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Plagued by several severe childhood illnesses, Larry Parks was inspired by the example of his doctors to study medicine at the University of Illinois. But before graduating, Parks had decided to become an actor. He headed for New York, where he ushered at various theaters and movie houses before joining the Group Theater. He signed a movie contract with Columbia Pictures in 1941, appearing in "B"s and bits until selected to play the title role in the big-budget The Jolson Story. Parks was coached in the role by Al Jolson himself, whose singing voice was heard throughout the film (reportedly, this association was a pleasant one until Jolson, incensed that Columbia had not asked him to star in his own biopic, viciously turned on Parks and treated him atrociously). With the exceptions of Jolson Story and its 1949 follow-up, Jolson Sings Again, most of Parks' starring vehicles were easily forgettable. As a result of his brief association with the Communist Party, Parks was ordered by the HUAC to testify in its loyalty hearing in 1951. Though he publicly begged not to be forced to turn stool pigeon by identifying his fellow "Reds" in the movie industry, Parks ended up being strongarmed into doing just that. If he had harbored any hopes that his testimony would save his own career, those hopes were dashed when Parks was dropped by Columbia and unofficially blacklisted from films for ten years. He supported himself during these dark days by appearing in musical stage productions with his wife, actress Betty Garrett. In 1962, the ban was lifted on Larry Parks, and he made his movie comeback in John Huston's Freud; it proved to be his last film.
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Tonight I'm thinking about how a lot for me has changed. Not having anything to do this week kind of hit me like a ton of bricks. I lack the connection that I felt I used to have. A lot of things have changed for me, and that's why this lack of plans has overwhelmed me so much.
Every week, I meet up with a bible study that Steve Hemphill introduced me to. While I enjoy talking with them and having bible study mostly once a week, I'm sad that I haven't noticed a personal connection with many people outside that weekly meeting. I'm really sad that I don't have a job right now, not many close friends, and not much to do. I realize that a lot has changed for me now, and I'm trying to accept those changes.
That's all. I guess I don't have much to say other than me noticing them.

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Richard has 30 years experience in High Performance Sport. This includes multiple visits to olympics as both an athlete and a coach. Now as manager for the Knowledge Edge for Tokyo he is in a position that could make the difference between medals and not. How does he find the messages of value in big data, to track the country's performance story and uncover accelerators for learning and winning.


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Building Resilient, High-Scale Services in Windows Azure
Building Resilient, High-Scale Services in Windows Azure
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Learn how to migrate and modernize stateless applications and run them in a Kubernetes cluster.
I seem to be always looking for information about building resilient, high-scale services in Windows Azure. Over the last year a number of individuals and teams at Microsoft have done us all a great service by documenting their experiences in this area.
Failsafe Initiative
The Windows Azure CAT team and MCS has created a Failsafe Initiative to provide guidance on building resilient and scalable cloud services.
Marc Mercuri (@marcmercuri), Ulrich Homann, and Andrew Townhill wrote a whitepaper on Failsafe: Guidance for Resilient Cloud Architectures.
Marc Mercuri, Ulrich Homann and Mark Simms (@mabsimms) have produced an extensive online training course available on Channel 9: Failsafe: Building Scalable, Resilient Cloud Services.
Best Practices
Mark Simms and Michael Thomassy have written an extensive whitepaper on Best Practices for the Design of Large-Scale Services on Windows Azure Cloud Services
A Microsoft team created a poster on Scaling Applications Using Windows Azure Cloud Services that provides a nice visual overview of the material in this whitepaper. (Thanks to Rob Boucher for the link.)
Mark Simms and Simon Davies did a two-part presentation on Building Big: Lessons Learned from Windows Azure Customers at Build 2012:
Part 1: http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2012/3-029
Part 2: http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2012/3-030
Mark Simms did a session on Resilient Cloud Apps at the Patterns and Practices Symposium.
Scalability Units
Clemens Vasters (@clemensv) has posted, to his Subscribe video blog, a presentation on using scalability units for Windows Azure deployments to make them more scalable.
Trustworthy Computing
A team from various groups at Microsoft, centered on the Microsoft Trustworthy Computing group, has produced a whitepaper on Developing Highly Available and Secure Cloud Solutions.
SQL Server and Windows Azure SQL Database
Conor Cunningham, Tobias Ternström, Silvano Coriani, Ewan Fairweather posted a whitepaper on Windows Azure SQL Database and SQL Server -- Performance and Scalability Compared and Contrasted.
The SQL Server CAT team has published a Performance Guidance for SQL Server in Windows Azure Virtual Machines whitepaper .
The Windows Azure CAT team has developed the Cloud Service Fundamentals in Windows Azure sample to demonstrate how to scale-out Windows Azure applications.
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by Tom Brennan,
One of the most ignored realities of Israel's existence in face of incredible odds is the absolute intent of Iran to destroy the nation. Recently a "Doomsday Clock" set for Israel's obliteration was dedicated in the Islamic Republic of Iran. As usual, the "drive-by" media ignored this latent threat and continues to partner in the task of destabilizing the Trump Administration, accusing Israel of every thing possible and promoting Islam as a religion of peace. Here is one No weapon forged against you will prevail".
Israel's miraculous victories in its constant battle for survival have confused, mystified and amazed military specialists for years. A story told about the US Army War College states that someone asked why Israel's IDF campaigns are not taught as a part of the curriculum (along with Napoleon, Sun Tzu and Gettysburg). The answer has been cited as on paper the victories of Israel against overwhelming odds, numbers and equipment are impossible. No one dares mention miraculous or God-moved.
Today as the new Trump administration renews the almost lost relationship with Israel and Israel wisely forms cautious alignments in Asia and the Gulf States, the Gog and Magog of the UN and UNESCO still treats the 8.2 million Israelis as aggressors and occupiers of the Land given by God alone to the Chosen People. What has become an irrelevant debating society of 3rd world nations seems to make statements and declarations about the Temple Mount and Hebron that defy reason, legitimate archaeological data and the Word of God; and the media eats it up.
The Islamic Republic of Iran is a republic by definition only. The Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei has final say in all decisions; the newly re-elected President is much of a spokesman or figurehead. The Iranian Republican Guard Corps serves as the military arm of the Supreme Leader and has its hands in every financial endeavor in the country. The aggressive moves in the Persian Gulf against the US Navy, the missile development ongoing, the secret cooperation and joint development of nuclear warheads with North Korea all support the "Death to America" and "Death to Israel" rhetoric.
At the core of Iran's motivation is a clause in the Constitution of the nation that declares the state to be the sole guardian of true Islam until the 12 Imam, The Mahdi is revealed. The Mahdi has many of the attributes of the Anti-Christ and it is in the dedicated interest of the Iranian regime to bring about his arrival. Islam will force the world to submit or face death. All the tolerance, treaties and agreements, and accusations of "Islamophobia" will not deter this.
As it was in Belshazzar's palace, the "writing's on the wall". Iran has openly declared its intention to destroy Israel and America. But like enemies before, they will fail. Maybe this time the learned professors at the US Army War College will finally include a study on the Wars and victories of Israel.Share this page with your friends
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What is the content of omega3, omega6, omega9 in chia seeds?
Hi Monsie,
Thank you for asking this question.
The amount will vary from crop to crop but here's the average using a 28 g or 1 oz serving.
Omega 3  5.3 g per oz
Omega 6  1.7 g per oz
Omega 9  0.6 g per oz
These are weight ounces (like in pounds), not volume ounces (like a tablespoon or a cup).
You can easily convert this to approximately two tablespoons. I've weighed two tablespoons of chia on my kitchen scale and it comes pretty close to being equal to one weight ounce (not enough variance to make a significant difference).
This means that the chia seeds I weighed - one ounce is pretty close to being equal to one volume ounce which is two tablespoons.
The above figures are calculated based on an analysis done from a variety of sources. The information is based on an analysis using 100 grams of chia, not 28 grams as in my example. You can see the full analysis at the AZChia website.
Once there, just go to the "home" page (top left menu) and then in the search box (top right of the screen), search for "omega composition - detailed analysis" - you'll find a lot more information as well.
If you have more questions, just let me know.
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Has anyone here had an experience with seeing a ghost?
I mean, where you unequivocally saw one?
Has anyone here had an experience with seeing a ghost?
I mean, where you unequivocally saw one?
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How did it feel being ghosted?
No but you do remind me that koalas can be your descendants.
You gotta throw some rocks at 'em!
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Been years seeing an old man and a kid staring at me next to my bed, not quite believing about ghosts... but goddamn that thing made me wake up screaming and trying to punch them more than once lol. Moved the bed next to the wall removing the gap they were used to pop and never saw them again.
Other than that... stuff like lights going on without anyone touching it (and back then it was a switch you had to lift up) and not ghost related but fucking weird was while going out with a couple of friends... one of them suddenly said to the other friend "dude, I think your bird is dead" (pet)... when going back to home that friend found out the bird dead.
Family related... only 2 things I remember from what they told me, when I was a kid we lived on a different home and we moved because seems my sister started seeing a woman at nights when she was around 18 and my mother freaked out because she really believes in such things.
Second thing is at an aunt's home, my cousin's pet died recently and my aunt heard him crying and saying things about the dead pet. My aunt went to comfort him and he was like "what are you doing? I wasn't doing anything"
gotta stone em' like you're at the royal stadium of riyadh.
Nobody has ever had a ghost experience because ghosts aren't fucking real.
Many years ago I woke up one night around 4 a.m. I felt the presence of something in the room. Everything was silent, but then I heard this sound coming from above my bed. It was a dragging sound, like someone pulling a sack of potatoes. I thought, someone is up there for sure. There is no way an animal could make that sound. After five minutes, I managed to work up the courage to turn on the light and walk to the bathroom.
The dragging sound had stopped. But I heard something else�whispering. The sound was clear and coming from the attic. It sounded like children�s voices, and I could hear one sentence repeated over and over: "It�s your turn � It�s your turn �"
How's my story thus far?
Ghost experiences. lol
What a load of tosh.
Sometimes I make a forum post, and it disappears.
There a Ghost in this machine.
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I have sleep paralysis, maybe 8-10 times a year. Once I wake up I can instantly tell that aliens, ghosts, fires, etc. were not actually in my room. But a month or so ago I had a pretty weird experience... I woke up because I felt the sensation of someone sitting at the foot of my bed. I was too tired to do anything about it, but the weird thing is that with sleep paralysis, it's usually a situation where I can see stuff, but can't move or feel anything. With this, I specifically felt the foot of my bed depressing...
I don't know if I believe in ghosts. I've had a small handfuls of experiences, but I don't believe in an afterlife. Maybe some Carl Jung stuff, though.
Seen ghosts before, a few times with multiple people seeing them also. I lived in a house that was haunted for a time. People think it would be fun to live or sleep in a haunted place, but it gets old real quick. It is mostly because you can't do anything about it. I've slept in a haunted place once before that also.
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Let's see. About 12-13 years ago I dicked around with opening the 3rd eye. One particular time I was staring in the bathroom mirror trying to see my aura when standing in the doorway was a cloaked spirit just staring at me. I had to keep my eye locked in place to see it. I stood there looking at him for 7 seconds then once I moved my eye it was gone.
In 2014 I think I woke up and saw him again staring at me by the foot of my bed while I just woke up. I took a swipe at it and it was gone. 10 minutes later I had a heart attack scare.
Had some other stuff like my dad's place being haunted (Mostly dicked with the lights. It was fun you could tell it to turn on or off lights and it would.), but straight up seeing one that's pretty much it.
Yeah now I'm old enough to know better I find it hard to believe in ghosts as in the spirits of the dead roaming around. But I have had a fair share of things happen that would qualify and I can't explain off so easily.
I concur with maybe something Jungean going on
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What he said about John Dee and the black mirror, the Eleunesian mysteries and his theory about the evolution of man and how it was affected by the consumption of hallucinogenic mushrooms is entertaining at the very least.
He's a hippie, or was.
Igs waz here
I actually went to Eleusis last year, as well as Mount Parnassus where the Oracle used to hang. Absolutely beautiful places.
Igs waz here
i have a few stories about ghosts, but i'll explain the two most interesting ones.
when i was around 19 and living in yorkshire, i was lying in bed trying to get to sleep around 2 am in the morning, i heard the voices of two girls coming directly from my cupboard. one voice said "look that's him" and the other said "shoosh, he'll hear us".
i've been living in that house for years before and after that event and never came across anything like that before or after.
and now the other story involves my sister and is a little more interesting. when my sister was in her first year of uni, she and her friend was renting out an apartment. about four months in, one morning she arrived home saying how she's never going to go back to that house because she saw a ghost.
she told us that she woke up from her sleep just for a moment to shuffle around on to her other side when she saw a figure in her room who she thought was her flatmate just there to borrow something. so she called out her name and asked if she needed anything. but then she realised that this person in her room was someone with long dark hair where as her friend had short blonde hair. she said at that moment she thought some one had broke in and she was in danger, but this person just stepped backwards and vanished into fin air.
me and my mum tried to convince her for a whole week that it was just her imagination and it must of been something she had eaten before she when to bed. and we finally some what convinced her to go back.
i personally could go as far as saying that there is absolutely no such thing as ghosts because it doesn't make sense in every way you look at it and is very non scientific. but i do believe experiences do happen in that our minds do play tricks on us and we do see and hear things that aren't really there.
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Sunday, February 10
Becoming more human
I think my personality is changing and I don't like what is going on…
True. I feel like I had undergone at least five major personality changes in my lifetime, and it is probably a common phenomenon… But gees why can't I just stay the same… I guess as we go through life things that affect us change or mold us in some way I cannot pinpoint all (but I can a few) the things that have caused a dent in my frame.
Of all, there are two major things I am not liking so far and it is
1. Caring too much. By this, I don't mean being nice but rather caring about what people think, if they like me or if I am hated by a person. This is something I never really cared about…. it's quite sad and depressing when I brood over it I need this feeling to go because it's keeping my spirit down
2. Keeping things to myself I love to speak my mind but I have been filtering and holding back a lot of stuff just because of people's reactions and actions towards me. I don't think I hate this one as much though
3. Seeking attention. OK, I detest this with a passion….like why? I feel like I am walking backward in mentality with this one
4. Bringing the emotional walls back up. I am extremely ok with this one because in order for me to mentally stable my personal relationships are gonna be gauged, and tested. I tried opening up once…big fail.
IDK I think I need to pray especially about the negatives I like my personality and a few modifications are not that bad as long as they are positive…
however, I feel like 2 and 4'would go.
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This blog entry comes to you straight from the "comfort" of my top bunk where I have spent the last five days in a pretty dazed state. What started as a mild stomach bug in Kathmandu nine days ago, has progressed to the point where I had no choice but to venture to the makeshift clinic in town yesterday for some advice. Turns out I have Giardia, a nasty little parasite. I am going to spare you the details, but suffice to say this has not been the most fun I have had in a while, and I am currently tripping on some very strong medication. I have been out of action work wise for the whole week, and have found this unbelievably frustrating to deal with, because I am simply not in Nepal to be sick, but to work and improve lives. I complained about this to my friend, who in her infinite wisdom replied that I have already helped many lives change, including my own. And that made me remember again just how lucky I am to have already had such life changing experiences, in addition to adding some value for others. Besides, getting some form of stomach related illness has almost become a rites of passage to Nepal. I feel as though I have earned my stripes! Now let's hope it clears sooner rather than later so that I can get back to the rocks and dirt I have grown to love so much.
Since I last blogged, I have joined one of the mobile teams for a week at a school rebuild site, called Jalpa Yuwa. This was without a doubt the best week since I have been on project. We have a mobile base set up with tents, outside showers and toilets built with bamboo and tarpaulin on a rice paddy at the top of a mountain. 360 views of more beautiful mountains were my office view for a week. (I am pretty sure that a Nepalese person would describe these as hills rather, but for me they are pretty magnificent mountains.)
We arrived to this base on the back of a truck, which was a dusty, bumpy, crazy experience, and there were more than a few times I silently thanked the dhal bat padding I have gained for soft(er) landings. I saw the most spectacular sunsets which no amount of words or pictures will be able to do justice. The school rebuild is taking place in partnership with a local organisation called Room to Read, working on retrofitting and building schools. On Thursday we mixed and poured concrete all day. It was good to do something construction related. We work right next to the temporary school and the kids entertain us throughout the day (and we them, I am sure).
The small village at Jalpa have embraced us and welcomed us into their community. Here too, the generosity that is shown to us is unlike anything I have ever experienced. On our last night, Sunita, the local lady who cooks our dinners, arranged a party for us. She laid on a buffet dinner in front of her corrugated iron house and we had the entire village watch us eat this feast. As soon as we all had more than our fair share, the music started and we had the best time dancing the night away. I have never experienced so much love and happiness in such simple surroundings. It rates as one of the best nights of my life.
The next morning we were heading back to our Nuwakot base, and had to walk down the mountain to meet our van in town, as it could not make the drive up to base on the damaged roads. After having walked down, my mind is somewhat blown as to how we got up there in the truck in the first place.
Last Monday the entire Nuwakot base trekked en masse to Kathmandu to celebrate Holi, the Hindu spring festival of colour. I was also due my break after Holi, so had an entire week of downtime to look forward to. To celebrate Holi in Nepal is as authentic as it gets, and it did not disappoint. Everywhere you walk people rub paint on your face, hair, clothes and arms. Water guns and buckets of water tipped from balconies above also make for a fun mess. We walked to Durbar square where a massive party was underway. It was a sight to see, the colour crazy literally everywhere I looked! I have never had as many people touch my face as during this one day, everyone saying sincerely "Happy Holi" as they added yet another colour to the layers and layers of paint already on me. It was a weird and wonderful experience.
After Holi, my friends Emma, Ellie and I spent another day in Kathmandu just relaxing, before setting off for two days to Nagarkot. This area of Nepal is about 20km from Kathmandu and is famous for its views of the Himalayas, especially at sunrise. After a four hour trip including three local buses, and an ascent of about 1,200m during which I was standing the entire way, we got to Nagarkot and checked in to the Mount Paradise Hotel. It's a good thing that relaxing was high on our agenda, because that is all we ended up doing for the next 48 hours. Sadly not because we had much choice.
The three of us were all down with this bug, and pretty much slept and slept and then slept a bit more. Having heard about the famous, breathtaking views, we did however plan to at least make the trip to see this. So on our last morning we got up at 5am, walked 3km to the viewpoint, saw absolutely nothing due to the smog and haze, nearly dehydrated on our way, walked 3km back to the hotel, slept some more and then traveled back to Kathmandu. And ever since then I have been woman down with this little parasite. Today I am finally feeling so much better and I am hopeful that the end is in sight and that I will get back to rubbling next week. One of our previous beneficiaries invited us to lunch tomorrow, it will be good to go and spend some time with them.
When I first got to Nepal, I kept thinking to myself that signing up for two and a half months was maybe a little bit ambitious. Now I just desperately want time to go slower. I am getting so anxious about leaving this country, this organisation, these friends I made and of course the daily dhal bat. It's been nothing but a privilege.


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This September 11th will mark the 11th anniversary of one of the most devastating attacks on American soil. The 9/11 attacks by terrorists ran two fully loaded and manned passenger aircraft into the two main World Trade Center Buildings. Causing their collapse and the resulting damage spread to other buildings as well.
A total of 2752 people lost their lives that day, including hundreds of rescue workers rushing to save civilians.
This Sept 8th, at 1:00 PM, we're going to talk about the facts of that day as well as some of the more popular conspiracy theories about it.
Come and join us for lively discussion, drinks, dinner and debate! This is a good event for Skeptics of Michigan to come together and discuss local, national, worldwide items affecting skeptics. All are welcome to listen and participate.
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Maybe like me, you've been feeling a bit ...uneasy about that Afghanistan case. You know, the one involving the British Royal Marines. Where there's several Marines in a field with this Taliban fighter who's seriously wounded. And they think about letting him live, only it seems such a bother. And then one of the Marines has an idea: "I'll put one in his head, if you like". But he's told that'd be no good: "No, not in his head, because that'll be fucking obvious". So instead the second Marine shoots the Taliban fighter in the chest and kills him. And says "There you are. Shuffle off this mortal coil, you cunt." And then he tells his mates: "Obviously this doesn't go anywhere, fellahs. I just broke the Geneva Convention." Remember it now? You were uneasy too?
Well don't worry. It's a total one-off. An historical one-off. We have the word of General Sir Mike Jackson, GCB, CBE, DSO, DL. And he knows about these things because he was present and active in Derry on Bloody Sunday.
Maj Gen Thompson, who led 3 Commando Brigade during the Falklands War, told The Times that a five-year prison term would be more suitable than the life imprisonment sentence he's been given.
Brigadier Bill Dunham, deputy commandant general of the Royal Marines, says it was a "truly shocking and appalling aberration". ("Aberration" means they don't do this kind of thing often, Virginia.)
And today, Prime Minister David Cameron has weighed in:
"Yesterday, obviously our thoughts were focused on the story told in that court, that appalling story, but I just want to say, here today, that it in no way represents the incredible spirit, courage and history of the Royal Marines, an outfit that probably has one of the proudest military histories of anyone, anywhere in the world.
"And that is not just my view, I think that is the view of the whole country that we should not let that single incident in any way besmirch the incredible work of the Royal Marines have done over not just decades but centuries."
And of course, as you probably know, during their time here,the British armed forces were never guilty of killing anyone when they could have arrested them. Nor shot anyone dead when they could have taken them to hospital.
So I hope all that has helped you stop feeling uneasy. I know it has me.
PS You can even listen to a recording of the Afghanistan event, if that's how you like to spend your Saturdays : http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/royal-marine-found-guilty-taliban-2711958


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#eddiemurphy #rocsidiaz #janetcharlton
Eddie Murphy, 51, also seems to be enjoying his May December romance. He's been keeping company with Rocsi Diaz, 28, who appears on BET's 106 & Park TV show. Eddie and Rocsi have been seen around Hollywood together and recently returned from a vacation in Hawaii. Rocsi just left her BET job in hopes of starting an acting career, so she's in the right hands. The pair were photographed at a pre-BET Awards party.
Posted by Janet on July 1, 2012
10 Comments so far
By Strom
On July 1, 2012 at
There is one sure bet….Eddie is not going to be seen with a BLACK woman…he has been there and done that and she conned him and went for the $$$$$.
Roci is a long term successful actress about like Queen Latifah is hetro!
By Christine India
On July 1, 2012 at
This is so shocking and disturbing—-dating a man old enough to be her father and then going to Hawaii without benefit of matrimony.
But wait, Justin Beiber went to Hawaii with Selena Gomez a few weeks ago.
Hawaii (playground of the rich and lusty).
By Diva
On July 1, 2012 at
By Noblecascade
On July 1, 2012 at
I don't know about "the right hands". Wasn't too long ago he was begging for a job.
By The Truth
On July 1, 2012 at
Eddie is a closet case who goes with women to boost his ego and cover-up his real interests. He has always dated black barbie types and had kids by multiple women to make himself look like a 'real man'. His anti-female and homophobic remarks over the years are the real insight into how messed up he is. For all his so called stud posing it is just a distraction from his real passion for tranny hookers.
By mish mash
On July 1, 2012 at
I thought he liked trannies/
By XYZ
On July 2, 2012 at
Money is ageless, so why not, MISS DIAZ…
By Strom
On July 2, 2012 at
A Hispanic who uses a BLACK man in order to gain fame….seems Rocsi is following the J Lo playbook. Rocsi is better looking than Jen at her age but let's see if she is willing to use people and then hire professional managers….doubt she is that smart.
By gogo
On July 3, 2012 at
Eddie to me is poop in the tub with GI JOE up the bum and lots of toots. Is that a good thing? lol
By forrest gump
On July 5, 2012 at
is it in the name of "Diaz"?
I THINK I'M JEALOUS, ed.


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'Little Hell' is the new album by City and Colour.
I'm rubbish at reviews, so please excuse this post. But I was so excited about the release of this, I couldn't not write about it. Plus, I'm a lazy blogger and it's a Sunday so I'm not particularly busy with anything else!
Fair play. Who wants to write the same album three times over? What's the point in releasing something that is the same as the other things you've released over the years.
Don't get me wrong, I am in LOVE with Dallas and his guitar. It's been a while since music has enabled me to feel so many things like I do when I listen to City and Colour. The way he plays acoustically just melts my heart, and his voice fills me with so much sadness...and somehow, warmth.
So, when I heard the album I was a little uneasy, not quite sure on how to feel about it. I knew it was going to be more than Dallas and the guitar, there was going to be a band behind it and it was going to have more of a 'Rock n roll' element to it. I mean this in the traditional sense, not in the post hardcore sense. Alexisonfire is not leaking into City and Colour, they remain separate.
If you don't like musicians who change their direction slightly, you won't like the new stuff from City and Colour. But for me, I love it. I haven't listened to it enough to know it as well as I do the other records, but essentially the heart and voice of Dallas still shines through. Those are things I love about City and Colour, and those elements are still dominant throughout the record.
At the moment, my favourites from this album are 'Little Hell' and 'O Sister.'
Dallas played 'O Sister' when I last went to see him play a month or so ago, and I had seen other performances of it on Youtube, so I knew this was one song I was sure to love!
As of yet, I am yet to experience the 'heartbreaking' effects of previous songs such as Day Old Hate and Happiness by the Kilowatt. But that doesn't take away the beauty of this new record.
If you haven't listened to City and Colour before, erm, what the hell are you playing at?! Your life is empty without it. Just Sayin'
Have a listen: (my favourites may not be yours, so have a search on youtube for yourself. And lemme know what you think!)


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New Addition to the Travel Lexicon: 'Geotourism'
Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 07.19.07 | 11:29 AM ET
In our ongoing quest to chronicle the comings and goings in the travel lexicon we bring you "geotourism," a term describing travel that, in the AP's words, "focuses on a destination's unique culture and history and aims to have visitors help enrich those qualities." Coined several years ago by the National Geographic Society's Jonathan B. Tourtellot, the term hasn't yet caught on among most travelers. But according to the AP, "it's on the lips of travel professionals who describe it as a step beyond the better-known environmentally friendly ecotourism. While geotourism encourages treading lightly on nature, it's also about authenticity and making a place better by visiting and spending money."
Despite the best intentions of many travelers, few places significantly benefit from their visits, according to Leo Hickman, whose book, "The Final Call," explores the impact of travel on the globe.
"Tourism is a very lop-sided deal in its current form whereby the buyers—us tourists—get by far a better deal than the sellers—the people living in the destinations," he said in a recent World Hum interview. "I saw very few examples whereby the people in the destinations said they felt they were getting an equitable deal—of the dozen or so destinations I visited, I can only think of three examples off the top of my head, two in Costa Rica and one in Kerala, India."
The question of what constitutes enrichment in a given place can get complicated, but finding examples of tourist traps isn't too challenging.
In the AP story, Tourtellot points to the Costa del Sol in Spain, otherwise known as the "Costa del Concrete," as an example of a place where tourism has taken a big toll.
"It's not necessarily that a big hotel on a beach is a bad thing," Tourtellot told the AP. "It's how the hotel is designed. It's where the hotel is located. What's a bad thing is nothing but ugly, look-alike hotels going on for mile after mile."
However you want to define it, it's clear that travelers are becoming increasingly conscious of the impact they have. Some are even taking up a form of travel that constitutes another recent addition to the travel lexicon: voluntourism.
Photo of Costa Rica's Manuel Antonio beach by kristinpia, via Flickr (Creative Commons).
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travelina 07.19.07 | 3:30 PM ET
Thanks Jim for writing about this. For more about geotourism, and a list of tour operators who practice it, see National Geographic Traveler's Center for Sustainable Tourism:


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I had the blessing of photographing a precious baby girl a few days ago. This little girl is extra precious to me, because I feel as though I've known her mommy and daddy for as long as I can remember.
I have photographed them as an engaged couple, married folks, new parents, a family (see below- Apel fam), and now they've added a second.
Meet McKlayne- don't you just LOVE this name???? She is an absolute doll in every sense of the word. There is just something about babies with dark brown and black hair- beautiful!!!!
I visited her mommy for almost 2 hours and didn't hear this little girl cry one single time. McKlayne is such a good and sweet baby.
Infant photography is always fun for me. You just show up and go with it. You must be flexible and ready to get to know the mommy really well. Kirby and I are already dear friends, so that was an added bonus to visit with her.
She even let me put her precious girl on top of a dresser. We did, however, choose the lower of the two that were options. I kept imagining the session had I not known her. It would be a bit awkward to place a complete stranger's baby on top of a piece of furniture and move them all over the place. But, thankfully I love babies and are pretty comfortable with them and Kirby is the most laid back mommy I know.
Here are some photos I snapped during my visit! And for more from the session CLICK HERE. There were so many good one. I had a hard time just choosing TWELVE!


text: So I've been stuck on Big Boi's latest (first official) album. If ya dont know, its Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty, ya dig? The stand outs that really get my juices flowing be General Patton(straight slamin in yo face MJ over Eaton esque) Daddy Fat Sax(the songs samples with those horns pumps me up!) Shutterbug(the first single is clean but also true to form). I'd recommend it as a certified bust yo ear drum listen!!!!<-thats four exclamations motherfucker! Sincerely your local Duck.


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Christian Don Haines was born to Chris and Christy Haines on March 9, 1998 in Globe, Arizona.
He entered into rest on February 25, 2018. He would have been 20 years old on March 9th. Christian grew up here in Globe most of his life. As a child he was very shy. He was so loving, his nickname was Bubba Love. He was such a kind and gentle soul. He always loved hugs and to snuggle, in fact another nickname was Snuggle-up-igus. When he was two he hung out with the older boys in the neighborhood. He jumped on one of their bikes (No training wheels) and took off like he'd been riding his whole life. Throughout his childhood he would be the one holding doors open for everyone. He enjoyed gaming with his sisters and brother in law and his mom. He tried to teach many, one of his favorite hobbies which was skating. He also loved to play the guitar, beat box, rap, writing and recording music with his sister Candice and mom. In his teen years he used to take his little sister Courtney to ride his skateboard while she rode her scooter. Christian and Candice used to take their little sister Courtney to McDonalds to buy sweet tea and cookies all the time, in fact almost every day.
Later in his teen years he enjoyed running races with his dad and Uncle Rick. Christian and his mom were always sparring his whole life, some nights they'd be by the campfire with sticks acting like ninjas. For the most part no one ever got hurt. All in all he was a kind and gentle soul. His heart was so big when it came to family and friends. When he loved someone he loved them with all his heart and soul.
Christian will be missed dearly by all of those whose paths he crossed.
Christian was preceded in death by his grandparents Chick Haines, Patricia Fontaine and Patricia Cano Quiroz. He is survived by his mom and dad Chris and Christy Haines, his sisters Courtney Haines and Candice Haines Barnett (Craig), his grandparents Shirley Haines, Owen and Tinker Baldwin, his nephew Lincoln Barnett and niece Rozlynn Haines Barnett, nine uncles and seven aunts, plus lots of cousins.
A memorial service will be held at Living Waters Community Church at 125 N Haskins Drive on Friday, March 9, 2018.
Visitation with the family will be at 4:00 p.m. and services will follow at 5:00 p.m.


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Set in Oregon in the 1900s, a young girl named Olivia Mead, lives with her controlling father who feels that her headstrong behavior needs to be snuffed out. He hires a hypnotist to put her under hypnosis and remove her rebellion, but instead, Henri gives her the gift of seeing the world as it truly is. Olivia has dreams of going to college and standing up for women's rights in a time when women were expected to be obedient, quiet little homemakers with no goals aside from finding a husband and raising children.
Henri's character was a bit mysterious and kept me guessing throughout the book. Olivia's father was infuriating. I wanted to feel sorry him, his wife left him alone to raise their daughter while she ran off to pursue her own dreams, but his attitude was so vile that I felt only contempt for the man. Olivia was strong minded and intelligent. She was a likable character, even if I didn't feel like I entirely connected with her.
There were added elements of horror when Olivia sees people's true nature as visions of beasts and vampires, but none of it was particularly terrifying. The romance in this book was sweet and didn't overpower the story. The pacing was great and I never lost interest. I think there could have been more depth to the story and the characters, but this was still an enjoyable read.


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Did you know it's been nearly 20 years since the first Resident Evil shambled out of the shadows demanding brains? Capcom certainly does, and in recognition of the 20th anniversary they're porting Resident Evil 4, 5 and 6 to PS4 and Xbox One, and releasing them throughout 2016.
In a blog post over at Capcom-Unity, it's been revealed that each game will be released separately, starting with Resident Evil 6 on March 29th. RE5 and 4 don't have concrete release dates yet, but the post points to Southern Hemisphere winter and spring releases respectively. Here's a trailer if you want to see the games in action.
The post goes into more detail about RE6 than the others, stating that it will launch with all of its previously released DLC. Once this wave has hit the consoles, Resident Evil 2, 3 and Code Veronica X will be the only core Resident Evil games not available on modern consoles.
Finally, Capcom announced that all three games will sell digitally for $19.99 (around R300) on PS4 and Xbox One, and that physical versions will follow at an unannounced date.
Source: Capcom-Unity


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Belarus reaping HatTrick rewards
Thursday 30 March 2017
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General secretary Sergei Safaryan says UEFA's HatTrick programme has given the Belarus Football Federation "enormous comprehensive help and support"; UEFA.org discovers how.
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Football fans and players of all ages are feeling the benefits of UEFA's HatTrick assistance programme in Belarus, with two projects in particular reaping rewards.
The Nadezhda Cup is a tournament organised to bring together children feeling the ongoing effects of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, with youngsters coming from nine rehabilitation centres from across the country to take part in a four-day event.
On the impact of UEFA's help towards the event, Belarus Football Federation (BFF) General Secretary Sergei Safaryan said: "There were large expenses involved in transporting the children, so bringing together our funds and the money from UEFA helped us avoid having to require the teams participating in the tournament to take the financial responsibility upon themselves, thereby giving the kids a footballing celebration."
The Nadezhda Cup was one of two BFF projects to be acknowledged with UEFA HatTrick Awards in 2015. The second of these was Internet-TV, a unique development that has given people the chance to watch as many as eight games from the Belarus Premier League, as well as some second tier games, live each week for free on the national association's website.
BFF IT manager Dmitry Vasilchenko explained: "We had the idea for Internet-TV for a long time. It was linked to the notion that the BFF and fans wanted to see all of the national championship matches. Television broadcasters couldn't afford to show them all, so federation representatives set themselves the task of creating an alternative way of showing matches. In other words, setting up online broadcasting of league matches."
Now in its 13th year, the HatTrick programme has been a resounding success in helping the development of football around Europe, distributing funds taken from revenue from the UEFA European Championship. Aside from the projects already mentioned, in Belarus funding has also helped to build mini-pitches and the BFF technical centre.
"HatTrick has given us, and continues to give, enormous comprehensive help and support," added Mr Safaryan. "It helps us implement many programmes and plans. With the Nadezhda Cup and Internet-TV, if we had not had the financial support from the HatTrick programme, it would have been very difficult to bring them to life. When you have that support and the desire, you can transform ideas into actual projects which not only help us to develop and move forward, they also widen the audience of people who are directly getting involved in football."


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Sam and Randy get the deal done
We'll put the new minor league baseball stadium in the Rose Quarter. We'll knock down the Memorial Coliseum and put it there. No, wait... how about we leave the Coliseum there and squeeze baseball in? It'll be quirky -- really cool -- like Fenway. No, wait... maybe across Broadway on the school district property.
We'll pay for it with money from the Convention Center urban renewal pork district. No, wait... that's been promised to somebody else... how about the Interstate Avenue urban renewal pot?
We'll pay for the new soccer stadium with a new urban renewal district taking in all of northwest Portland. No, wait... that won't fly. We'll pay for it with... with... we'll get back to you on that.
But remember, Portland -- we know what we're doing and we're driving a hard bargain for the taxpayers here. Just look at our numbers! No, wait... that's right, those numbers are wrong. The consultant guy was sick and he had to do the math on the plane...
(To be continued)


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I have had to do a lot of research on this damned problem to fight the copyright claims on my videos, which I really shouldn't have to do. They don't even receive that many hits but the lack of response pissed me off. I think I have found an answer on how these wallies came to their conclusion.
On the 12th of September, 2011, the Council of Europe adopted Directive 2011/77/EU, which in accordance with Article 4 came into force on the 20th of the same month. The Directive recommends extending protection of the rights of performers and phonogram producers on music recordings within the EU from 50 to 70 years; the exact details vary and can be gleaned from the text of the Directive, as well as some other protections and recommendations.
This is somewhat crucial to my story: my video, Sunderland Airshow 2012, was of course recorded in 2012, which was seven years after the expiration of the copyright, under the old rules, on The Dam Busters March, which appears in the video. Presumably this was overlooked by the original claimant in my story.
The general idea behind the Directive is that recording artists aren't paid for long enough for their work and they should be paid for even longer. The texts leading up to, and included in, the Directive suggest that this will help poorer performers receive adequate compensation for their work, whereas nobody really cares how hard-up the millionaires think that they are. The E.U. have, at times, been criticised for making some rather ridiculous suggestions and recommendations, some of which end up being law. I'll let you decide if this one is a sensible one or not....
....I digress.
The Directive wouldn't have affected me at all if it was not applied retroactively. From the rather in-depth Impact Assessment:
It appears that a partially retro-active extension, with a specific cut off date, would be the simplest solution as regards the legal and administrative aspects and would bring the most benefit to right holders from the start.The Impact Assessment explains what it means by the term partially retro-active but it could be inferred that I am affected by this.
I certainly don't know enough about law to give any kind of in-depth analysis of what this all means, but I did wonder if this did not violate Article 7 of the European Convention on Human Rights (codified in U.K. law under the Human Rights Act 1998):
No one shall be held guilty of any criminal offence on account of any act or omission which did not constitute a criminal offence under national or international law at the time when it was committed.I would suggest that the E.C.H.R. only applies to government bodies, though there have been a number of high-profile cases in the U.K. in which the E.C.H.R. has been deemed to apply to businesses (mainly the press). Crucially, though, Article 7 states that it applies to criminal offences, and any legal matters arising from my circumstances would almost definitely fall under civil law. Indeed, there was no criminal act or intent (not on my behalf anyway).
So there we go. Not very technical but it almost concludes the story so I thought I should share.
Now if only there were some way to remove the musical composition from the audio track of my video....
- http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/copyright/docs/term/ia_term_en.pdf
- http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_PRES-11-303_en.htm
- http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2011:265:0001:0005:EN:PDF
An interesting read on a possible E.C.H.R. Article 10 violation:


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Carlo J Vella
Today we travel to Spain to meet Carlo from the Paranormal Research Team Spain. Carlo has had a long time interest in paranormal subjects, even as a child, and spent much of his time reading horror novels and watching horror movies, with a particular interest in "ghost" movies.
Carlo had many strange occurrences happen during childhood, some of which Carlo, in retrospect, put down to an over imaginative mind and too much stimulation from books and television.
A combination of curiosity, imagination, paranormal interests and a love of research and exploration has led Carlo into the exciting, and wonderful world of paranormal investigation, and led him to found his team "Paranormal Research Team Spain"
Although Carlo doesn't consider himself a psychic, he can sometimes read into what happened in the area when he feels there is residual energy
In Spain, there is a village named "Zaragoza", which was destroyed in the Spanish civil war, is one of Carlo's favourite places to investigate:
Carlo: "So many people died and there is something hauntingly beautiful and eerie about the place"
Carlo, like many investigators worldwide, uses a confidentiality clause in his contracts to investigate homes and public locations, and because of this clause, he is bound not to tell us much of anything about some of the other locations his team has investigated, for keeping his word, and not speaking, I think Carlo should be applauded, many many teams are too eager to brag about their locations, with "We were here first" and other such lines, when in reality, it doesn't really matter who went in first, only that the investigation was done, with respect to the clients, and to the spirits.
I asked Carlo " Has anything unexplainable or paranormal ever happened on an investigation that you wish to share?"
Carlo "A few times I felt pains, sometimes sharp pains in my back or legs when visiting an old cathedral. Before the cathedral was built a battle took place on that spot. Many were wounded, shot, knifed etc. After a minute the pain was gone."
Carlo also told me a little about some evidence his team captured whilst visiting Malta
Carlo " We were in Malta and captured an image of a Turkish man. After some long hours of research, we did come across a story that tells of a Turkish man who used to kidnap women from the village, rape and kill them and toss their bodies into the ocean."
Carlo is also an accomplished author and English teacher in Spain
To read more about Carlo please visit his website here
or his team page on facebook here:
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India to put 12 US satellites into space in 2016-17
India will launch 25 foreign satellites in 2016-17 using the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV). While 12 of these belong to the US, the remaining 13 belong to six countries – Germany, Canada, Algeria, Japan, Indonesia and Malaysia.
Sharing these facts in response to a question in Rajya Sabha, minister of state Jitendra Singh on Thursday said, "The PSLV with its string of successful flights has emerged as one of the most reliable launch vehicles in the world. Till date, 57 foreign satellites from 21 countries have been succefully launched on-board PSLV, under the commercial arrangement between Antrix Corporation Limited and foreign clients."
Under the agreement signed between foreign clients and Antrix, the commercial arm of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), India will launch three satellites each of Algeria and Canada, four of Germany, one each of Indonesia, Malaysia and Japan and 12 of the United States in 2016-17.
In the last three years, from January 2013 till December 2015, the Indian Space Research Organisation launched 28 foreign satellites belonging to nine countries. During this period, it launched seven satellites of Singapore, six of the United Kingdom, five of Canada, four of the US, two of Austria and one each of Denmark, France, Germany and Indonesia.
Singh said, "Antrix has earned revenue of 80.6 million euros through launch of these 28 international customer satellites."
Source:- Times of India


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Thursday, September 29, 2016
Life is good!
and Santa #6 is done
and that makes the whole project half done
And let me tell you about biggest surprise - we bought a yacht. Yeap, a 40 footer sailing yacht. I have never sail before, I'm a glider pilot but Freddy is the sailor and I figured that us and mom can have fun together and add a little adventure to our lives.
This baby will be ready to sail tomorrow to her new home.
So long my friends,
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Your stitching is beautiful and what a gorgeous boat! A whole set of new adventures is just around the corner. Enjoy!ReplyDelete
Wow congrats on your big purchase, hope you have lots of fun with it. Your stitching look awesome.ReplyDelete
Why not! Have wonderful adventures.ReplyDelete
Your stitching is wonderful. The yacht is.... wOw!!! What an adventure!ReplyDelete
Congrats on the great finishes Evalina. Love your yacht.ReplyDelete
Hi, Evalina, who is the Wooidland Santa designed by? I love that pattern. I am sure you will have tons of fun with your new boat.ReplyDelete
Wonderful stitching projects, but my oh my, I can't wait to hear about all your yachting adventures!ReplyDelete
Bounty of blessings on your yacht... wrapping you all in a hedge of protectionReplyDelete
and safety as you go. You've convinced me to do the Woodland Santa....love it!
Great adventures be yours, dear Friend....
I am so happy for you Evalina. A beautiful yacht! You will enjoy that so very much. Your Santas are so pretty. Great stitching as alaways.ReplyDelete
Love those Santa's. How exciting, a yacht for new adventures .ReplyDelete
Wonderful stitching. Your purchase - WOW! It is a bug one! I hope it will bring you a lot of fun.ReplyDelete
How fun Evalina - I look forward to hearing about your sailing adventures. And your Woodland Santa is looking great - looks like he'll be prepared for Christmas, even if I won't be. :-)ReplyDelete
Gorgeous stitching.ReplyDelete
What a lovely yacht,happy sailing.
Great stitching!!ReplyDelete
Love the new toy ;)
It been a while since I did in stichery work. Thinking about starting a crochet wash cloth.ReplyDelete
Coffee is on
Love the stitchin!!! Congrats on the yacht!!!ReplyDelete
Beautiful stitching! Hope you are enjoying October♥ReplyDelete
Love the Prairie schooler piecesReplyDelete
Great work on your Santa's, especially reaching the halfway point in the larger piece.ReplyDelete
I would not have guessed a yacht if you'd said "guess what I bought" but you look very happy and shipshape on board!
Lovely stitching and great new boat!ReplyDelete


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The International Monetary Fund 1945-1965 : Twenty Years of International Monetary Cooperation Volume I: Chronicle
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Front Matter
- International Monetary Fund
- Published Date:
- February 1996
Twenty Years of International Monetary Cooperation
J. Keith Horsefield
© 1986 International Monetary Fund
ISBN 0-939934-05-1 (v.I)
ISBN 0-939934-08-6 (set)
Second printing, February 1972
Third printing, May 1981
Fourth printing, March 1986
5. Drawings in Inconvertible Currencies, 1947–September 1958
Mount Washington Hotel, Bretton Woods, N.H.
Inaugural Meeting of Governors, Savannah, Ga., March 1946
Camille Gutt, Managing Director, 1946–51
Executive Directors, 1946–47
Fund and Bank Offices (1946)
Ivar Rooth, Managing Director, 1951–56
Per Jacobsson, Managing Director, 1956–63
Fund Offices (1958)
Pierre-Paul Schweitzer, Managing Director, 1963–
Fund Offices (1965)
The history of the International Monetary Fund might be written in many ways and from many points of view. Its activities are so interwoven with the international economy that a full appraisal of them would require a comprehensive analysis of the world's monetary situation since 1945. More, since each member of the Fund is affected to a greater or less degree by its membership, such an appraisal would necessitate a review of the situation in each individual country as well as in the world as a whole. No such compendium is attempted here.
The purpose of this history is much more modest. It is an attempt to recount objectively what were the origins of the Fund and what its plans and activities during the first twenty years of its existence. For this purpose the focus throughout is on the Board of Executive Directors, but without neglecting the work of the Governors on the one hand and that of the staff on the other. The authors have been given full access to the Board's records and to the complete files of the Fund, and have had a free hand in describing what they found. They have also been able to study many records relating to the origins of the Fund. The result is history written from the inside. It is, however, the personal responsibility of the authors. No statement or opinion expressed here commits the Fund in any way.
The three volumes of this work have different ends in view. Volume I, Chronicle, begins with a description of the plans devised by Mr. White, Lord Keynes, and others, and tries to show how these were consummated at Bretton Woods. Thereafter it attempts to relate straightforwardly what the Fund did in each of the three distinct periods into which its postwar history naturally falls. The main theses are briefly recapitulated in Chapter 23. A supplementary chapter summarizes the most important developments in the period 1966–68, which is not otherwise dealt with. This Chronicle is the work of Mr. J. Keith Horsefield, who was for ten years a member of the Fund's staff and from 1960 to 1966 its Chief Editor.
Volume II, Analysis, traces separately the evolution of the Fund's policies in relation to its most important responsibilities. As an aid to understanding the environment in which these policies have been formulated and executed, the chapters in Volume II include some description of the international economy. Since many of the problems with which the Fund has been wrestling have been the subject of debate among economists, some references to these discussions are also included. No detailed attempt is made, however, to take into account the vast volume of technical literature on the topics covered.
The greater part of Volume II was written by Mrs. Margaret G. de Vries, a member of the Fund's staff from 1946 to 1959. Other contributors were Mr. Horsefield, who also edited the volume, Mr. Joseph Gold, the General Counsel of the Fund, and three former members of the Fund staff, Miss Mary H. Gumbart, Miss Gertrud Lovasy, and Mr. Emil G. Spitzer.
Volume III reproduces the most important documents related to the prehistory of the Fund, as well as pertinent documents published by the Fund between 1946 and the end of 1968.
This history is being made available to the public in the hope that it will enable those interested to understand more of the nature of the Fund's work, of its problems, and of the techniques which it has devised. Whether the Fund has succeeded or failed in its objectives it is not the purpose of this history to decide. It seeks only to provide information to enable each reader to answer that question for himself.
Pierre-Paul Schweitzer
Managing Director
International Monetary Fund
Preface to Volume I
Part I of this Chronicle, comprising the first five chapters, deals with the plans and negotiations that culminated in the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference at Bretton Woods in July 1944, and with the Conference itself. Readers whose concern is only with the Fund after it was established, and not with these preliminary stages, will nevertheless find certain passages in these chapters helpful to an understanding of the influences which were brought to bear upon the Fund in its early days—in particular the first five sections of Chapter 1 (pp. 3–16); the section headed "U.S. Views on the Keynes Plan" on pages 28–30; the section headed "The Protagonists" on pages 54–57; the final paragraphs of the discussion of "Right to Draw" on pages 75–77; and the three middle sections of Chapter 4 (pp. 81–87). A synopsis of the Articles of Agreement will be found on pages 110–13.
In Parts II, III, and IV of this volume, each chapter is concerned, in principle, with the activities of the Fund from one Annual Meeting to the next—or, as time goes on, with its work in two such twelve-month periods. This arrangement has been preferred to the alternatives of relating each chapter either to the calendar year or to the fiscal year of the Fund, because the Annual Meetings have the advantage of being occasions on which the work of the Fund is traditionally reviewed. Nevertheless, any cutoff date is necessarily artificial, since the Fund's activities are continuous. Moreover, consideration of many topics recurred on the agenda of the Executive Board over a period of years, and it would often be unhelpful to limit discussion only to that part of the total debate which took place during a single year. In many instances, therefore, the description of the Board's actions in relation to a given topic has been concentrated in one chapter out of the several to which it would be relevant chronologically.
It should also be understood that only a small selection of the work of the Fund has been dealt with here. In addition to the topics discussed, the Board's agenda contained a mass of other items. Some of these were of a routine character. Many, however, were important in themselves, though offering no fresh insights into the Fund's work. All these have perforce been neglected. The reader should therefore bear in mind that when theoretical issues were considered by the Board it was in the context of specific problems not always detailed and against the background of continuous contact between the Fund and its members.
A reader wishing to identify the areas of interest of individual Executive Directors may refer to Appendix A, which lists the countries that appointed or elected them. As an approximation to this identification, the name of each Executive Director, when first mentioned in any section of the history, is followed by the name of his country of origin in parentheses. A similar course has been followed for Alternate Executive Directors, each of whom is also linked, on the first occasion when he is mentioned, to the Executive Director who appointed him.
Grateful acknowledgment is made to the following for assistance in the preparation of this volume.
To Her Britannic Majesty's Treasury and to the Bank of England, for permission to examine their files of material bearing on the Fund for the period 1941–45, and to quote from them; to Mrs. Anne Terry White, for permission to use and to quote from the papers of Harry Dexter White, now on deposit at Princeton University Library; and to Lord Kahn for permission to quote from Lord Keynes' correspondence.
To Mr. Elting Arnold, Mr. E. M. Bernstein, Mr. Johan W. Beyen, Mr. Henry J. Bittermann, Sir George Bolton, K.C.M.G., Mr. Emilio G. Collado, Mr. Jean de Largentaye, Miss G. A. Koen, Sir Frank Lee, G.C.M.G., Mr. Ansel F. Luxford, Mr. August Maffry, Professor James Meade, Professor Raymond F. Mikesell, Mr. Redvers Opie, Lord Robbins, C.H., Mr. Leroy D. Stinebower, Mr. G. H. Tansley, Professor Jacob Viner, and Mr. George H. Willis, for information freely given in response to inquiries.
To Mr. Allan G. B. Fisher, formerly Chief Editor of the Fund, and to Mr. Lucius P. Thompson-McCausland, for continuous help, comment, and criticism of the drafts.
To present and former Executive Directors and members of the staff of the Fund, who have supplied inside information and corrected many errors.
To the Archivist of the Fund and to the Joint Bank-Fund Librarian, and their staffs, who have greatly facilitated the task of identifying and consulting the relevant documents and books.
To the author's research assistant, Mrs. Helen G. Burrows, who prepared Appendix A, purged successive drafts of inconsistencies and infelicities, and maintained a constant head of steam for the project throughout its course.
To Mrs. Jane B. Evensen, Assistant Editor of the Fund, for her masterly revision of the final text.
But the author alone is responsible for the obtusenesses and inaccuracies that still remain.
Abbreviations and Definitions
Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the Fund and the Bank, in the year specified. The Meetings of the two institutions are held at the same time and in the same place, and some of the sessions are held jointly. Other sessions, however, are held separately by the Fund and the Bank. When the term Annual Meeting (in the singular) is used, the reference is to a Meeting of the Fund Governors.
Annual Report of the Executive Directors for the Fiscal Year Ended April 30, 19—
Articles of Agreement of the International Monetary Fund
[Site of] meeting of technicians, June 1944, preparatory to Bretton Woods Conference
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Bank for International Settlements
[Site of] United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference, July 1944
Tentative Draft Proposals of Canadian Experts for an International Exchange Union
Annual consultations with members by the Executive Board under Article XIV, and parallel consultations with members that have accepted the obligations of Article VIII
Purchase from the Fund by a member of another member's currency (or other members' currencies). Amounts are always expressed in U.S. dollars.
Decision of the Executive Board. Until Meeting 630 (at the beginning of 1951), the formal decisions and policy actions of the Executive Board were numbered x-y, where x was the number of the meeting and y that of the decision taken at that meeting (e.g., 2-1 was the first decision taken at Executive Board Meeting 2). Beginning with Meeting 630, the decisions were numbered consecutively; thereafter the number was z-(x), where z was the consecutive number of the decision and x that of the meeting (e.g., 7-(648) was the seventh policy decision taken since Meeting 630, and was taken at Meeting 648). From January 1, 1952, the number of the decision has been followed by the last two figures of the year and the number of the meeting in that year in parentheses (e.g., Decision No. 102-(52/11) was the 102nd decision since Meeting 630, and was taken at the eleventh meeting in 1952).
Economic Cooperation Administration (U.S.)
Economic Commission for Europe (UN)
Economic and Social Council (UN)
European Economic Community
European Payments Union
European Recovery Program (U.S.)
Food and Agriculture Organization (UN)
Suggestions Regarding International Monetary Relations
General Arrangements to Borrow
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
The countries associated in the General Arrangements to Borrow, viz., Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the United States
International Financial News Survey
International Financial Statistics
International Labor Office
International Trade Organization
Joint Statement by Experts on the Establishment of an International Monetary Fund
Professor John H. Williams' proposals
Proposals for an International Clearing Union
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
Organization for European Economic Cooperation
Harry Dexter White papers deposited at Princeton University
Proceedings and Documents of the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference, Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, July 1–22, 1944, 2 vols. (Washington, 1948).
Resolution of the Board of Governors of the Fund. Resolutions at the Annual Meetings of Governors are referred to by the number of the Annual Meeting followed by a dash and the number of the resolution. Resolutions passed at the Inaugural Meeting (Savannah, March 1946) are listed as IM-1, etc., those at the First Annual Meeting (Washington, September 1946) as 1-1, and so on. Resolutions passed by Governors between Annual Meetings are given the number of the next succeeding Annual Meeting.
[Site of] Inaugural Meeting of Governors
Selected Decisions of the Executive Directors and Selected Documents, 3rd issue, January 1965
Selected Documents, Board of Governors Inaugural Meeting, Savannah, Ga., March 8 to 18, 1946 (compare Summary Proceedings below)
Summary Proceedings of the … Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors (issued after each Annual Meeting). In early years Summary Proceedings were really summaries, but latterly most speeches made at the Annual Meetings have been printed in full. In these printed reports Governors are named, but in the records maintained in the Fund's files they are not, being referred to as "Governor" whether they were in fact Governors, Alternate Governors, or Temporary Alternate Governors. Unless, therefore, the speaker can be identified in other ways, it has been necessary, in those parts of this Chronicle that are drawn from unpublished reports, to cite only "Governor for …".
Technical Assistance Board (UN)
United Nations
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
Proposals for an International Stabilization Fund
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development


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