Black Friday Is Here, How Will This End?

We are here on Friday a day after stock markets have fallen across the globe and continue to fall at the moment I type this out. Now what happens next the Wall Street markets do not open for hours from now, our governments are overwhelmed and unprepared. Complacency has made us all comfortable. We think in our modern world we are safe, until something big happens then everybody runs to save them selves. Paranoia breeds fears and fears bring about the troubles. what the people fear is a lack of security and confidence in our governments, Governments busy guarding the profits of the wealthiest, while letting the foundation(common working class people) rot away. This is a poor business practice because what...

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SOURCE FROM BBC NEWS

Bond market developments are deep concern, says BarrosoTalks have taken place in Luxembourg between Italy and the EUContinue reading the main story Related StoriesBerlusconi to address parliament Spain debt woes delay PM holiday Greek debt writedown hits SocGen European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has described the bond markets' treatment of Italy and Spain as "a cause of deep concern".Yields on Spanish and Italian bonds have hit euro-era records this week.Italian finance minister Giulio Tremonti has held talks with Jean-Claude Juncker, chair of the eurozone countries' finance ministers group.Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi told parliament the country had "solid economic foundations"."Developments in the sovereign bond...

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AI AI AI - COM ANIRÀ AIXÒ?

L´FMI insta l´Estat a pujar l´IVA i baixar els sous públicsL'organisme creu que el govern central ha d'aplicar noves mesures per complir els objectius de reducció del dèficit 29-07-2011   VOTA LA NOTÍCIA    NOTÍCIES RELACIONADES  Els preus reculen una dècima i situen la inflació al 3,1%.  EconomiaEP / WASHINGTON L´Estat necessitarà mesures addicionals de consolidació fiscal per complir amb els objectius de reducció de dèficit compromesos pel govern espanyol, que, en opinió del Fons Monetari Internacional (FMI), es basen en projeccions macroeconòmiques "relativament optimistes" i es troben amenaçats pel risc de incompliments per part d'algunes comunitats autònomes. "Complir els objectius...

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I A CATALUNYA CONTINUEM IGUAL - FONT DEL REGIO 7

Catalunya lidera el rànquing de concursos de creditorsLes famílies en fallida pugen un 1,8% a tot l´Estat i creixen un 19,7% les empreses concursades  10:25   VOTA LA NOTÍCIA   EP Catalunya va ser la comunitat amb més nombre de declaracions de concurs en el segon trimestre amb 381 concursos, seguida per la Comunitat Valenciana, amb 253, Andalusia, amb 211 i Madrid, amb 207, ja que van acaparar el 59,4% del total. A la banda oposada, les regions amb menys suspensions de pagaments durant el segon trimestre de l'any van ser La Rioja i Extremadura, amb deu i 18 procediments, respectivament. Amb l'entrada en vigor de la Llei Concursal l'1 de setembre del 2004, l'INE va substituir l'antiga estadística de suspensions...

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CATALUNYA NO ESTÀ TAN BÉ COM ENS VOLEN FER CREURE!

Cada dia, ens fem ressó del que està passant al mon! I a Catalunya? A Catalunya hi ha molta més gent que necesites d'accions humanitaries per poder afrontar el dia a dia: no poden mejar peix, ni carn ni ous tan sovint com haurien de fer-ho i això alerat d'una mala nutrició infantil. Aquestes families eren classe mitjan abans que tot això comencés i ara no tenen cap mena de capacitat fer res. No hi ha dret! En el segle en el que vivim això és intolerable. Que les families no puguin donar de menjar als seus fills ni comprar les sabates que necessiten per anar a l'escola és una vergonya de la societat.  Les associacions de caritat ja han alertat d'aquest problema i del que comportarà. Fins ara, es dedicaven a ajudar a les famílies immigrants que tenien problemes, però ara tenen un nou...

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CATALUNYA IS NOT DOING SO GOOD AS THEY WANT TO MAKE US THINK!

Everyday, we look more at the world we are living in and we can see how the crisis is devasting whole families. And in Catalunya? In Catalunya too! There are thousands of families that need to live from the charities, who do not have money to pay for shoes for their children and they can not afford to eat fish, pork or egg more than once a week. That entails a lot of problems for the children with mal nutrition! These families have run into this situation because of the crisi that we are living, cause they were doing as a common families before it all started! These families have had to start asking for charity and that means that there will be not enough help for all. Until now, charities used to help immigrant people who neded it but now they are facing a new group that needs to be rescued....

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No weather for the sea!

Here in Catalonia we have had one of the coolest July's in 15 years. It is just no weather for the sea! As the water in the Mediterranean is already some what cool at least compared to the beaches of Florida and south Georgia where I am from. The good news or bad depending on how you look at it is we have a new island the size of Manhattan floating freely on the Antarctic coast if you want to go for a swim in the frigid waters. Do not be frightened this is a natural process that happens every 50 to 100 years, the ice shelf is struck and a large fragment breaks off. A natural event we think. I find it hard to call all things natural when our modern science timeline...

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50 liters of water in 20 minutes.

Today we arrived home from helping a friend move to be bombarded with a downpour of biblical proportions. We were not alone from Central Catalonia to Barcelona. and the rain fell on our saturday night. it was much needed rain but maybe not so much in such a short time. 83 liters in barcelona 50 here and in a town less than 3 kilometers away 18 liters. I guess that is how it rains here. luckily our 'horts' (vegetable gardens) did not suffer too much damage some corn(plat de moro) was knocked over but all else was fine and needed the bath I think. i will be adding photos of the knocked over corn tomorrow after the sun comes up he...

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Day trip to Andorra from Barcelona

The Principality of Andorra or Andorra is a small landlocked country between France and Spain in western Europe.'Valls d'Andorra' was given to the Andorran people for fighting against the Morres by Charles the Great.It is not a member of The European Union and a tax haven for it's duty free status.The oficial language there is Catalan but French,Spanish and Portuguese are also spoken.   Anytime of the year it makes for a great trip from skiing to shopping or to the hot springs which make for a lovely bath when the weather hits sub freezing temps in the winter. There is nothing like going for a nice dip in the warm thermal fed baths after a day at the slopes - and Andorra offers world class slopes from beginner slopes to death...

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The Beautiful Catalan Country and Coastal Mountains.

Now We have came to the end of another week here in sunny Catalonia,and the weather is suppose to be great. We still do not know what we may do this weekend. We will probably stay in and watch a movie and eat some popcorn. It sounds good to me and the beach may have to wait for the August vacation that we have  all been so patiently awaiting and now it seems like it will not come for an eternity. we can't wait for Mojitos in the sun and a little bit of fun. For now it will probably be by the pool to take in the sun. but at least there is a good view from inside the pool. we may take a road trip to the park and enjoy some site seeing on the Catalan country side. We went a couple a weeks ago for a drive through the country...

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Internet in Rural Catalonia, Spain.

If you plan on a romantic get away to the Pyrenees or have a vacation planed for the beach in rural Catalonia, and internet is a must for you  a Tablet PC with tethering capabilities would serve you well, as the 3g network here can be better than physical network access. Movistar is the main cell provider here and service plans are fairly resonable. you can choose from different options depending on your internet use. In much of Spain the installation of fiber optic cable is lacking. So a trip to rural spain you may find a slower internet service however in most big cities you will have ample bandwidth. Though if you are a big fan of the Apple iPhone 4G  you may find that much of Spain lacks installation of 4g cell...

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