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<title><![CDATA[You just know Ted Danson is to blame for this somehow.]]></title>
<link>http://womendonthavefriends.pl.wordpress.com/2008/11/18/you-just-know-ted-danson-is-to-blame-for-this-somehow/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:40:18 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>thomasedward</dc:creator>
<guid>http://womendonthavefriends.pl.wordpress.com/2008/11/18/you-just-know-ted-danson-is-to-blame-for-this-somehow/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[IN THE NEWS: According to the Hollywood Reporter, an extensive new research study has found that unh]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>IN THE NEWS: According to the Hollywood Reporter, an extensive new research study has found that unhappy people watch more TV while those consider themselves happy spend more time reading and socializing.<br />
The University of Maryland analyzed 34 years of data collected from more than 45,000 participants and found that watching TV might make you feel good in the short term but is more likely to lead to overall unhappiness.<br />
COMMENTARY: Researchers called this the &#8220;Becker&#8221; syndrome.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Yes, it's been a while....]]></title>
<link>http://pamatherton.pl.wordpress.com/2008/11/18/yes-its-been-a-while/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 04:46:01 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>pamatherton</dc:creator>
<guid>http://pamatherton.pl.wordpress.com/2008/11/18/yes-its-been-a-while/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve elected a new president in the time since I&#8217;ve last posted!
I admit, things have b]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://www.barackobama.com"><img class="size-full wp-image-189 alignleft" title="barack_obama" src="http://pamatherton.wordpress.com/files/2008/11/barack_obama.jpg" alt="barack_obama" width="98" height="122" /></a>We&#8217;ve elected a new president in the time since I&#8217;ve last posted!</p>
<p>I admit, things have been busy and I&#8217;ve gotten behind in my posting. We&#8217;ve had some great guests and some exciting things happening.</p>
<p>First of all&#8230; I hope you will join us this Thursday for our interview with <strong>Ken Levine</strong>.  (He was scheduled for last week, but we were in the middle of a studio move for our online home at AchieveRadio.com and a winter storm and crazy internet issues kept us off the air last week.  Kudos to <strong>Engineer Bill </strong>for getting things hooked up so quickly.)  Ken Levine is one of the most interesting people you will meet.  Why?  How much time ya got?!</p>
<p>So let&#8217;s see&#8230; he&#8217;s an Emmy award-winning television writer.  You&#8217;ve seen <a href="http://kenlevine.blogspot.com"><img class="size-full wp-image-190 alignright" title="ken_levine" src="http://pamatherton.wordpress.com/files/2008/11/ken_levine.jpg" alt="ken_levine" width="126" height="126" /></a>episodes that he and his writing partner <strong>David Isaacs</strong> have written for <em>Cheers</em>, <em>Wings</em>, <em>Fraisier</em>, <em>Becker</em> and more.  Plus, Levine has directed many episodes for those sitcom as well. And he and David were head writers for the iconic show <em>M*A*S*H</em>.</p>
<p>He&#8217;s also a radio personality, having gotten his start in the boss radio years.  Now he hosts <em>Dodger Talk</em> for <strong>KABC</strong>, along with a Sunday night sports show.</p>
<p>Then there&#8217;s the major league baseball play-by-play announcing that he did for the Baltimore Orioles, the San Diego Padres and the Seattle Mariners.</p>
<p>Did I mention that he and David wrote the episode of <em>The Simpsons</em> that named the baseball team the Isotopes&#8230; and then the Albuquerque, New Mexico team decided to appropriate it for their minor league team?  Oh, he was also the baseball announcer on that episode.</p>
<p><a href="http://pamatherton.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/ken_levine_itsgone.jpg"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-191 alignleft" title="ken_levine_itsgone" src="http://pamatherton.wordpress.com/files/2008/11/ken_levine_itsgone.jpg?w=96" alt="ken_levine_itsgone" width="96" height="96" /></a>What have I missed?  Oh&#8230; that book he wrote.  <em>&#8220;It&#8217;s Gone&#8230; No Wait a Minute.&#8221; </em>And he&#8217;s currently working on his memoirs, even while I post.</p>
<p>And because he felt that no one was really giving  writers a good feel for what the television writing business is really like, he started a seminar/workshop series called <em>The Sitcom Room</em>, where writers, and writer-hopefuls, come from across the nation and Canada to participate in as close to a real writing room as can be created without actually being part of a show.</p>
<p>And then there&#8217;s his blog. (<a href="http://kenlevine.blogspot.com" target="_blank">click here</a> to view) Viewed by thousands every day, Levine has fans from around the world who read his daily postings about everything from writing to baseball to American Idol.</p>
<p>I promise, there will be something for everyone on the show this Thursday.  Including some Hollywood Dish!  So please tune in at 1pm PT/4pm ET. You can get to the show by going to <a href="http://www.acloserlookradio.com" target="_blank">www.ACloserLookRadio.com. </a> Hit the big <strong>LISTEN</strong> button and you&#8217;re all set.  And if you miss the show when it&#8217;s live, you can also go to the exact same place to catch the interview in archive.  But we will be taking questions this week with Ken&#8230; so you might want to make the live show!</p>
<p>* * * * *</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thegoops.com"><img class="size-full wp-image-192 alignleft" title="goops_treasury" src="http://pamatherton.wordpress.com/files/2008/11/goops_treasury.jpg" alt="goops_treasury" width="74" height="96" /></a>As I may have told you, I&#8217;m the voice of the <strong>Goops</strong> books for children about manners. (<a href="http://www.thegoops.com" target="_blank">click here</a> to see all about the Goops) The publishers have asked me to do a radio tour promoting the book for Christmas, so I may be on the air on a station near you!</p>
<p>So far, we are scheduled for:</p>
<ul>
<li> 11/19 at 8:40am CT on KORN with Jena O&#8217;Connor in South Dakota</li>
<li>12/1 at 1pm ET on WOON with Don Burnelle in Rhode Island</li>
<li>12/15 at 10:15am PT on KAHI with Mary Jane Popp in Sacramento, CA</li>
<li>And  12/18 at 3pm ET on 880 The Biz with Kandee G in South Florida</li>
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<p>And we&#8217;re putting the finishing touches on our annual <strong>Holiday &#8220;Best Of&#8221; List</strong>.  It&#8217;s where we share with you about unique, unusual and downright weird things for the holidays! And some of those ideas come from YOU!</p>
<p>So I promise, I&#8217;ll be better about posting.  In the meantime, please tune in this week, and check out the archives for any of the shows you have missed.</p>
<p>Till next time&#8230;</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Além da imaginação: Melting Light]]></title>
<link>http://iblogdesign.pl.wordpress.com/2008/11/13/alem-da-imaginacao-melting-light/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 02:16:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Richter</dc:creator>
<guid>http://iblogdesign.pl.wordpress.com/2008/11/13/alem-da-imaginacao-melting-light/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[
Existem luminárias de todos os tipos e para todos os gostos. Mas essa luminária do designer Danie]]></description>
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<p>Existem luminárias de todos os tipos e para todos os gostos. Mas essa luminária do designer Daniel Becker realmente é super interessante.</p>
<p>De led a Melting Light é uma luminária de luz indireta (me falem se estiver errado). Parece ser inspirada em gotas de chuvas ou até então se pensarmos diferente, como se uma gota saísse de uma poça, ou de um lago. Na minha opnião, fantástico!</p>
<p>Gostou do trabalho do designer Daniel Becker? Visite o site dele <a href="http://www.danielbecker.eu/index.html" target="_blank">aqui</a>.</p>
<p>Via: <a href="http://www.yankodesign.com/" target="_blank">Yanko Design</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[VIII]]></title>
<link>http://lasletrasmudas.pl.wordpress.com/2008/11/13/viii/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:14:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Giovanni Garinian</dc:creator>
<guid>http://lasletrasmudas.pl.wordpress.com/2008/11/13/viii/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[En el mar de la duda en que bogo
ni aún sé lo que creo;
¡Sin embargo, estas ansias me dicen
que y]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>En el mar de la duda en que bogo<br />
ni aún sé lo que creo;<br />
¡Sin embargo, estas ansias me dicen<br />
que yo llevo algo<br />
divino aquí dentro!</p>
<p><strong>Autor:</strong> Gustavo Adolfo Becker</p>
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<title><![CDATA[II]]></title>
<link>http://lasletrasmudas.pl.wordpress.com/2008/11/13/ii/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:12:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Giovanni Garinian</dc:creator>
<guid>http://lasletrasmudas.pl.wordpress.com/2008/11/13/ii/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Eso soy yo, que al ocaso
cruzo el mundo, sin pensar
de donde vengo, ni adonde
mis pasos me llevarán]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Eso soy yo, que al ocaso<br />
cruzo el mundo, sin pensar<br />
de donde vengo, ni adonde<br />
mis pasos me llevarán.</p>
<p><strong>Autor:</strong> Gustavo Adolfo Becker</p>
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<title><![CDATA[I]]></title>
<link>http://lasletrasmudas.pl.wordpress.com/2008/11/13/i/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Giovanni Garinian</dc:creator>
<guid>http://lasletrasmudas.pl.wordpress.com/2008/11/13/i/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Si, teniendo en mis manos las tuyas
pudiera al oído cantártelo a solas.
Autor: Gustavo Adolfo Beck]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Si, teniendo en mis manos las tuyas<br />
pudiera al oído cantártelo a solas.</p>
<p><strong>Autor:</strong> Gustavo Adolfo Becker</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Becker prende un granchio con la teoria austriaca]]></title>
<link>http://maxneri.pl.wordpress.com/2008/11/12/becker-prende-un-granchio-con-la-teoria-austriaca/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:14:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Massimiliano Neri</dc:creator>
<guid>http://maxneri.pl.wordpress.com/2008/11/12/becker-prende-un-granchio-con-la-teoria-austriaca/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Nel suo ultimo post, il premio Nobel Gary Becker della Scuola di Chicago prende un granchio colossal]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Nel suo ultimo post, il premio Nobel Gary Becker della Scuola di Chicago prende un granchio colossale argomentando nei confronti della teoria austriaca del ciclo economico. L&#8217;articolo e&#8217; &#8220;<a href="http://www.becker-posner-blog.com/archives/2008/11/depressions_cau.html" target="_blank">Depressions Cause a lot More Pain than Benefits</a>&#8220;.</p>
<p>La critica più ricorrente che normalmente viene rivolta agli economisti di Chicago e Keynesiani che provano a sparare due colpi pur che sia nei confronti della teoria austriaca e&#8217; che gli austriaci non li hanno letti. E&#8217; proprio cosi, sembra incredibile una tale approssimazione da parte di chi e&#8217; stato insignito del titolo più alto per un economista. Tuttavia non e&#8217; un caso, non e&#8217; colpa unicamente di Becker, quanto più che altro della metodologia adottata dal mainstream della scienza economica.</p>
<p>Gli economisti moderni non leggono i classici dell&#8217;economia, gli studenti <em>graduated </em>non hanno alcun incentivo a studiarseli e sono premiati solo quando scrivono articoli di 20 pagine pieni zeppi di analisi quantitativa, che devono concentrare la quasi totalità della bibliografia su fonti moderne. Al massimo e&#8217; ammesso citare un Keynes (1936), per cameratismo.</p>
<p>In questo contesto, passare le notti a leggersi Hayek e&#8217; segno di eclettismo patologico, genera sospetto e isolamento, perciò non va menzionato. Ogni dottorando o ricercatore in economia, che non si sia avvicinato all&#8217;economia solo perché gli piace la matematica, sa bene cosa voglio dire.</p>
<p>Tornando all&#8217;articolo di Becker, la serie di imprecisioni riguardo alla teoria austriaca e&#8217; plateale. Consiglio la lettura di tutto il thread, in particolare il commento di Gu Si Fang.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Becker Closing Huntington Beach Location]]></title>
<link>http://boardretailers.pl.wordpress.com/2008/11/11/becker-closing-huntington-beach-location/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:16:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>boardretailers</dc:creator>
<guid>http://boardretailers.pl.wordpress.com/2008/11/11/becker-closing-huntington-beach-location/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Dave Hollander with Becker has announced that due to leasing issues, and not the economy or other fa]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Dave Hollander with Becker has announced that due to leasing issues, and not the economy or other factors, that Becker&#8217;s will be closing the Huntington Beach location. The store was the least performing of the six stores in the Becker chain and due to a dispute over re-signing the current lease, the decision to close the location is the best option. Hollander does go on to say that Becker may be opening new locations along the beachfront.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Becker versione Pop?!La risposta arriva dalla vecchia Trabant]]></title>
<link>http://cafedesignorants.pl.wordpress.com/2008/10/24/becker-versione-popla-risposta-arriva-dalla-vecchia-tabant/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:34:28 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>cafedesignorants</dc:creator>
<guid>http://cafedesignorants.pl.wordpress.com/2008/10/24/becker-versione-popla-risposta-arriva-dalla-vecchia-tabant/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[

Me ne stavo a zonzo per uno dei posti più belli d&#8217;Europa.
Passegiavo per il centro di Berli]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:left;">Me ne stavo a zonzo per uno dei posti più belli d&#8217;Europa.<br />
Passegiavo per il centro di Berlino con la mia macchina fotografica all&#8217;imbrunire,catturando sfondi seppia e vedute suggestive in greyscale.<br />
All&#8217;improvviso, per l&#8217;ennesima volta, Berlino torna a stupirmi. Da lontano sento scoppiettio di motori e vedo un coloratissimo gruppo di piccole strane macchinine colorate: alcune zebrate, altre viola,fucsia,verde acido col tetto color panna, un’altra sembrava un cappucino!<br />
Lo sciame colorato si snoda per la strada riempendo il contesto di colore e allegria. Seguo la carovana  fino a che non la perdo di vista. Cerco di catturare l&#8217;evento con quelche scatto e con sorriso sognante stampato in faccia,continuo la mia passeggiata romantica.<br />
Tornata a casa ho mostrato le foto ai miei amici che mi ospitavano  ed è qui che è saltato fuori che le macchinette in questione che facevano anche una puzza pestilenziale per strada, come se fossero alimentate a miscela ultragrassa sono delle Trabant, macchine della ex DDR.<br />
Qualche tempo fa mi è tornato in mente l’episodio e navigando ho scoperto l’esistenza di www.trabi-safari.com: trattasi di un&#8217;agenzia che noleggia vecchie Trabant colorate per eventi e manifestazioni.<br />
Beh, a questo punto, è scattata la caccia all&#8217;evento.</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><img src="http://www.trabi-safari.de/e173/ts_main_ger.jpg" alt="Trabi safari" /></p>
<p>Possibile che ci fosse in quei giorni un evento a Berlino con tanto di giro in Trabant e io ne fossi totalmente all&#8217;oscuro?!<br />
Possibile!<br />
Kame la talpa ha scovato il gossip.<br />
Trattavasi di un&#8217;iniziativa di <a href="http://www.mybecker.com">Becker</a> casa produttrice di navigatori satellitari che per promuovere il lancio della nuova linea di device ha pensato di organizzare un  giro turistico-panoramico in Trabant con navigatore a bordo. Originale e audace che  un navigatore super hi-tech dall&#8217;immagine un po&#8217; algida  come Becker, scelga un mezzo così pop retrò per tarare le proprie funzionalità e mostrarle ai buyer.<br />
Perché io non lo sapevo/non ero invitata?<br />
Evento very exclusive destinato solo ai buyer e la stampa di settore!<br />
Tutto chiarito, Beker perdonato per il mancato invito!<br />
Kame</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Eyeless in Gaza - Picture the day]]></title>
<link>http://halblog.pl.wordpress.com/2008/10/22/eyeless-in-gaza-picture-the-day/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 07:17:27 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>hal0802</dc:creator>
<guid>http://halblog.pl.wordpress.com/2008/10/22/eyeless-in-gaza-picture-the-day/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Picture the day, can you still remember ?
Painting the pages while pouring thunder
Smashed in the wi]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><blockquote><p>Picture the day, can you still remember ?<br />
Painting the pages while pouring thunder<br />
Smashed in the windows and you wished for summer.</p></blockquote>
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<title><![CDATA[Quotes of the Day]]></title>
<link>http://uncommonquotes.org/2008/10/19/quotes-of-the-day-40/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2008 13:24:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>wherethewildthingis</dc:creator>
<guid>http://uncommonquotes.org/2008/10/19/quotes-of-the-day-40/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Deanna: I have my surgery next week.
Elise: Are you going to keep your boobs? In a jar? On a shelf a]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Deanna: I have my surgery next week.<br />
Elise: Are you going to keep your boobs? In a jar? On a shelf at home?<br />
Dennis: Here are some pictures of our children, here are my wife&#8217;s boobs&#8217; in formaldehyde&#8230;</p>
<p>Jim: No, no - if you&#8217;re a comedian, you don&#8217;t get to be picky. You don&#8217;t get to choose whether people laugh with you or at you.</p>
<p>Elise: You can smoke in your own house, you know.<br />
Becker: I wasn&#8217;t going to be rude and blow cigarette smoke in your face while you&#8217;re eating.<br />
Elise: How did you know it was bothering me? I could&#8217;ve just been pacing.<br />
Becker: Because no one walks around when they&#8217;re starving and have Rally&#8217;s. I&#8217;d know - I&#8217;m a fat bastard.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Gary Becker e l'innoquo breve termine]]></title>
<link>http://maxneri.pl.wordpress.com/2008/10/12/analisi-della-posizione-di-gary-becker-sulla-crisi/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 10:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Massimiliano Neri</dc:creator>
<guid>http://maxneri.pl.wordpress.com/2008/10/12/analisi-della-posizione-di-gary-becker-sulla-crisi/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[L&#8217;analisi di Gary Becker dell&#8217;attuale crisi fa affiorare alcune differenze di fondo fra ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://www.becker-posner-blog.com/archives/2008/09/the_financial_c_1.html" target="_blank">L&#8217;analisi di Gary Becker dell&#8217;attuale crisi</a> fa affiorare alcune differenze di fondo fra l&#8217;approccio della Scuola Austriaca e quello della vecchia Scuola di Chicago circa l&#8217;interpretazione della crisi finanziaria.</p>
<p>Il Professor Becker crede che le misure adottate in maniera coordinata da governi e banche centrali in questi ultimi giorni servano a risolvere un&#8217;emergenza di breve termine,  un male necessario per scongiurare la morte del malato:</p>
<blockquote><p>The Paulson Plan naturally concentrates on the very real short run emergency.</p>
<p>moral hazard concerns should be put aside temporarily when the whole short term credit system is close to a complete collapse</p></blockquote>
<p>Prima di tutto bisogna valutare se veramente il malato e&#8217; moribondo. In secondo luogo occorre valutare con cautela le conseguenze inintenzionali (&#8230;ma note) degli interventi.</p>
<p>Partiamo dal primo punto: lanciare segnali d&#8217;allarme e gettare il panico facendo leva sulla psicologia delle persone e&#8217; molto facile, soprattutto quando l&#8217;obbiettivo dell&#8217;avvertimento non sono operatori finanziari ma i risparmiatori. Maggiore e&#8217; l&#8217;autorevolezza dello scranno da cui si parla, maggiore e&#8217; il peso delle parole. E se il FMI dice che <a href="Il sistema finanziario è sull'orlo di un collasso sistemico" target="_blank">&#8220;Il sistema finanziario è sull&#8217;orlo di un collasso sistemico&#8221;</a>, si fa presto a pensare che saremo improvvisamente proiettati in una nuova <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/toc/08_41/B4103magazine.htm" target="_blank">era glaciale finanziaria</a>. Valutando &#8216;a freddo&#8217; la notizia, si nota tuttavia che viene lanciata di domenica, durante un G7, considerazione che si porta dietro un significativo peso politico &#8230; e strumentale.</p>
<p>Non vi e&#8217; dubbio che siamo ufficialmente immersi in una crisi di liquidita&#8217;. Finira&#8217; il mondo domani? O chi conosce bene le leggi economiche continua a pensare che per ogni domanda alla fine ci sara&#8217; sempre un&#8217;offerta? Ecco che allora assume un senso cio&#8217; che scrivono Alex Tabarrok (&#8221;<a href="http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2008/09/where-is-the-cr.html" target="_blank">Where is the Credit Crunch?</a>&#8220;) e Michele Boldrin (&#8221;<a href="http://www.noisefromamerika.org/index.php/articoli/1080" target="_blank">Zitti (e fermi) per favore!</a>&#8220;). Forse l&#8217;offerta di credito si e&#8217; ristretta (come e&#8217; logisco attendersi durante l&#8217;inizio di una sana fase liquidazionista) ma non e&#8217; detto che si sia prosciugata.</p>
<p>Perche&#8217; uno dovrebbe adottare un&#8217;impostazione cosi intransigente invece che abbracciare la coperta di linus del salvataggio preventivo per scongiurare il peggio? Perche&#8217; se la fine del mondo non e&#8217; varamente alle porte, l&#8217;innondazione di liquidita&#8217; operta dalle banche centrali in questi giorni &#8220;potrebbe&#8221;(*) trascinarci nel vortice di una <strong>iperinflazione:</strong></p>
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<p>Ma torniamo a Becker affrontando il secondo punto. E&#8217; un&#8217;illusione pensare che gli effetti delle misure adottate in questi giorni rimarranno confinati all&#8217;interno del perimetro del breve termine. Le massive iniezioni di liquidita&#8217;, le nazionalizzazioni bancarie, la proibizione delle vendite allo scoperto non fanno che ammannettare i sani processi di liquidazione, posticipando le rese dei conti. Come ha fatto notare <a href="http://mises.org/story/3138" target="_blank">Huerta de Soto</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8230; this &#8220;flight into the future&#8221; would only temporarily postpone problems at the cost of making them far more serious later. [...] At this point, an inevitable, painful readjustment begins&#8230;</p>
<p>[central bankers] can either allow the recessionary process to begin now, and with it the healthy and painful readjustment, or they can procrastinate with a &#8220;hair of the dog&#8221; cure. With the latter, the chances of even more severe stagflation in the not-too-distant future increase exponentially. (This was precisely the error committed following the stock market crash of 1987, an error that led to the inflation at the end of the 1980s and concluded with the sharp recession of 1990-1992.)</p>
<p>the reintroduction of a cheap-credit policy at this stage could only hinder the necessary liquidation of unprofitable investments and company reconversion. It could even wind up prolonging the recession indefinitely, as occurred in the Japanese economy, which, after all possible interventions were tried, ceased to respond to any stimulus involving credit expansion or Keynesian methods.</p></blockquote>
<p>Tanto era dovuto per il breve termine. Scolliniamo ora per vedere cosa propone Becker per il lungo termine:</p>
<blockquote><p>The government should <strong>as quickly as possible sell Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae</strong> to fully private companies that receive no government insurance or other help. These two giants did not cause the housing mess, but in recent years they surely greatly <strong>contributed </strong>to it, partly through <strong>Congressional pressure on them to increase their purchases of sub prime loans</strong>. They owned or <strong>guaranteed almost half</strong> of the $12 trillion in outstanding mortgages with less than $100 million of capital. The housing market already has excessive amounts of government subsidies, such as from the tax exemption of interest on mortgages, and should not have government sponsored enterprises that insure mortgage-backed securities.</p></blockquote>
<p>Perfetto! Avremmo tutti sempre voluto che queste agenzie governative venissero sottomesse ad un regime di libero mercato, invece che recepire pedissequamente direttive pubbliche anti-mercato. Forse Becker avrebbe potuto sposare prima questa battaglia, quando il Mises Institute e limitrofi erano fra i pochi ad avere il coraggio di perorarla. Meglio tardi che mai, quando si tratta di uscire dall&#8217;armadio.</p>
<p>Continuiamo:</p>
<blockquote><p>the &#8220;too big to fail&#8221; approach to banks and other companies should be abandoned as new long-term financial policies are developed. Such an approach is inconsistent with a free market economy.</p></blockquote>
<p>Grandioso. Sarebbe altrettando spettacolare se scrivesse chiaramente che questo equivale a un passo indietro di governo e Fed, e possibilmente alla concezione di una politica economica che dia ai mercati <strong>stabili aspettative di lungo termine &#8220;sul comportamento del governo&#8221;</strong>. Ma questo e&#8217; intrinsecamente impossibile a causa della fallibilita&#8217; di questo sistema politico, come insegnatoci dal permio Nobel James Buchanan e dalla Scuola della Public Choice.</p>
<p>Veniamo al punto piu&#8217; importante:</p>
<blockquote><p>The capital requirements of banks relative to assets might be <strong>increased</strong>, so that the <strong>highly leveraged ratios</strong> of assets to capital in financial institutions during the past several years would become <strong>less common</strong>. Possibly a <strong>minimum ratio of capital to assets</strong> should be imposed by the Fed on investment banks and money funds.</p></blockquote>
<p>Magnifico! Non potrei non sposare la proposta visto che in passato riconosi in un articolo titolato &#8220;<a href="http://maxneri.wordpress.com/2008/02/20/cartolarizzazioni-e-credit-crunch/" target="_blank">Cartolarizzazioni e Credit Crunch</a>&#8221; che il problema della leva di certi strumenti di finanza avanzata (specialmente le cartolarizzazioni) stava proprio nella perdita dell&#8217;associazione fra assett e riserve sottostanti (in termini misesiani, il problema sta in un uso eccessivo dei mezzi fiduciari o della riserva frazionaria - due facce della stessa medaglia).</p>
<p>Tuttavia, cosi dicendo, Becker smentisce il suo grande maestro:</p>
<blockquote><p>Milton Friedman and Anna Schwartz argue convincingly in their Monetary History of the United States that the <strong>Fed&#8217;s raising of reserve requirements for commercial banks</strong> during the mid-1930s <strong>contributed to a prolonging of the Great Depression</strong>. For it induced these banks to further contract their lending in order to gain the liquid assets that were removed by higher reserve requirements.</p></blockquote>
<p>Speriamo che la misura da lui proposta non riguardi solo i derivati lasciando fuori il credito commerciale. Sarebbe inspiegabile e pericoloso, equivarrebbe ad un inno al <em>malinvestement</em>.</p>
<p>(*) Scrissi in passato che esistono due scuole di pensiero circa l&#8217;attuale congiuntura: chi ritiene che vi sara&#8217; iperinflaizone e chi ritiene che saremo convolti nelle dinamiche di una deflazione. La questione non e&#8217; banale, la trattero&#8217; in un articolo successivo</p>
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<dc:creator>gioggi2002</dc:creator>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p align="left">In questi giorni si fa un gran parlare di Borgonovo, ex campione di calcio, e ora ridotto alla paralisi su una sedia a rotelle dalla Sla, conosciuto anche come &#8220;morbo di Gehrig&#8221;, in ricordo del giocatore di baseball che fu affetto da questa grave malattia. Pochi (se non appassionati) sanno che da questa malattia è affetto anche Jason Becker, uno dei più grandi chitarristi che la storia abbia conosciuto. La CNN ha realizzato un servizio su di lui (sono i primi due filmati qui sotto, neanche 5 minuti), e poco più sotto vi mostro una delle sue straordinarie canzoni. Sapere che non può più suonarle mette una tristezza infinita. Ma sta lottando contro la malattia, con tutte le sue forze. Io sono con lui, e voi?</p>
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Sul palco gli altri musicisti si fanno da parte perche&#8217; adesso tocca a lui, e&#8217; il suo momento. Jason Becker avanza di un passo, le luci si abbassano, l&#8217;occhio di bue lo punta e per il pubblico, adesso, c&#8217;e&#8217; solo lui.<span> </span><br />
Jason Becker inizia a suonare la sua magica chitarra elettrica con una mano, mentre con l&#8217;altra fa rimbalzare nell&#8217;aria uno yo-yo. Il pubblico smette di muoversi e di agitarsi. Si fermano tutti per guardarlo, con fare ipnotico, incantato. Jason Becker si mette a nudo e partorisce assoli incredibili. Getta lo yo-yo, si passa una mano dietro l&#8217;orecchio perche&#8217; Jason Becker e&#8217; timido, nonostante tutto, come ogni animo sensibile.<span> </span>  </p>
<p>La sua musica infuriata si articola in disegni arzigogolati, scalate sui piu&#8217; elevati picchi del pentagramma, gioca al neoclassicismo e al metaller anni &#8216;80. Jason Becker corre e le note sembranno non stargli dietro, come un moderno cowboy armato di 6 corde, sembra esser piu&#8217; veloce della sua ombra. Il pubblico impallidisce e non crede a propri occhi, ma Jason Becker nasconde il volto dietro i suoi capelli, non si vanta della sua emozione, del suo sentimento celato dietro ogni sofferto bending. Riesce solo a scivolare sul manico della sua chitarra muovendo le dita in una danza folle, e piu&#8217; le mani danzano, piu&#8217; l&#8217;emozione cresce.<span> </span><br />
Jason Becker sta suonando contro la sua malattia, che corre, pure lei, veloce. Ed e&#8217; una sfida, quella tra Jason Becker e la sua malattia. Sono tutt&#8217;e due affamati, Jason Becker ha fame di vita, la malattia ha fame di morte.<span> </span><br />
Fanno tutti il tifo per Jason, nessuno vuole che la sua musica finisca.<span> </span><br />
La malattia avanza e le note perdono colpi e forza. Jason Becker inizia ad esser stanco, e si stanchera&#8217; sempre piu&#8217;.<span> </span></p>
<hr /></big><big>Jason Becker guarda un monitor. Ha imparato a scrivere la musica con gli occhi. Ma non puo&#8217; piu&#8217; suonarla.<span> <span style="font-size:xx-small;"><span style="color:#000000;">da </span><a href="http://www.autistici.org/darko/jason.html"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="color:#000000;">http://www.autistici.org/darko/jason.html</span></span></a></span></span></big></td>
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<link>http://photoedu.pl.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/the-b-school/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:19:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>frazierphotography</dc:creator>
<guid>http://photoedu.pl.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/the-b-school/</guid>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>I just realized that it&#8217;s been a very long time since I&#8217;ve made a post here. Yes, I&#8217;m still here. Just been busy. I&#8217;m sorry about that. Anyway, I wanted to annouce a great new resource for photographers looking to learn a ton of stuff about the business of wedding photography. I mentioned in a previous post <a href="http://photoedu.wordpress.com/2008/04/24/the-b-school-podcasts/">http://photoedu.wordpress.com/2008/04/24/the-b-school-podcasts/</a> about the b-school podcasts I had been watching and thought they were very useful and educational. Well, Becker has taken it to the next level and started an online school of sorts. I highly encourage all photographers to check it out at <a href="http://www.thebschool.com">www.thebschool.com</a>.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s all for now. But, stay tuned for more to come.</p>
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<link>http://antonio1shredguitarblog.pl.wordpress.com/2008/09/21/my-caprice-no4-repost-neoclassical-caprice-for-guitar/</link>
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<dc:creator>scuubydoo</dc:creator>
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I&#8217;m also on the guitar rig Hero contest you can vote for me at Guitarrig hero here
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<p>I&#8217;m also on the guitar rig Hero contest you can vote for me at Guitarrig hero here<br />
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTHuHYwZZEM</p>
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<dc:creator>Le Roi</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[München. Pfft. Nicht heute, verdammt und bestimmt nicht hier. Grrrarrrah. Ferrrtig marchen zum Ente]]></description>
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<link>http://fishwrap.pl.wordpress.com/2008/09/12/xcel-shuts-down-monticello-nuclear-plant/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:11:46 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Brooke Trout</dc:creator>
<guid>http://fishwrap.pl.wordpress.com/2008/09/12/xcel-shuts-down-monticello-nuclear-plant/</guid>
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<link>http://lolxxx.pl.wordpress.com/2008/09/12/lojas-becker/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 04:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>lolxxx</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Existem coisas que nos deixam saudades. Épocas, situações, pessoas&#8230; Por 1 ano e meio da min]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Existem coisas que nos deixam saudades. Épocas, situações, pessoas&#8230; Por 1 ano e meio da minha vida eu fiz parte da &#8220;Família Becker&#8221;. Trabalhei como Vendedor (dá pra acreditar?) na Filial 90, em Santa Maria. Eu era daquele tipo de vendedor que é &#8220;coisa mais querida&#8230; Mas não vende nada!&#8221;.</p>
<p>Porém, eu tinha meus objetivos e estava disposto a começar de alguma forma. E ainda quebrei mutos galhos na parte de informática, ajudando sempre em alguma coisa! =)</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="size-full wp-image-119 aligncenter" title="fachada" src="http://lolxxx.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/fachada.jpg" alt="Loja 90 - Santa Maria." /></p>
<p>Ainda lembro do meu 1º dia de trabalho, em 2006&#8230; Durante o tempo em que trabalhei na Filial 90, passei por toda a sorte de situações, algumas engraçadas, outras emocionantes, umas alegres, outras nem tanto&#8230; Colegas indo embora, colegas chegando&#8230; Sim, muitas vezes eu me sentia parte de um time, o que me deixava muito feliz, pois sempre gostei de fazer amizades e lutar por um bem comum. Tive chance de aprender muitas coisas novas, conhecer pessoas. Ah, e como as pessoas são importantes&#8230;</p>
<div id="attachment_124" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 170px"><a href="http://lolxxx.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/deposito.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-124" title="deposito" src="http://lolxxx.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/deposito.jpg" alt="Depósito sendo construido. Eu estive lá!" width="160" height="128" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Depósito (ou Centro de Distribuição) sendo construído. Eu estive lá!</p></div>
<div id="attachment_125" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://lolxxx.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/time.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-125" title="time" src="http://lolxxx.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/time.jpg?w=300" alt="Fernanda, Nei, Cris, Nara, Carla e eu. \o/" width="300" height="225" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Fernanda, Nei, Cris, Nara, Carla e eu. o/</p></div>
<div id="attachment_126" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://lolxxx.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/churr.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-126" title="churr" src="http://lolxxx.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/churr.jpg?w=300" alt="Churrasco em Cerro Largo. Saudades..." width="300" height="240" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Sr. Fernando e Luciana (mais ao meio), pessoas raras de se encontrar hoje em dia. À propósito, Luciana vai ser mamãe mais uma vez! =)</p></div>
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<p>Muitas vezes, quando eu estava &#8220;para baixo&#8221;, alguns colegas tratavam logo de tentar me alegrar. Eles sabiam que o meu sonho era, um dia, trabalhar na Matriz. Então eles sempre vinham e falavam que este dia estava se aproximando, para eu não desanimar, não desistir. <strong>Isto é se importar com as pessoas.</strong> E eu sempre dei muito valor à isto. Se não fosse o incentivo destes colegas, eu não teria ficado tanto tempo na empresa. <strong>Como é bom poder sentir-se querido por pessoas de bem.</strong></p>
<p>Este post é, também, uma homenagem (e um agradecimento) à estas pessoas que eu nunca vou esquecer. Ao <strong>Sr. Fernando</strong>, verdadeiro exemplo de GERENTE, não chefe. <strong>Lú</strong>, esposa do Sr. Fernando, sempre querida com todos. <strong>Aldinha</strong>, minha &#8220;mãe&#8221; dentro da loja (e seu <strong>Neri</strong>, o marido dela, muito &#8220;gente boa&#8221;). <strong>Larice</strong>, um diamante que tenho certeza que vai se dar muito bem na vida. <strong>Nei, Cris, Fernanda</strong>, nem preciso falar nada&#8230; <strong>Vítor, Flores, &#8220;Vermeio&#8221;</strong>, figuras sem igual. A Tia Marli, a Jose&#8230;O grande <strong>Jaiminho</strong>, excelente colega que assumiu uma loja em Ajuricaba&#8230;</p>
<p>O pessoal do crediário é um caso à parte.<strong> Régis, Simone, Lidiane, Márcia, Rogério</strong>. Mais do que colegas, amigos. Quantas vezes o sistema caia, a impressora travava&#8230; Quando eu atendia o telefone na parte de vendas da loja, e ouvia a frase:&#8221;Chester, pode descer no crediário?&#8221;, eu já sabia que algo estava errado, hahaha&#8230; Fato curioso: logo que entrei na empresa, a Márcia e a Lidiane quase não abriam a boca. Um sorriso, uma risada então, impossível. Mas vejam como as coisas mudam:</p>
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<p>Para terminar, um pequeno fato sobre o <strong>Ivan</strong>, meu ex-gerente. Final do ano passado, antes do Natal, eu estava muito triste. As vendas indo mal. Eu já havia visto que não haveria chances de eu trabalhar no que eu realmente queria na empresa. Tudo estava dando errado.</p>
<p>Até que, um dia, uma menina &#8220;catadora de papelão&#8221;, de uns 6, 7 anos de idade apareceu na loja. Como era época de Natal, tínhamos muitas bicicletas expostas na vitrine. Então, quando a menina estava saindo, ela disse: &#8220;Como eu queria ter uma!&#8221;.</p>
<p>Pois bem. O nosso gerente (Ivan) ouviu. Chamou ela e disse para ela escolher qualquer uma, que ele daria para ela. Sem alarde. Sem &#8220;propaganda&#8221;. Eu não vi essa cena. Mas vi a minha colega Jose comentando sobre o fato. Quando eu soube, não pude me conter. Chamei a Sandra e pedi para ela comprar um cartão de Natal (era o que dava pra comprar com meu dinheiro). A Márcia viu que eu estava meio que chorando e quis rir, mas acabou com os olhos cheios d&#8217;água também, hahaha&#8230; Depois, só pude ir até a mesa dele, entregar o cartão e agradecer. Pois tudo o que eu estava passando naquele momento foi compensado por aquele ato.</p>
<p>Mais tarde, fiquei sabendo que até material escolar ele comprou para ela. E sapatos também.Sempre sem ficar alardeando para todo mundo. Por que eu contei este fato? <strong>Porque existem pessoas que merecem RESPEITO. Pessoas que têm um coração bom.</strong> E que, mesmo tendo seus dias de estresse, sempre terão a alma limpa.</p>
<p><strong>Então eu posso dizer: sempre trabalhei com honestidade e caráter. Nunca deixei de ajudar quem quer que fosse, mesmo prejudicando minhas vendas.<br />
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<p>Foi uma honra trabalhar com pessoas que têm coração.</p>
<p>Foi uma honra conhecer pessoas que sempre terei as melhores lembranças.</p>
<p><strong>Foi uma honra trabalhar na Becker.</strong></p>
<p>Ao Sr. Fernando e ao Ivan, que me contrataram, meu muito obrigado. De coração.</p>
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<p>Bônus: videos (qualidade péssima, mas dá pra ter uma idéia!).</p>
<p><strong>Conhecendo o Centro Administrativo!</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Grande mestre César. Não está precisando de uma ajudinha aí? =)</strong></p>
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<title><![CDATA[09 de Setembro - FREE TOUR]]></title>
<link>http://borog.pl.wordpress.com/2008/09/10/09-de-setembro-free-tour/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:55:50 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Não é exatamente free mas já explico porque. Se trata de uma excursão em grupo a pé pelo centro]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Não é exatamente <em>free</em> mas já explico porque. Se trata de uma excursão em grupo a pé pelo centro de Munique, com um guia. Quem quer participar dessa excursão só precisa estar às 15h no Marienplatz e ir até onde tem um grupo de pessoas e uma plaquinha vermelha em cima. Se chama Free Tour, porém a guia disse que ela não é paga por nenhuma empresa e que as pessoas escolhem quanto ela merece ganhar de gorjeta. Tá bom, você pode não pagar. Mas provavelmente sentirá peso na consciência depois de ouvir ela falando por 3 horas.<br />
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</a><em>Não tá todo mundo na foto. Da esq. para a dir.: australiano, brasileiro, americana, orientais e portugueses</em><a href="http://borog.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/090908-freetour.jpg"></a></p>
<p>Ok! A Kari, a menina que foi nossa guia, é da California. Falava inglês bem rápido, portanto algumas coisas eu não entendi completamente. Ela nos disse que aquele grupo era o menor que ela já tinha pego. Pelo que me recordo era um brasileiro (eu), um australiano, uma família (acho que era uma família) de portugueses (umas cinco pessoas), um casal norte-americano (mulher dos EUA e homem do Canadá) e um casal oriental (não sei de onde, mas tinham olho puxado).</p>
<p>Passamos por lugares que eu já conhecia. Alguns eu já sabia a história um pouco pois o Thomas e a She já me contaram. Outros não.</p>
<p>Ela contou histórias sobre o <a href="http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=marienplatz+munchen&#38;m=tags" target="_blank">Marienplatz</a>, sobre a <a href="http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Frauenkirche+munchen&#38;m=tags" target="_blank">Frauenkirche</a>, a <a href="http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=munich+hofbr%C3%A4uhaus&#38;m=tags" target="_blank">Hofbräuhaus,</a>e outras pontos. Falou bastante sobre a guerra também.</p>
<p><strong>Curiosidade</strong>: A cidade ficou muito destruída após a segunda guerra mundial. E muita coisa foi reconstruída depois, da forma que era antes porque os alemães tiraram fotos, antes da guerra, de tudo que eles podiam, porque sabiam o que poderia acontecer.</p>
<p>Foi aqui também que muitos fatos relacionados ao nazimos aconteceram pois Hitler morou aqui. Um fato interessante é que muito foi reconstruído pelas mulheres pois muitos homens tinham morrido ou estavam presos. E é incrível como conseguiram. Andando pela cidade não dá para imaginar que um dia aquilo tudo já esteve destruído. Foi muito legal a tour, deu para aprender bastante.</p>
<p>De noite, vimos vários episódios de <a href="http://br.youtube.com/results?search_query=becker+sitcom&#38;search_type=" target="_blank">Becker</a>. É realmente viciante. Além da série ser muito boa, tem o clima que gosto muito em Nova York. Aliás, eu adoro Becker e adoro Seinfeld. talvez o clima Nova York deixa as séries mais legais ainda.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[By Kilian - A Taste of Heaven]]></title>
<link>http://sakecat.pl.wordpress.com/2008/09/03/by-kilian-a-taste-of-heaven/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:23:32 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Perfume: A Taste of Heaven
House: By Kilian
Perfumer: Calice Becker
Source: Luckyscent
Size: 1mL
Luc]]></description>
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House: By Kilian<br />
Perfumer: Calice Becker<br />
Source: <a href="http://www.luckyscent.com/shop/detail.asp?itemid=42504&#38;section=1&#38;rv=on">Luckyscent</a><br />
Size: 1mL</p>
<p><a href="http://www.luckyscent.com/shop/detail.asp?itemid=42504&#38;section=1&#38;rv=on">Luckyscent Notes</a>:  Calabria bergamot oil, geranium bourbon oil, orange flower absolute, Turkish rose absolute, green absinthe oil, lavender barreme oil, lavandin abrialis oil, lavandin green absolute, lavandin green concrete, Indonesian patchouli oil, oak moss extract, costus oil, ambrarome absolute, vanilla bean absolute, tonka beans</p>
<p>Date: 9/3/08   Weather: 70 degrees, evening</p>
<p>Comments: Huge citrus / lavender blast - almost mentholic.  Very masculine.  Very intense.  Within 10 minutes, dries down to a lavender with wood, citrus and a hint of vanilla.  Still very masculine.  Almost soapy.  For whatever reason, Old Spice comes to mind - though I&#8217;m not sure there are many similarities.  20 minutes in - more amber.  Still very masculine.  60 minutes in - more vanilla.  Still very masculine.  2 hours in - finally turning into something I can wear - a vanilla / amber blend with just a hint of soapy lavender.  5 hours in - has turned into the drydown for The Gingerbread Crackhouse.  I wore this yesterday so I am not sure whether it is the Posset coming back or the actual drydown of this scent.  I will need to try this again another time.</p>
<p><a href="http://perfumesmellinthings.blogspot.com/2007/11/perfume-review-by-kilian-loeuvre-noire.html">Perfume Smellin Things</a><br />
<a href="http://www.basenotes.net/ID26129101.html">Basenotes</a><br />
<a href="http://qwendy.typepad.com/shoescakeperfume/2008/08/a-worthy-addict.html">Notes on Shoes, Cake and Perfume</a><br />
<a href="http://danieltharp.com/weblog/2008/08/a-taste-of-heaven-how-much-is-too-much/">Daniel Tharp</a><br />
<a href="http://perfumeposse.com/2007/11/22/by-kilians-perfume-reviews-a-box-tdf/">Perfume Posse</a><br />
<a href="http://fragrancebouquet.blogspot.com/2008/10/taste-of-heaven-by-kilian-perfume.html">Fragrance Bouquet</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Series-Disabled Legend Jason Becker]]></title>
<link>http://lifechums.com/2008/09/01/amyotrophic-lateral-sclerosis-als-series-disabled-legend-jason-becker/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:52:44 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>lifechums</dc:creator>
<guid>http://lifechums.com/2008/09/01/amyotrophic-lateral-sclerosis-als-series-disabled-legend-jason-becker/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Jason Becker, was born on 22 July, 1969. Jason is an American neo-classical metal guitarist and comp]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://lifechums.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/jason-becker.jpg"></a><a href="http://lifechums.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/jason-becker1.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-772" src="http://lifechums.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/jason-becker1.jpg" alt="" width="274" height="280" /></a>Jason Becker, was born on 22 July, 1969. Jason is an American neo-classical metal guitarist and composer. At the age of 16, he became part of the Mike Varney-produced duo Cacophony with his friend Marty Friedman. They released Speed Metal Symphony in 1987 and Go Off! in 1988.</p>
<p>Jason Becker studied the works of violinist Niccolò Paganini and was a playing partner with Marty Friedman. Jason later composed a rendition of Paganini&#8217;s 5th Caprice, performing it during an instructional guitar video. Jason Becker&#8217;s compositions often include high speed scalar and arpeggio passages, both of which are trademarks of his &#8217;shred&#8217; style of guitar playing. The song &#8220;Serrana&#8221;, appearing in the album Perspective, is an example of his sweep-picking skills. Jason demonstrated the arpeggio sequence during a clinic at the Atlanta Institute of Music. A video of this performance first appeared on his Hot Licks guitar instructional video and can now be viewed on YouTube.</p>
<p>Jason Becker started out playing alongside Marty Friedman in the Mike Varney produced duo, Cacophony. Jason Becker and Marty Friedman toured together with Cacophony in Japan and across the United States. In 1989 Jason Becker left to pursue a solo career, releasing his 1st solo album titled &#8216;Perpetual Burn&#8217; in 1988, and has since released &#8216;Perspective&#8217;, as well as 2 albums of demos, entitled &#8216;The Raspberry Jams&#8217; and The Blackberry Jams.</p>
<p>At the age of 20, he joined David Lee Roth&#8217;s band, replacing Steve Vai, who went on to join Whitesnake. While recording the A Little Ain&#8217;t Enough album and preparing for the subsequent tour in 1990, Jason Becker began to feel what he called a &#8220;lazy limp&#8221; on his left leg. Jason was soon diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig&#8217;s Disease) and given 3 years to live. Jason could barely finish the recording, using low-gauge (thin) guitar strings and other techniques, which would make it easier to play with his weakening hands. Although he managed to finish the album he did not join the supporting tour due to his inability to perform on stage; former Lizzy Borden guitarist Joe Holmes took Jason Becker&#8217;s place on tour.</p>
<p>Jason eventually lost the ability to speak and now communicates with his eyes via a system developed by his father. Although his ALS gradually robbed him of his ability to play guitar, to walk, and eventually even to speak, he still remains mentally sharp and, with the aid of a computer, continues composing. In the back of the Perspective CD case, Jason Becker states &#8220;I have Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. It has crippled my body and speech, but not my mind.&#8221; Now in his 30s, his medical condition has remained stable since 1997. No recent updates pertaining to Jason&#8217;s condition has been heard of aside from him stating that he has felt a little better and gained some weight, but this was in 2003.</p>
<p>In 1996 Jason Becker released an album entitled Perspective, an instrumental album composed by him (with the exception of Bob Dylan&#8217;s song &#8220;Meet Me in the Morning&#8221;). The writing of the music had been started before ALS completely crippled his abilities. By using guitar and later, when he was unable to use both hands, a keyboard, he continued to compose while his disease worsened. However, when Jason Becker could no longer physically play even a keyboard, his friend and music producer Mike Bemesderfer helped him with a music-composing computer program which could read the movements of his head and eyes enabling Json Becker to continue to compose after he lost control of his entire body.</p>
<p>Several years later Jason Becker released Raspberry Jams (1999) and Blackberry Jams (2003), the first contained various unreleased demo-tracks and the latter contained demo-tracks and alternate versions of songs that were later reworked and published into other albums.</p>
<p>2 tribute albums to Jason Becker have been issued. Respectively entitled Warmth in the Wilderness I and Warmth in the Wilderness II, they feature guitarists such as Steve Vai, Paul Gilbert, Marty Friedman, Joe Becker, Rusty Cooley, and Mattias Eklundh. The album profits were sent to Jason Becker to help him with his medical finances.</p>
<p>Shrapnel Records will be releasing a Best of Jason Becker album. The album, is scheduled for release in October and will feature three new songs for the album which will feature Marty Friedman, Greg Howe, Joe Satriani, Michael Lee Firkins, Steve Vai, and Steve Hunter. The album will also feature older, never-heard songs/recordings.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Freedom to Succeed Tour (Washington DC)]]></title>
<link>http://troysblogworld.pl.wordpress.com/2008/09/01/freedom-to-succeed-tour-washington-dc/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 02:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>troysblogworld</dc:creator>
<guid>http://troysblogworld.pl.wordpress.com/2008/09/01/freedom-to-succeed-tour-washington-dc/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Sometimes there are events and situations in life that cause a shift in your thinking or actions. Au]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Sometimes there are events and situations in life that cause a shift in your thinking or actions. August 28th was one of those times for me. I attended <a href="http://www.davidjay.com/" target="_blank">David Jays&#8217;</a> Freedom to Succeed Tour which was held in Alexandria. It was a great time and the insight was incredible. There were probably about 100 photographers in attendance. <a href="http://www.couturebook.com/" target="_blank">Couture &#124; Book</a> was on display as well. Besides DJ&#8217;s great insight into our business, another highlight of the evening was listening to <a href="http://www.thebecker.com" target="_blank">[b]ecker&#8217;s</a> presentation. See you guys in Vegas!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Casa Base]]></title>
<link>http://lindaserra.pl.wordpress.com/2008/08/28/casa-base/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:25:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>lindaserra</dc:creator>
<guid>http://lindaserra.pl.wordpress.com/2008/08/28/casa-base/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Tornata alla base,come previsto il 24 sera atterraggio fastidioso ma in perfetto orario: suonano anc]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Tornata alla base,come previsto il 24 sera atterraggio fastidioso ma in perfetto orario: suonano anche le trombe e una voce recita solenne &#8220;ANOTHER ON TIME FLIGHT!&#8221;&#8230;la Ryanair si auto proclama affidabile, sicura e puntuale e gli Italiani a bordo (il 95%dei passeggeri) applaude&#8230;(io  ovviamente no: odio l&#8217;applauso al momento dell&#8217;atterragggio).</p>
<p>Come disse Gianluchino all&#8217; aterraggio in Santander l&#8217;8 Agosto: &#8220;Ma che significa st&#8217; applauso?!!! Fa il suo lavoro.lo pagano; se non sapesse atterrare non farebbe il pilota!!&#8221;.Parole sante!</p>
<p>Ma gli Italiani sono gente &#8220;de core&#8221; e oltre a parlare sempre ad alta voce ovunque e comunque,non perdono occasione per manifestare la propria passionalità: gli unici a fare ancora i cori &#8220;POpporoppoppoppò&#8221; in casa e fuori casa dal 2006  sono rimasti gli Italiani.</p>
<p>Siamo partiti in 8 da Roma. Muoio, di cui segue una diapositiva</p>
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<p>a momenti rimane a terra perchè deve bere una birra al bar&#8230;litiga con le hostess(come da programma) ma poi arriva a bordo.</p>
<p>Atterrati a Sant Ander si prosegue in macchian alla volta di San Sebastian. Al folto gruppo di partenza  si aggiunge <strong>Ursula</strong>: <em>distinta signora che ci accompagnerà per tutto il viaggio</em> e che è stato anche motivo di conflitto (il fatto che una donna pretenda di avere e <strong>di fatto ha sempre ragione</strong>&#8230;è una cosa che agli uomini non piace!)</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Ursula in performance!<br />
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<p>Il tempo non è propriamente estivo:sulla strada pioggia a freddo&#8230;rimpiango un pò i 45° che mi hanno impedito di riposare la sera prima a Roma.<br />
La prima sosta la facciamo fra Sant Ander e Bilbao in un baretto lercio e popolatissimo dove mangiamo il primo Pinto (si pronuncia <em>pincio</em>) e assistiamo alla cerimonia di inaugurazione delle Olimpiadi.Momento di solidarietà nei confronti della popolazione Tibetana che si può riassumenre in un altra massima di Gianluchino: <strong>&#8220;Questi ammazzano ogni giorno centinaia di innocenti e noi andiamo a farci le olimpiadi e ad applaudire!!&#8221;</strong><br />
Sigarette per chi fuma e si torna in macchina.</p>
<p>Gianluchino</p>
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<p>San Sebastìan (Donostia in lingua Basca) ci accoglie bene. la casa è bellissima e il paese si prepara alla Semana Grande e alle feste correlate. I Baschi sono distaccatamente cordiali e mai troppo gentili, hanno forte simpatia per gli Itliani odiano gli Americani e ancor più i Catalani.<br />
I Baschi d.o.c. reclamano indipendenza: non vogliono essere soggetti nè alla Spagna; nè tantomeno alla Francia come qualcuno invece auspica. La terra basca è fiera e imponente come i suoi abitanti. La popolazione basca è stata perseguitata e annullata,la lingua basca:la lingua proibita.</p>
<p>Causa la mia mania per le pins ne compro una  con la bandiera basca e la metto su. In un locale in fila per il bagno una ragazza la nota e viene da me a cantare l&#8217;inno basco. Io la ascolto,ma taccio.</p>
<p>Lei mi guarda e mi dice &#8220;ma tu non canti?&#8221; e io le rispondo che non conosco l&#8217;inno perchè sono italiana,ma che ho rispetto del suo popolo e ho messo la spilla nel giorno della loro festa.<br />
Si illumina in un sorriso bellissimo.Mi abbraccia e mi stringe forte. &#8220;Gracias,gracias!!!&#8221;.Bello.</p>
<p>L&#8217;ocenano maestoso e selvaggio,le gite sulla costa e le serate in casa a guardare la pioggia a cadere in giardino o ballare in sala,tutti nella camera dei ragazzi a parlare e ridere come i pazzi fino all&#8217;alba.</p>
<p>Il 12 direttamente da Malpensa arriva Leo (nome in codice Lio) all&#8217;arrivo commenta &#8220;O ma a Milano c&#8217;era più caldo!&#8221; :D:D</p>
<p>Il 13 Checca e Checco.</p>
<p>Abbiamo cucinato,dormito,viaggiato e riso e sopratttutto trascorso del tempo, dell&#8217;impagabile e prezioso tempo insieme.Noi che crescendo abbiamo preso strade diverse e ci vediamo 3 volte all&#8217;anno se va bene&#8230;noi che siamo cresciuti insieme e continuiamo ad essere così uniti,noi che abbiamo 33 anni e ricordi che risalgono a 25 anni fa.Time out, tempo scaduto&#8230;stop it!</p>
<p>Si prosegue in 3 per Madrid:bellissima e affascinante.</p>
<p>Fiumi di gente,musica per strada,concerto Ska all&#8217;angolo di una via - marcia dalla sera fino al mattino dopo.</p>
<p>2 Giorni dopo Checco e Checca ci aspettano a Barcellona.</p>
<p>Una settimana trascorsai vicoli della Barcelloneta, in quelli del barrio gotico e di Gracìa.Picasso,Gaudì,Dalì e Mirò in ogni angolo.</p>
<p>Una scorpacciata di emozioni,immagini, posti e angoli.</p>
<p>bello tutto</p>
<p>Sono tornata,sono qui in soggiorno e ho tutto qui con me.</p>
<p>wow<br />
A presto family</p>
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