http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091124/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_us_afghanistan
Begin quote:
As White House press secretary Robert Gibbs put it to reporters on Monday, it's "not just how we get people there, but what's the strategy for getting them out." end quote.
Any military man worth his salt knows that the only way to win in Afghanistan now is to nuke the place. But since no sane person on earth advocates that we have to learn when to withdraw troops so it doesn't just become another nightmare like the Soviets went through. So it is sort of now a holding action to prevent more bad things coming from Afghanistan and Pakistan to India, China, Europe, North and South America, Australia, AFrica and the rest of the world.
Everyone knows Afghanistan has never been held long by any nation, Not Alexander the Great, Not Great Britain, Not the Soviets and Not Nato and the americans. So withdrawing has never been if but always when. Any sane and sensible person on earth knows this.
So I'm very grateful that Obama and his military staff have taken time to craft under what conditions we will begin withdrawing troops. And hopefully this includes "How do we withdraw them without endangering them further?"
Monday, November 23, 2009
Earth Wobble?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091123/ts_afp/australianzealandantarcticaclimateicebergin
In the above web article it mentions that 100s of icebergs are drifting towards New Zealand. They are the remains of a huge break of ice off of Antarctica.
My question is: Has anyone checked for an Earth wobble from this big of a break? It is known to be one of the potential causes of a magnetic pole shift if we get too big a wobble from too much ice breaking off at one time.
The fear is that the magnetic north would be shaken and become the magnetic south and vice versa. It is unknown what would happen to everything electrical on earth if this should happen. Theoretically, no crops could be grown for up to 5 years should this happen. However, in such times as the severe recession we are in worldwide if this happened likely no government would even speak about it to avoid world panic.
So, if there were a magnetic polar shift it is possible that no one would say anything.
However, even if this happened and nothing major happened it would only be like turning a bar magnet upside down, the part that attracted would now repulse and the part that repulsed would now attract.
In the above web article it mentions that 100s of icebergs are drifting towards New Zealand. They are the remains of a huge break of ice off of Antarctica.
My question is: Has anyone checked for an Earth wobble from this big of a break? It is known to be one of the potential causes of a magnetic pole shift if we get too big a wobble from too much ice breaking off at one time.
The fear is that the magnetic north would be shaken and become the magnetic south and vice versa. It is unknown what would happen to everything electrical on earth if this should happen. Theoretically, no crops could be grown for up to 5 years should this happen. However, in such times as the severe recession we are in worldwide if this happened likely no government would even speak about it to avoid world panic.
So, if there were a magnetic polar shift it is possible that no one would say anything.
However, even if this happened and nothing major happened it would only be like turning a bar magnet upside down, the part that attracted would now repulse and the part that repulsed would now attract.
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Superglue eyeglass screws
I learned this trick over the years after losing countless screws out of sunglasses(especially while skiing and riding bicycles). So I would have to buy the eyeglass repair kits with the little screws and little screwdrivers. Finally, I got the idea of super glueing the screws where the ear loops and the glasses meet. Some people like to glue the screw part in place but I don't agree. What I do is turn the glasses upside down and put a tiny little drop of crazy glue or super glue the size of the head of the little teeny screw head. It is so small that no one notices but it also prevents the screw working its way out as the loops open and close as you put them in your pocket or on your face over and over again. So for about 20 years now this is what I do for my sunglasses. If you have prescription glasses you will have to decide if this is a good idea or not. I don't superglue the threads because then there is no possibility of ever unscrewing the screws ever for any reason. Whereas if you only put a tiny drop on the head of the screw and plastic or metal surrounding there is still a remote chance in an emergency that you can flake or chip the drop of glue off and still unscrew it in an emergency should that arise.
Old Secrets of Maintaining and Increasing Wealth
If you are a day trader or and extremely aggressive investor these methods might not be of use to you. However, this is how middle Class to Rich U.S. Citizens have regularly and safely increased their wealth and beat inflation since the Great Depression.
How you go about creating Principal will be up to you. However, this is one safe way to continue to help your principal(the amount of your original investment) to grow.
One of the basic rules is: Never Spend Principal(although you might sometimes spend interest). If you spend principal then you no longer have an investment to earn interest on.
Another basic rule is: Never charge anything. IF you have an American Express or other Credit card you ALWAYS pay it off every month. If you don't follow this rule then likely you will never be rich. OR if you don't follow this rule if you are rich you soon might be poor. However, to each his or her own.
In times of severe recession or depression tax free municipal bonds should comprise between 1/3 to 1/2 of your investment portfolio. The reason for this is that severe recessions or depressions usually cause an increase in taxes as a matter of course. So finding ways to decrease your taxes (tax free municipal bonds from your state) allow you to avoid paying any state or federal taxes on your investment. Also, you are doing a good thing for your own state by propping up dams, colleges, schools, water and sewage treatment plants etc. which is why the state and federal government waive all taxes on municipal bonds. During the Great Depression they were the most secure of all investments at that time.
At this point you can often(after compensating for paying no taxes) about 10% on your investments(per year). Though municipal bonds these days are not entirely risk free they tend to be a good bet for 1/3 to 1/2 your portfolio while the stock market gyrates up and down until relative stability is reached sometime in the near or far future.
In regard to stocks it is better to own right now dividend bearing blue chip stocks if you are a long term investor(one who holds his or her stocks for 5 to 10 years or more ongoing. During this time you can either reinvest your dividends or spend some of them if you wish or need to.
It is important to realize that no piece of real property (land, houses, buildings) is an asset if it is not completely paid for. So, in your mind just because you are living in a home if it is not paid for it cannot be considered a real asset. The people who are doing best in these times had houses paid for before the recession began. Those people's houses WERE REAL ASSETS and became havens for all members of their family, especially for those who lost their houses because they weren't paid for.
The first generation usually has to make incredible financial sacrifices in order for the next generation to reap some of the benefits. However, once one learns these rules things can still go astray when someone dies because then even with a trust around 50% of the assets then go to the government. So this means in many cases that houses, farms, businesses etc. have to be sold so that the 50% can be paid to Federal and state estate taxes. This is unfair and FDR said he would resend these unfair estate taxes before he left office. Unfortunately he died before he could rescind the estate taxes and millions suffer needlessly each year because of them losing their rightful homes, businesses, farms and other goods and property. Many suicides accompany these happenings as well. As people who were not knowledgeable are completely wiped out of everything they care about.
So, as you can see the more you have to deal with wealth the more you need a good lawyer and a good education. So, if you aren't very disciplined, organized and don't know how to judge good attorneys, accountants, stock brokers and the like, you won't do well dealing with real wealth. There is a saying that I have found to be true:
"A fool and his money are soon parted". This is as true today as it ever was. So, if you want to be wealthy and to grow your wealth for the benefit of friends family and people you meet, intelligence, discipline, wisdom and kindness are at the heart of it.
How you go about creating Principal will be up to you. However, this is one safe way to continue to help your principal(the amount of your original investment) to grow.
One of the basic rules is: Never Spend Principal(although you might sometimes spend interest). If you spend principal then you no longer have an investment to earn interest on.
Another basic rule is: Never charge anything. IF you have an American Express or other Credit card you ALWAYS pay it off every month. If you don't follow this rule then likely you will never be rich. OR if you don't follow this rule if you are rich you soon might be poor. However, to each his or her own.
In times of severe recession or depression tax free municipal bonds should comprise between 1/3 to 1/2 of your investment portfolio. The reason for this is that severe recessions or depressions usually cause an increase in taxes as a matter of course. So finding ways to decrease your taxes (tax free municipal bonds from your state) allow you to avoid paying any state or federal taxes on your investment. Also, you are doing a good thing for your own state by propping up dams, colleges, schools, water and sewage treatment plants etc. which is why the state and federal government waive all taxes on municipal bonds. During the Great Depression they were the most secure of all investments at that time.
At this point you can often(after compensating for paying no taxes) about 10% on your investments(per year). Though municipal bonds these days are not entirely risk free they tend to be a good bet for 1/3 to 1/2 your portfolio while the stock market gyrates up and down until relative stability is reached sometime in the near or far future.
In regard to stocks it is better to own right now dividend bearing blue chip stocks if you are a long term investor(one who holds his or her stocks for 5 to 10 years or more ongoing. During this time you can either reinvest your dividends or spend some of them if you wish or need to.
It is important to realize that no piece of real property (land, houses, buildings) is an asset if it is not completely paid for. So, in your mind just because you are living in a home if it is not paid for it cannot be considered a real asset. The people who are doing best in these times had houses paid for before the recession began. Those people's houses WERE REAL ASSETS and became havens for all members of their family, especially for those who lost their houses because they weren't paid for.
The first generation usually has to make incredible financial sacrifices in order for the next generation to reap some of the benefits. However, once one learns these rules things can still go astray when someone dies because then even with a trust around 50% of the assets then go to the government. So this means in many cases that houses, farms, businesses etc. have to be sold so that the 50% can be paid to Federal and state estate taxes. This is unfair and FDR said he would resend these unfair estate taxes before he left office. Unfortunately he died before he could rescind the estate taxes and millions suffer needlessly each year because of them losing their rightful homes, businesses, farms and other goods and property. Many suicides accompany these happenings as well. As people who were not knowledgeable are completely wiped out of everything they care about.
So, as you can see the more you have to deal with wealth the more you need a good lawyer and a good education. So, if you aren't very disciplined, organized and don't know how to judge good attorneys, accountants, stock brokers and the like, you won't do well dealing with real wealth. There is a saying that I have found to be true:
"A fool and his money are soon parted". This is as true today as it ever was. So, if you want to be wealthy and to grow your wealth for the benefit of friends family and people you meet, intelligence, discipline, wisdom and kindness are at the heart of it.
The Pocket Dalai Lama Sunday 11-22-09
Before I went to France with my family in October, we went to the East Coast earlier in they Summer for a wedding in North Carolina and then to Washington DC for the Smithsonian museums and then to Salem via Boston. In an Art museum there I found a copy of "The Pocket Dalai Lama" which is a Shambala Pocket Classic and easily fits in a shirt or jacket pocket. Carrying it over my heart helped me to deal with the anger and sadness in the Northeast over the severe recession. Though we are having a bad time in California too, I tend to experience it differently when I'm in California. The recession seemed to always be in my face while in the Northeast. So, buying the pocket Dalai Lama allowed me to more easily center and stay on task.
Here are some of the quotes that helped me starting on page 1:
The Dalai Lama's words:"I come from the east, most of you(here) are westerners(from the western societies and world). If I look superficially we are different, and if I put my emphasis on that level, we grow more distant. If I look at you as my own kind, as a human being like myself, with one nose, two eyes and so forth, then automatically the distance is gone. We are the same human flesh. I want happiness; you also want happiness. From that mutual recognition, we can build respect and real trusts for each other. From that can come co-operation and harmony.
Generally speaking, even if money brings us happiness, it tends to be the kind that money can buy: material things and sensory experiences. And these we discover, become a source of suffering themselves. As far as actual possessions are concerned, we often must admit that they often cause us more not less difficulty in life. The car breaks down, we lose our money, our most precious belongings are stolen, our house is damageed by fire.OR we worry about these things happening.
end quotes for now.
So often money increases problems and truth seekers and bodisattvas often avoid a lot of money until they sence they can be a caretaker of wealth for all beings in the universe.
ordinarily, money follows enlightenment,discipline, kindness and wisdom. one must be compaasionate and wise before becoming a custodian of wealth for all beings. Also, it is my personal experience that all wealth that stays and grows is spirit in basis and material wealth
is only really a physical echo of spiritual wealth manifesting into the physical.
Here are some of the quotes that helped me starting on page 1:
The Dalai Lama's words:"I come from the east, most of you(here) are westerners(from the western societies and world). If I look superficially we are different, and if I put my emphasis on that level, we grow more distant. If I look at you as my own kind, as a human being like myself, with one nose, two eyes and so forth, then automatically the distance is gone. We are the same human flesh. I want happiness; you also want happiness. From that mutual recognition, we can build respect and real trusts for each other. From that can come co-operation and harmony.
Generally speaking, even if money brings us happiness, it tends to be the kind that money can buy: material things and sensory experiences. And these we discover, become a source of suffering themselves. As far as actual possessions are concerned, we often must admit that they often cause us more not less difficulty in life. The car breaks down, we lose our money, our most precious belongings are stolen, our house is damageed by fire.OR we worry about these things happening.
end quotes for now.
So often money increases problems and truth seekers and bodisattvas often avoid a lot of money until they sence they can be a caretaker of wealth for all beings in the universe.
ordinarily, money follows enlightenment,discipline, kindness and wisdom. one must be compaasionate and wise before becoming a custodian of wealth for all beings. Also, it is my personal experience that all wealth that stays and grows is spirit in basis and material wealth
is only really a physical echo of spiritual wealth manifesting into the physical.
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Canon Selphy CP780
When my family went to Paris, Nice and Monaco in October I took along 2- 8 gigabyte flash memory chips for my two cameras. I knew we could take several thousand digital pictures while there because I have a 13 year old daughter and a 20 year old daughter who would naturally hog the cameras and hopefully we would get about 100 to 500 really good pictures out of about 3000 pictures or so. And we did.
However, I also learned when I returned that my computer was NOT happy with three thousand digital pictures on board. After several days of computer problems with my Imac not liking this many pictures at once(PCs and Imacs seem to like no more than about 300 digital pictures at one time. So I was frustrated and bought an external hard drive. But since I didn't really know what I was doing I bought a 750 Gigabyte external hard drive that is the only one of this manufacturer specifically designed for backup. My son said I could have bought a 1.5 terrabyte or even 2.0 terrabyte external hard drive for what I paid for this one. Anyway, since he was a computer tech in his 20s(he's now 35) he told me how to ditch all the programming in the external hard drive and turn it into just another 750 gigabyte external hard drive. By this time several weeks of extreme frustration have passed and I still have no photo prints from France.
So then I realize I can print all my photos out on my several years old Hp Photosmart 375 that prints great 4 by 6 inch prints. Though it reads an almost blank 8 gig chip when I put one in with 1500 photos on board it (does not compute)(error) (error).
(error).
So, now the France photo thing has become a nightmare for us with 3000 photos plus my 20 year old daughter who lives with her boyfriend in Oregon wants the two chips sent to her so she can save and print them too. (By the way she got pretty frustrated with these same problems too when she got the chips).
However, today my wife (who is a real shopper) (I am ONLY an online shopper because I hate shopping in stores unless there IS no other choice.) Anyway, my wife brought home a Canon Selphy CP780. I hadn't heard of it before but she was told this was the best way to print home 4 by 6 inch prints now. So I immediately went online to see if she had made a good choice. I found it rated 4.5 out of 5 and that out of 18 reviews 10 had given it 5 stars. Then I read a review and the only complaint was a guy who was taking family photos and complained that sometimes if you filled your photos up completely it would cut part of the head off.
However, because I was in France the scenery was half the shot and the people were the other half of all the shots so when I started to print photos it was perfect for my needs. Now just to prepare you it is NOT a laser printer. It uses a cartridge that reminds me of a miniature fax cartridge. It first prints yellow, then red, then blue but the quality of the photos is actually superior to my other printer. Also, it is only about $77 dollars for one of these and at Amazon you could actually buy a used one for as little as 64+ dollars plus tax and shipping. I've so far printed about 25 to 50 photos and believe if I'm lucky I will get about 100 photos with the paper and cartridge kit she bought in addition to the printer. Though a cartridge comes with the printer it doesn't last very long so be sure to buy the paper and cartridge kit or kits to print all the photos you want.
However, you might find that if you burn a cd that you might also get a good deal at your local drug store on 4 by 6 prints. So if you aren't printing over 100 or more prints it might not be cost effective for you to do this. However, remember the photoprinter can print a lot of photos as long as you are careful with it and don't place it on food crumbs or dust because the photos while printing go in and out about 4 times before the photo is done and you don't want dust or crumbs to ruin your photos. Also, each group of blank photo paper has some words on it. If you place it in the cartridge with the words on top then remove the word paper everything is set right ready to print. Good luck!
However, I also learned when I returned that my computer was NOT happy with three thousand digital pictures on board. After several days of computer problems with my Imac not liking this many pictures at once(PCs and Imacs seem to like no more than about 300 digital pictures at one time. So I was frustrated and bought an external hard drive. But since I didn't really know what I was doing I bought a 750 Gigabyte external hard drive that is the only one of this manufacturer specifically designed for backup. My son said I could have bought a 1.5 terrabyte or even 2.0 terrabyte external hard drive for what I paid for this one. Anyway, since he was a computer tech in his 20s(he's now 35) he told me how to ditch all the programming in the external hard drive and turn it into just another 750 gigabyte external hard drive. By this time several weeks of extreme frustration have passed and I still have no photo prints from France.
So then I realize I can print all my photos out on my several years old Hp Photosmart 375 that prints great 4 by 6 inch prints. Though it reads an almost blank 8 gig chip when I put one in with 1500 photos on board it (does not compute)(error) (error).
(error).
So, now the France photo thing has become a nightmare for us with 3000 photos plus my 20 year old daughter who lives with her boyfriend in Oregon wants the two chips sent to her so she can save and print them too. (By the way she got pretty frustrated with these same problems too when she got the chips).
However, today my wife (who is a real shopper) (I am ONLY an online shopper because I hate shopping in stores unless there IS no other choice.) Anyway, my wife brought home a Canon Selphy CP780. I hadn't heard of it before but she was told this was the best way to print home 4 by 6 inch prints now. So I immediately went online to see if she had made a good choice. I found it rated 4.5 out of 5 and that out of 18 reviews 10 had given it 5 stars. Then I read a review and the only complaint was a guy who was taking family photos and complained that sometimes if you filled your photos up completely it would cut part of the head off.
However, because I was in France the scenery was half the shot and the people were the other half of all the shots so when I started to print photos it was perfect for my needs. Now just to prepare you it is NOT a laser printer. It uses a cartridge that reminds me of a miniature fax cartridge. It first prints yellow, then red, then blue but the quality of the photos is actually superior to my other printer. Also, it is only about $77 dollars for one of these and at Amazon you could actually buy a used one for as little as 64+ dollars plus tax and shipping. I've so far printed about 25 to 50 photos and believe if I'm lucky I will get about 100 photos with the paper and cartridge kit she bought in addition to the printer. Though a cartridge comes with the printer it doesn't last very long so be sure to buy the paper and cartridge kit or kits to print all the photos you want.
However, you might find that if you burn a cd that you might also get a good deal at your local drug store on 4 by 6 prints. So if you aren't printing over 100 or more prints it might not be cost effective for you to do this. However, remember the photoprinter can print a lot of photos as long as you are careful with it and don't place it on food crumbs or dust because the photos while printing go in and out about 4 times before the photo is done and you don't want dust or crumbs to ruin your photos. Also, each group of blank photo paper has some words on it. If you place it in the cartridge with the words on top then remove the word paper everything is set right ready to print. Good luck!
ECO: magnetospheric eternally collapsing object
Magnetospheric eternally collapsing object
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Magnetospheric Eternally Collapsing Objects or MECOs are proposed alternatives to black holes advocated by Darryl Leiter and Stanley Robertson. They are a variant of eternally collapsing objects or ECOs also proposed by Abhas Mitra in 1998.[1] Mitra had devised an ostensive proof that black holes cannot form from the spherically symmetric gravitational collapse of a star. Based on this, he argued that the collapse must be slowed to a near halt by radiation pressure. A proposed observable difference between MECO's and black holes is that the MECO can produce its own magnetic field. An uncharged black hole cannot, but its accretion disc can produce a magnetic field. Astronomer Rudolph Schild claims to have found evidence of such a magnetic field from the black hole candidate in the quasar Q0957+561.[2]
Mitra's proof that black holes cannot form is based on the argument that in order for a black hole to form, the collapsing matter must travel faster than the speed of light with respect to a fixed observer.[3] This has been cited as an example of a "wrong and widespread view",[4] as well as "flat out wrong".[5] In order for a frame of reference to be valid, the observer must be moving along a timelike worldline. Inside the event horizon of a black hole, it is not possible for such an observer to remain fixed; all observers are drawn toward the black hole.
MECOs have not gained wide acceptance among scientists; Gerry Gilmore of the Institute for Astronomy at Cambridge University has stated that the theory is "almost certainly wrong."[6] end quote from Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetospheric_eternally_collapsing_object
Though this is a theory let's see if I understand it. What I get from this is that Black holes are not exactly what people thought they were and that they suck in things slowly because a balance has to be reached between the speed of light in relation to a fixed observer.
However, I disagree with this. I believe that there are all sorts of anomalies present in the universe which break the speed of light. I think that until scientists get over the speed of light as a limitation(just like people had to get over the sound barrier in the 1950s) they won't be capable of understanding the universe better.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
Magnetospheric Eternally Collapsing Objects or MECOs are proposed alternatives to black holes advocated by Darryl Leiter and Stanley Robertson. They are a variant of eternally collapsing objects or ECOs also proposed by Abhas Mitra in 1998.[1] Mitra had devised an ostensive proof that black holes cannot form from the spherically symmetric gravitational collapse of a star. Based on this, he argued that the collapse must be slowed to a near halt by radiation pressure. A proposed observable difference between MECO's and black holes is that the MECO can produce its own magnetic field. An uncharged black hole cannot, but its accretion disc can produce a magnetic field. Astronomer Rudolph Schild claims to have found evidence of such a magnetic field from the black hole candidate in the quasar Q0957+561.[2]
Mitra's proof that black holes cannot form is based on the argument that in order for a black hole to form, the collapsing matter must travel faster than the speed of light with respect to a fixed observer.[3] This has been cited as an example of a "wrong and widespread view",[4] as well as "flat out wrong".[5] In order for a frame of reference to be valid, the observer must be moving along a timelike worldline. Inside the event horizon of a black hole, it is not possible for such an observer to remain fixed; all observers are drawn toward the black hole.
MECOs have not gained wide acceptance among scientists; Gerry Gilmore of the Institute for Astronomy at Cambridge University has stated that the theory is "almost certainly wrong."[6] end quote from Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetospheric_eternally_collapsing_object
Though this is a theory let's see if I understand it. What I get from this is that Black holes are not exactly what people thought they were and that they suck in things slowly because a balance has to be reached between the speed of light in relation to a fixed observer.
However, I disagree with this. I believe that there are all sorts of anomalies present in the universe which break the speed of light. I think that until scientists get over the speed of light as a limitation(just like people had to get over the sound barrier in the 1950s) they won't be capable of understanding the universe better.
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