http://money.cnn.com/2011/02/10/markets/dollar/
The International Monetary Fund issued a report Thursday on a possible replacement for the dollar as the world’s reserve currency.

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This report by K. Myers appeared in an Irish newspaper "The Irish Independent."
AFRICA is giving nothing to anyone -- apart from AIDS
No. It will not do. Even as we see African states refusing to take action to
restore something resembling civilisation in Zimbabwe, the Begging bowl for
Ethiopia is being passed around to us, yet again.
It is nearly 25 years since Ethiopia's (and Bob Geldof's) famous Feed The World
campaign, and in that time Ethiopia's population has grown from 33.5 million to
78 million today.

0511

Fashion is the science of appearance, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be.
Henry Fielding (1707-1754)

The world is full of willing people: some willing to work, the others willing to let them.
Poet Robert Frost

Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon. E. M. Forster (1879-1970)

Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness. Mark Twain (1835-1910)

The new and terrible dangers which man has created can only be controlled by man.

John F. Kennedy (1917-1963)

Chinese Buyers Make Vancouver Homes Pricier Than NYC

Pricier Than New York
In 2010, Vancouver had the third-highest housing costs among English-speaking cities worldwide, according to Canada’s Frontier Centre for Public Policy. Only Hong Kong and Sydney, another magnet of Asian immigration, were more expensive. Vancouver’s median home price of C$602,000 ($618,000) was 9.5 times the annual median household income of C$63,100, the group said in a study released Jan. 24. Canada had a 4.6 national multiple, making it “seriously unaffordable,” while the U.S. at 3.3 was “moderately unaffordable,” the study showed. To be affordable, the multiple must be 3 or less.
Vancouver was more expensive than San Francisco, London and New York by that measure, the Winnipeg-based center said.
“This makes it all the more difficult for people who are already struggling to get into the market or businesses who can’t hire people to come here because of the high housing prices,” said Peter Ladner, a former Vancouver city councillor and a columnist for the Business in Vancouver weekly newspaper. “There are a lot of people who are really frustrated.”
Unlike London or New York, “we don’t have enough jobs with high incomes to justify” the home prices, said Ladner. He noted Australia has placed restrictions on foreign home ownership. The British Columbia government also could consider an increase in property transfer taxes for foreigners, he said.

0511

The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

You can learn from anyone even your enemy.
Ovid

The idol of today pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection; and will, in turn, be supplanted by his successor of tomorrow.
Washington Irving (1783-1859)

Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education.
John F. Kennedy (1917-1963)

The new and terrible dangers which man has created can only be controlled by man.
John F. Kennedy (1917-1963)

amy winehouse. back to black lyrics.

0411

Nothing exists; all is a dream. God—man—the world—the sun, the moon, the wilderness of stars—a dream, all a dream; they have no existence. Nothing exists save empty space—and you!...And you are not you—you have no body, no blood, no bones, you are but a thought.
Mark Twain (1835-1910)

If you are foolish enough to be contented, don't show it, but grumble with the rest.
Jerome K. Jerome (1859-1927)

It is not from nature, but from education and habits, that our wants are chiefly derived.

Henry Fielding(1707-1754)

It is so pleasant to come across people more stupid than ourselves. We love them at once for being so.

Jerome K. Jerome(1859-1927)

The common idea that success spoils people is erroneous: on the contrary it makes them humble, tolerant and kind. Failure makes people cruel and bitter.
W. Somerset Maugham 


We must eat to live and live to eat.

Henry Fielding(1707-1754)

There are several good protections against temptations, but the surest is cowardice.

Mark Twain (1835-1910)

The 1st of September marks the anniversary of the opening of the major stage of Libya's Great Man-Made River Project. This incredibly huge and successful water scheme is virtually unknown in the West, yet it rivals and even surpasses all our greatest development projects.
link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vcTm4XE4EA&feature=player_embedded#at=16

John Corcoran graduated from college and taught high school for 17 years without being able to read, write or spell. 
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updated chart of level of radiation near the nuclear station.

Long lines and mob scenes ensue at stores amid a clamor for iodized salt fueled by rumors of a radioactive cloud from Japan's quake-damaged nuclear plant and the belief that the salt would protect against radiation poisoning.
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In scenes more befitting a poverty-stricken Third World country than the world's third-richest nation, hungry people wrapped themselves in odd scraps of clothing in a futile attempt to keep out the cold in temperatures only just above freezing.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1367019/Japan-earthquake-survivor-holds-dead-mothers-hand-says-final-goodbye.html#ixzz1GsTAg5eQ

Regular Season A1

Classifica aggiornata alla 15ª Giornata - Ritorno		Punti	Partite		Tipo di Risultato						Set		Punti		Quoziente		Squal.
			Vinte	Perse	3·0	3·1	3·2	2·3	1·3	0·3	Vinti	Persi	Fatti	Subiti	Set	Punti
1  Itas Diatec Trentino		69	23	5	13	8	2	2	2	1	75	27	2.418	2.150	2,78	1,12
2  Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo		65	22	6	10	10	2	1	2	3	70	32	2.435	2.135	2,19	1,14
3  Sisley Treviso		59	21	7	9	7	5	1	5	1	70	38	2.569	2.357	1,84	1,09
4  Trenkwalder Modena		59	21	7	9	7	5	1	3	3	68	38	2.475	2.334	1,79	1,06
5  Lube Banca Marche Macerata		57	20	8	8	8	4	1	5	2	67	40	2.461	2.332	1,68	1,06
6  Acqua Paradiso Monza		55	18	10	8	7	3	4	4	2	66	43	2.507	2.418	1,53	1,04
7  CoprAtlantide Piacenza		53	17	11	10	6	1	3	5	3	62	41	2.408	2.261	1,51	1,07
8  Marmi Lanza Verona		44	15	13	7	5	3	2	6	5	55	50	2.376	2.337	1,10	1,02
9  Rpa-Luigibacchi.It Perugia		39	13	15	4	5	4	4	6	5	53	58	2.487	2.499	0,91	1,00
10  Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia		31	10	18	4	3	3	4	5	9	43	63	2.352	2.437	0,68	0,97
11  Prisma Taranto		30	10	18	3	5	2	2	6	10	40	63	2.270	2.424	0,63	0,94
12  Andreoli Latina		24	7	21	3	2	2	5	10	6	41	69	2.393	2.537	0,59	0,94
13  Yoga Forlì		21	6	22	3	2	1	4	5	13	31	70	2.138	2.385	0,44	0,90
14  Esse-ti Carilo Loreto		18	5	23	1	2	2	5	6	12	31	75	2.235	2.492	0,41	0,90
15  Aran Cucine Abruzzo Pineto		6	2	26	1	0	1	1	7	18	15	80	1.864	2.290	0,19	0,81
Legenda
3·0 e 3·1	Vince 3 punti	Criteri di calcolo della classifica: A parità di punti precede la squadra con il maggior numero di incontri vinti In caso di ulteriore parità, precede la squadra con il migliore quoziente Set In caso di ulteriore parità, precede la squadra con il migliore quoziente Punti
3·2	Vince 2 punti
2·3	Vince 1 punto
1·3 e 0·3	Vince 0 punti

0311

When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation.

Alexander Hamilton(1755-1804)

Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government.

Alexander Hamilton(1755-1804)

The principal thing in this world is to keep one's soul aloft.

Gustave Flaubert(1821-1880)

Idleness, like kisses, to be sweet must be stolen.

Jerome K. Jerome(1859-1927)

I have come to have the firm conviction that vanity is the basis of everything, and finally that what one calls conscience is only inner vanity.

Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880)

Israel’s TV channel interviewed two Israeli women of Libyan origin who claimed to be relatives of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, 

Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships

http://www.wtatour.com/SEWTATour-Archive/posting/2011/718/MDS.pdf

WTI Crude vs. Brent Crude Oil

By Keith Kohl

Monday, September 27th, 2010

Get ready to mark the date on your peak oil calendars.

It's been a long time coming, but Brent crude may finally top the light sweet crude from Texas — known as Western Texas Intermediate — as the global oil benchmark.

Typically, WTI crude from Cushing, Oklahoma, holds a higher price than Brent crude.

The difference is in the quality: the less sulfur, the easier it is to refine the crude into gasoline.

WTI is both lighter and sweeter, containing about 0.24% sulfur. Brent crude has about 0.37% sulfur and is still classified as a sweet crude.

0211

Make the workmanship surpass the materials.
Ovid
Money's a horrid thing to follow, but a charming thing to meet.

Henry James(1843-1916)

The almighty dollar, that great object of universal devotion throughout our land, seems to have no genuine devotees in these peculiar villages.

Washington Irving (1783-1859)

Don't shake the sh!t so the smell will not come out.
An old adage
I think the first duty of society is justice.

Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804)

Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

John F. Kennedy(1917-1963)

Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.
Dr. Seuss

Bart: I am through with working. Working is for chumps.
Homer: Son, I'm proud of you. I was twice your age before I figured that out. 
The Simpsons 
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

Mark Twain (1835-1910)

Morals are an acquirement, like music, like a foreign language, like piety, poker, paralysis, no man is born with them.

Mark Twain (1835-1910)

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bp, or not bp?

In 2000 BP,  a group of companies that included Amoco, ARCO and Castrol, unveiled a new global brand with a new mark, a sunburst of green, yellow and white symbolizing dynamic energy in all its forms. It was called the Helios after the sun god of ancient Greece.

In a press release announcing the change, the group said it had decided to retain the BP name because of its recognition around the world and because it stood for the new company’s aspirations: ‘better people, better products, big picture, beyond petroleum.’