Wednesday 28 September 2011
appellation d'origine controlee and prussian blue
catagories: ๐ง, Europe, food and drink
Tuesday 27 September 2011
sea of green or silent run
Monday 26 September 2011
significant digits
With all the talk and nerves, one would reasonably conclude that Europe and the euro are being assaulted on all fronts not by a debt-burden or over-wrought speculation but rather by a crisis in the currency and partnership itself. European manufacturing and innovation has not been overtaken, and there is no talk of war-mongering--there has been quite a bit of thinking out loud and gloomy scenarios that have been other than helpful and have stoked panic, so I think every possibility on one's mind has already been voiced, inflation is not galloping in the marketplace (other than through shortages caused by environmental changes, like the wildfires in Russia, etc), and the euro, relative to other currencies) has only lost fractional value and is certainly one of the more stable ones. A tenth of a cent in the exchange rate does make a difference to traders and those with dollar denominated loans--or try to out-smart the next moves, like me--being paid in US dollars. The bailout, relief programs of the States are echoed in the plans for a euro rescue fund, having wealthy member countries contribute to a pool credit that will be made available to poorer members on contingency.
catagories: economic policy, Europe
pontifex and bauhaus
catagories: ๐ฉ๐ช, ✝️, antiques, architecture, Hessen, Thรผringen, travel
Friday 23 September 2011
antitelephone
catagories: ๐ก, ๐ญ, ๐, philosophy, Star Wars
Thursday 22 September 2011
marching orders
catagories: America, lifestyle, revolution
up periscope or objects in the rear-view mirror may appear closer than they are
catagories: technology and innovation, travel