic Growth but HUMAN FREEDOM,HUMAN CHOICE,Price Signals & HUMAN RIGHTS are sine quo non, for Cuban Development in 21st Century ICE/ICT Third Wave World.
This type of economy ( Cuban) is basically similar to an efficient animal farm. The animals are taken care, eat well ( better than in Cuba),need no money, but have no freedom. At least those animals do not crave for freedom as much as humans are expected to care . Cuban is the oldest dictatorship on earth. This part of the world shoud keep the Dictartoship , and use it as a turistic attraction - an excample of what communism leads too. Also turism in Latin America should include exposure to communists, a fossil species but that still remains in this unhappy part of the world.
Fishwrap, i enjoy the affirmation that Cuban Communism is a failure, Castro was at the end of it all a brutal dictator really no different than Bautista, and Raul is trying to play the pragmatists.
But Raul has zero personality, and eventually, all Cubans will figure out they have been duped. There will be a melting away of idealogue, and maybe even democracy will finds it way to the very many government halls of La Habana.
Not to say, that if there had never been a Castro, things would have been better, when we look at the rest of the Caribbean, we have no reason to think so...but now is the time for change.
Nice try for the Markist- BHO will give some of that a try in the US too, but for the most part the silly dreams of the Workers Paradise, and New Man were in the end just words, useless words kind of like a Fidel Castro speech. Oh sorry, turn in your stenciled tee shirts, Che was less relevant than even Fidel.
It is sad that after 50 years suffering and dispair the Cuban people are still living in extreme prro conditions. It is an insult that the Castro tughs are still in power. This is a country with no cojones at all or what? Cuba has to fallow the brave people of Hoonduras and fight for their freedom! Ths Castro brothers have to be austed! How is it possible that even though Chaves has poured billion of venezuelan US$ in aid and handouts these guys in Cuba are broke?! The situation only confirms that failure of the left to deliver better standards of living. Chavez and his ALBA boddies are full of it! Kikchner, Castro, ortega, Chávez, Correa, Morales and such are inept and corrupt leaders! Loosers.
Perhaps Michael Moore will produce a documentary about this workers' paradise some day.
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"Lifting the US embargo would also help. Without the embargo, Cuba would probably be much closer to a social democracy than it is now."
The US is currently one of Cuba's top five trading partners. Cuba buys a lot of agricultural and medical products from the US- cash on the barrelhead.If trade is such a panacea, then why hasn't all the trade with Canada and Europe improved matters in Cuba? just wondering.
If you Google "renaissance and decay," you will find the following article, which will give a good comparison between pre-1959 and post-1959 conditions. I make the assumption you want to know this.
Renaissance and Decay: A Comparison of Socioeconomic Indicators in Pre-Castro and Current-Day Cuba. Kirby Smith and Hugo Llorens.
The US embargo has only one major economic effect, the suppresion of US sex tourism. Anything that Cuba wishes to buy or sell is easily otherwise handled through the globalized economy.
About a fourth perhaps of the Cuban tourism industry is sex tourism. http://www.globalpolicy.org/component/content/article/211/44367.html
The end of the US embargo will have only one major effect, millions more US sex tourists arriving in Havana. There of course be other tourists, and other effects, but none on the scale of the benefits from greatly enhanced prostitution.
Interesting that Raul is depicted as the pragmatic one, when he was considered Moscow's during the revolution and in period up to and for a while after the Missile Crisis.
Bentoboy does have a point in that the UK at the behest of the US supported the Batista regime and shunned the new regime. However I doubt Latin America would have had a man on the moon by 1493 unless we are referring to a different calendar.
The arguments over whether it is the West's fault that Cuba is in such straits is as old as the revolution itself. The Eisenhower administration is accused of losing Cuba during Fidel's visit. The subsequent move towards the USSR and the sanctions are all seen as part of this diabolical US plot.
It is thus obviously not the fault of a group of indiviudals who used armed insurrection to over throw an unstable regime, then persecuted all who failed t participate in the New Man. Centralisation, repression and the use of King Sugar to prop up the regime's guerilla activities in Latin America are all it would seem to be laid at the feet of the evil imperialist west.
Obviously we have more control over the world and people's minds than we previously thought.
Although it is always a country's goal to improve and make positive changes, someone will always get hurt. I think this shows that society can't always keep the same goals, like how the US and Russia are attempting to renew a treaty after it expires. Even if this system has worked for many years, times are changing and it calls for new concepts. One approach to making improvements might be lifting the embargo, because the countries need to work together in order to make change. If one country goes bankrupt, it could hurt other countries around them, because in this world, the countries are all connected and can't really remain isolated. When trying to reform and make better changes, you have to keep in mind that someone will get hurt( in this case the lady selling pizza at her door) but you have to do what is in the best interest of the country, in the long run.
Please do not exagerated the ideology, it is matters about a created wall against Cuba, without that pressure try to image how big could Cuba be. There is alway another way so different to the bad one you propose.
"BentoBoy wrote: Fri, 2009-10-09 02:00 It's all the fault of the USA/Anglos who have conspired to keep Spanish speaking Latin America in poverty and anarchy."
Cant see any history of UK meddling in Latin America? Please give examples?
I am aware that Castro dispatched tens of thousands troops in support of Soviet-supported wars in Africa, particularly the MPLA in Angola and Mengistu Haile Mariam in Ethiopia though. Im sure the people in Africa did not appreciate his meddling!!!
I note a recent trend in Economist articles to quote people from the street. This is not the kind of quality journalism The Economist is known for. One can get any result, depending on who is being asked.
The "Hombre Nuevo" was a man that valued art and poetry over consumer goods and status symbols, that rather read The Economist and Nature than Agatha Christie and Hollywood tabloids. That placed higher value in the intellectual pleasure of learning rather than in spending of wealth on frivolous things, while barely understanding how he's really acquired said wealth.
In short, the new man was a man freed from the west's pathetic philosophy of futility, where ostentatious material excess hides abysmal intellectual poverty.
The Cuban revolution learned the hard way that this new man cannot be forced to be born out of government directives, especially not in poverty and in the face of the all-powerful global consumerist society.
The rest of us will have to keep looking, I guess.
The "Hombre Nuevo" was a man that valued art and poetry over consumer goods and status symbols, that rather read The Economist and Nature than Agatha Christie and Hollywood tabloids. That placed higher value in the intellectual pleasure of learning rather than in spending of wealth on frivolous things, while barely understanding how he's really acquired said wealth.
In short, the new man was a man freed from the west's pathetic philosophy of futility, where ostentatious material excess hides abysmal intellectual poverty.
The Cuban revolution learned the hard way that this new man cannot be forced to be born out of government directives, especially not in poverty and in the face of and the all-powerful global consumerist society.
The rest of us will have to keep looking, I guess.
It's all the fault of the USA/Anglos who have conspired to keep Spanish speaking Latin America in poverty and anarchy.
If not for USA/Anglo interference in the region, Spanish speaking Latin America would have sent a man to Mars by 1493 at the absolute latest.
What we must always remember is that when some leader starts to speak about creating the famous "NEW MAN", its about time to look for new horizons, because the NEW MAN usually is a dead one. Camboya, URSS ,Mao´s China, Cuba etc.
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you can destroy buildings only with orckets, missiles, bombs. to pause the game, just go to shop or click on the menu button.. thx for remarks.
Ok, I *think* I have fixed it now (the Kongregate version of the game locked up my IE too, but I was able to see the ending with the new version I just uploaded). Computers is hard. D:
Alas, I just tried the same party configuration and got to see the glorious ending. I will keep trying to track down the problem though...incidentally what browser are you using? I very much doubt it makes a difference, but who can say? (Failing all else I could upload the inspiring final cutscene to youtube =P)
Strange bug! I'll try it with that combination and an unconscious hero on the last level. Sorry you haven't been able to see the glorious ending :( I'll definitely try to think of some ways to make the people you can hire in town more interesting, if I get a chance to do an updated version. =)
I've been trying approach after approach, but regrettably I cannot add this functionaliy. The core architecture of the portal screen has, in hindight, a huge flaw in it. That flaw prevents any knd of sorting or filtering off of "Win Status". Sorry dragon_of_celts. If I think of a workaround in the future i'll add it but for were out of luck.


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On Friday 19 February 2010, to raise much-needed funds to support Richard House Children's Hospice in Beckton, staff from London City Airport "went red".
Staff from a range of the 61 companies on-site at London City Airport sported red clothing, accessories, shoes and socks and each donated £2 for participating, raising over £500 for Richard House Children's Hospice, the airport's chosen charity since 1995.
In order that airport staff in uniform were able to participate, the London City Airport Community Team sourced and sold high-visibility red armbands, for which customer services, ramp services engineering and other staff were able to donate £2 for the privilege of wearing.
London City Airport has supported Richard House Children's Hospice, which offers support to families who have children with life-threatening or complex healthcare needs between the ages of 0 and 19, for fifteen years. Fundraising projects including the airport Fun Day, staff raffles and fundraising evenings, donations and support for the annual Richard House Ball have helped the airport become one of the top five corporate donors to the Hospice since opening.
Sharon Lee, Ramp Services Administrator, lives nearby the Hospice in Custom House and said "there are many staff on the ramp who want to support local charities and this is a great way of doing so, making the team feel that their contribution is worthwhile".
Viv Talbot, Community Fundraising Manager for Richard House said "Once again the staff at London City Airport have excelled in their fundraising efforts with Go Red. £500 is a fantastic amount to raise and will fully fund a complete day of care at Richard House for a child. As Kimberly, one of our young people explains: "The only time I get out is when I can come to Richard House - which is really good. I love it. It's the best. It's so cool, everyone's so nice and I get to go out and have a normal life."
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Schoolhouse Pizza Quincy - Closed? It reopened in early 2013, have you been back? |
good source for muesli (at a fair price!) I like Bob's Red Mill - I'm sure they have a web site that you could find some place close to you that sells their line. |
Chowdown Report: Ming Kee in San Francisco That sounds like a terrific event - while I read it, I wondered if I had ever had goose, don't think so. Happy belated birthday! We have the pizzeria open - come visit if you are ever in the Boston area. |
Searching for recipe from Dini's Sea Grill Tadich Grill, in San Francisco, uses mashed potatoes as a big part of their tartar sauce. Does this sound like it might be a possibility? If so, you could try googling copy cat Tadich tartar recipes. I don't think they have ever published it themselves. Sure is good though - I have been known to eat it on their bread. |
Gave my older sister the choices and she chose Fox and Hound. It was ok. On the buffet was a selection of baked goods (untoasted mini bagels, cinnamon rolls, mini Danish) none that appeared made there. Cantaloupe, honeydew, strawberries, grapes. Chafers held scrambled eggs, link sausage, bacon, French toast, there was a green salad and for non breakfast, sliced roast pork with gravy, mashed potatoes, vegetables and a waaaay overcooked rigatoni with vegetables and cream sauce. Desserts were glasses of apple crisp, bread pudding and tapioca. It was cheap ($12.95 per) mediocre food, a nice room, great parking and poor service. We all ate way to much bacon. And the new boyfriend passed the audition - I appreciate the recs for China Pearl and will be there soon. I will be more chowish after this start - thanks for the suggestions. BTW, the best of Quincy thread has been very helpful! |
Doesn't have to be a buffet at all - usually I avoid them but this is an occasion to present a new boyfriend to 3 sisters, so needs to be quiet. Have you been to Remick's for breakfast? I am new to the area but reports seem to indicate a downward slide. Thanks for the Inn rec., it looks great. |
Looking for a place with great food (naturally) but also comfortable for a group of 8, god parking and not to Loud. Fox and Hound looks great for atmosphere but a lone Yelp post on brunch buffet was very disappointing. Tips appreciated, not only on places but specific menu items. Thanks - |
What Bay Area French restaurant is comparable to this D.C. restaurant, please? Their sole with crab stuffing is great when they have that. So are the quenelles. For less rich options, the Nicoise is good and the burger is first rate. The bouliabasse has a red pepper rouille but other than that, I don't remember anything with a lot of red bell pepper - overall, I really like almost everything I have ever had there. Seems like time for a return visit! |
Miller's East Coast Deli 2nd location coming 12/19/11 - San Rafael's Montecito Shopping Center I have been a couple of times and was pleased. I'm stuck on the something Buddha sandwich - happy, laughing? The matzoh ball chicken soup is good too. |
In dire need of an East Coast Jewish Deli! I picked up a sandwich at the Millers in San Rafael and thought it was pretty good. It was the Buddha - chopped chicken liver, pastrami, Russian dressing, red onion, lettuce and tomato on marble rye. I subbed corned beef for the pastrami. If they had toasted the bread and included the tomato, I would have been even happier. Big sandwich (and big price, about $12.50) came with a good light sour pickle tasting of clove and some average mac salad. I'll go back - ----- |
Please check my list for upcoming visit In Marin, I like the Buckeye in Mill Valley (liver, ribs, brisket, oysers bingo all excellent), Poggio has good food and a beautiful interior - nice walking area for after dinner. For lunch, Fish is good and more expensive than you realize until you hear the total. It used to be cash only, not sure if that is still the case. If Le Garage is open and the weather is nice that would be enjoyable. Sushi Ran is very good and seems more reasonable for lunches although the menu is basically the same. Going north a little bit to Corte Madera / Larkspur, Brick and Bottle has a good happy hour and Monday burger and beer special. Left Bank is variable quality although I have heard better comments recently. ----- Sushi Ran Le Garage Madera Brick and Bottle |
This may be a strange spot but I like the ones inside the at the Coliseum swap meet. Actually, I think most of the food there is good - definitly an uphill path over the last few years. |
Peanut butter, mayo and bread and butter pickles. In a pinch, my husband will eat them with pickle relish instead. |
Not as good as it used to be. The oxtails were roasted with a thin gravy swished over them. Good, but not enough to return for. Portion seemed small as well. The greens were good too, chopped fine, a little flat. Yams sweet as candy but good scooped on the corn muffins. The deep fried porkchops were not worth the health dangers. Thin and the batter tasted slightly fishy, likely from shared oil. Too bad - for the first time, we actually had good service! 2 dinners with sides, 1 soda, about $33. ----- |
I plan on going to Nellie's in Oakland today for their Wednesday daily special of oxtails. I haven't been in a few months and haven't read any reports. Still the same - good main course items, mediocre sides and usually slow service? Uphill, downhill? |
I remember Boote |
The MB soup is good there but I really like the sweet and sour brisket soup, which I think they call Russian Cabbage Soup on the menu. For the Matzoh balls, I like the texture and how they are evenly cooked even when so large. I wish there was more chicken flavor in the broth and less "spent" chicken. As I recall, you only get one in the small size and two in the large. |
Condolences to family and friends of "Chuy" Campos owner of Otaez restaurants in the Eastbay Just an awful thing to happen, and for what appears to be so small of a reason. From what I read, he was a driving force for area businesses and will be missed in many ways, by many people. |
Where's the best Thai food in Marin? I have only gotten food to go but the tiny Bay Thai on Fourth Street in San Rafael is good. And cheap - my usual #13 Thai curry noodle (rice noodle in red curry with prawns, coconut milk, bamboo shoots, sweet basil, chili and baby corn) is a whopping $7.50 and is usually enough for 2 meals, especially if I remember to get a side of rice for day 2. Cash only. |
The Next Great Restaurant 3/27- -Spoiler Alert I have picked the Indian concept to win from the first. Although I am not generally a fan of Indian food, I think it's appeal could be widespread, not just in large markets but in mid markets, especially college towns. Since it is friendly to vegetararians and low in proteins, I would think running a reasonable Cost of Goods would be easier than say - grilled cheese sandwiches. I was sorry they made him change the name - I thought Tiffin Box was a great name and neatly captured the cuisine, the takeout aspect and was memorable. Even Tiffin would have been good - I can't even remember the generic title he is using now. |
Who's familiar with old San Francisco restaurants? Regarding LaBouc, I remember going to the one in Alameda once. I loved the fish soup and when I wanted to take some with me, they poured it into an empty clean wine bottle. |
We had one of those we used on camping trips. Buttered bread on either side, canned cherry pie filling, toasted until browned and crispy. I'm surprised we survived without facial scars from boiling hot cherry gloop. Same with the electric frying pan of oil in the dining room when it was taco night. All right mom - 5 kids! No scars! |
Central Vegetarian in Alameda - thoughts? Going tonight with 2 vegans, 2 vegetarians and 2 omnivores. I would welcome some comments on must haves or avoids. Rates highly on Yelp so I am hoping to get some positive Hounds thoughts. Looking at the menu, I think the sesame tofu looks good, as does the black bean vegetables. I have never tried meat substitutes so have no thoughts there. One yelper mentions a msg-y after taste. Any comments on noodle dishes or appetizers? Thanks. I am looking forward to a new wrinkle to my usual dining choices. |
Best female chefs around the globe? In the US, female chefs that I think are well known and regarded: |
Marin taco trucks y mas - La Pablanita in downtown San Rafael? I tried the truck that comes up to the dump in San Rafael behind Wendy's about a year ago and was not impressed. I recently saw another one parked outside the Smart and Final in San Rafael, again near Wendy's, but by the time I did my shop it had packed up and gone. That was about 10:30 am and the one and only time I have seen it. I'm always eager to try them so if anyone has a schedule, please post it, thanks. |
One of my earliest jobs was at the Putsch's cafeteria at 83rd and Mission. I have many fond memories of my time there - and some are even about the food! I also worked for EBT, which had its roots with Myron Green. Gosh, that was a long time ago... |
Lap Cheong (aka Chinese Sausages) I love them sliced thin, sauteed briefly with sliced green onion and then scrambled with eggs. |
I like Fiorella's out of Kansas City. I get a little peeved that the packages have sauce, hats, or rubs included but recently they have added a design your own package. Shipping is very expensive and overall I almost don't think it is worth it - and then I eat some and I forgive them. The beans are first rate, as are the ribs. I don't think the prime rib bones are worth the premium. |
I'm looking for a procedure to be able to serve just baked warm cookies as a dessert in a restaurant without baking dough from scratch for each order. A plate that takes 4 to 5 minutes to finish rather than 12 to 14 is a lot different in restaurant kitchen time. I want a tender middle, crisp edges and warm enough so that chocolate is melty but not molten. Since it has egg in the dough I need to be able to have it cook enough to be safe until finished but not baked so much that I am reheating (and overbaking) a fully cooked cookie. |
Good idea about the freezing, I didn't think about that. I would expect that if we bake them from frozen it would only add a minute or so to the baking time. Thanks for the idea! |


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