TOTAL CONTROL

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqXG5cdbYZik9Sq4sQ6xW-gDZJ5dxnv6tR6i-lL4I6Y0QFhIJRl0toIw1GxJ1qVB2XvzPGnZ0GHLGPT0VRPd3EGJm2klZC3wzuI0_jRniywU_F-DlDtUNl963yEStm6nmzuCtSxBF4QShK/s1600/tumblr_ltc80aTrJP1qzl9q0o1_500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqXG5cdbYZik9Sq4sQ6xW-gDZJ5dxnv6tR6i-lL4I6Y0QFhIJRl0toIw1GxJ1qVB2XvzPGnZ0GHLGPT0VRPd3EGJm2klZC3wzuI0_jRniywU_F-DlDtUNl963yEStm6nmzuCtSxBF4QShK/s400/tumblr_ltc80aTrJP1qzl9q0o1_500.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: orange; font-size: x-large;"><b>Deutschland: Ab August 2012 wird Bargeld schrittweise abgeschafft</b></span></div><br />Bericht von Christine Rütlisberger, Kopp Online<br /><br />Für Banken, Sparkassen und Geschäfte ist der Bargeldumlauf ein Kosten- und Risikofaktor. Und auch das Finanzamt betrachtet Bargeld zunehmend skeptisch. Bargeldzahler werden in Deutschland nach einem von langer Hand geplanten EU-Vorstoß nun bald pauschal zu Verdächtigen.<br /><br />In Deutschland sind Scheine und Münzen bei Einkäufen das mit Abstand meistgenutzte Zahlungsmittel. Gemessen am Umsatz liegt der Bargeldanteil bei rund 60 Prozent. Das soll sich nach dem Willen von Politik und Banken schnell ändern. Auch in Deutschland wird nun eine in weiten Teilen der Bevölkerung noch immer unbekannte Richtlinie der EU-Kommission umgesetzt, an deren Ende die Abschaffung des Bargelds steht. Mit der EU-Geld-Richtlinie (2009/110/EG) soll der Weg frei werden für »innovative und sichere E-Geld-Dienstleistungen« ohne Bargeld.<br /><br />Die EU fordert für alle Bürger der Mitgliedsstaaten die »elektronische Geldbörse in Form einer Zahlungskarte oder einer anderen Chipkarte« sowie »als Speichermedien für E-Geld (…) außerdem Mobiltelefone (mit denen auch bezahlt werden kann) und Online-Zahlungskonten«. Es gibt mehrere solcher EU-Richtlinien. Fasst man sie zusammen, dann wird das Bild klar: Schritt für Schritt wird Bargeld in der EU abgeschafft oder das Bezahlen mit Bargeld sogar verboten.<br /><br />In Italien dürfen beispielsweise seit dem 4. Dezember 2011 Beträge über 1.000 Euro nicht mehr bar bezahlt werden. Der neue italienische Ministerpräsident Mario Monti treibt den bargeldlosen Zahlungsverkehr unter Hochdruck voran. Monti war zuvor zuständiges Kommissionsmitglied für Finanzdienstleistungen der EU und arbeitete schon vor der Einführung des Euro an den mittelfristigen EU-Plänen, einen beträchtlichen Teil der Barzahlungen in der EU durch Chipkarten und kontrollierte Finanzflüsse zu ersetzen. Alle EU-Staaten setzen die Geld-Richtlinie der EU derzeit unter Hochdruck um.<br /><br />In Belgien dürfen etwa von sofort an Waren, die mehr als 5.000 Euro kosten, nicht mehr bar bezahlt werden. Der für Steuerbetrug zuständige Staatssekretär Crombez bestätigte Mitte Januar entsprechende Presseberichte. Schrittweise wird die Bargeldsumme, mit der Bürger noch bezahlen dürfen, immer weiter abgesenkt. Das alles wird auch in Deutschland vorbereitet: Im August 2012 geht es los. Lesen Sie, worauf Sie sich jetzt vorbereiten müssen.<br /><br /><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;"><b>Germany to Begin Abolishing Cash Transaction in August 2012 Step by Step</b></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqM6D9Jeq0Pd6msHj0w_F4Z_h5L3ToQ-OyKz0y90Br3PUqmeyInmZfJKgBEF9HP0MPb2rb1o24ZczqJbsoF9HgIGPz6oBLoXk7d_Y9J_N-Dm8SnFqU3lOnLlJWDM8nclIifak_PYQy-xGd/s1600/images.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqM6D9Jeq0Pd6msHj0w_F4Z_h5L3ToQ-OyKz0y90Br3PUqmeyInmZfJKgBEF9HP0MPb2rb1o24ZczqJbsoF9HgIGPz6oBLoXk7d_Y9J_N-Dm8SnFqU3lOnLlJWDM8nclIifak_PYQy-xGd/s320/images.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Germany will begin to abolish cash transactions step by step from August 2012, putting the EU directive 2009/110/EC (PDF) into practice. Germany is the next country after Greece, where the ECB recommended such cahs payment limits in May 2010, and Italy, where cash transactions above €1,000 have been limited since December 4, 2011.<br />While the official reasoning says this is to combat tax fraud, it is actually another step towards total surveillance in the European Union. All forms of electronic payments can be traced completely.<br />Ironically a study from the German Bundesbank (PDF) from 2009 arrives at the conclusion that cash fulfills all functions of a payment device in the best way. Germans still conclude 60% of their transactions with cash.<br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: orange;"> </span></b></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: orange;">HOSTILE “BANKSTER “TAKEOVER</span> </b></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Italy, Greece now possible Slovenia governed by Bank technocrats</b></span>………<br /><br />Is Europe slowly becoming a colony of the FEDERAL RESERVE and its BANKSTER FRIENDS? Will a FEDERAL RESERVE ECONOMIST become the next Prime Minister of SLOVENIA after the GOLDMAN SACHS colonization of the ECB (DRAGHI), Greece (PAPADEMOS) and Italy (MONTI)?<br />Austrian daily "KURIER" had a snippet in last week’s edition, saying that Slovenian Fed economist EGON ZAKRAJSEK is at issue to become Prime Minister. The paper did not cite a source but reasoned that the stalemate between leftist election winner Zoran Jankovic and conservative Janes Jansa has sprung calls for a "third man."<br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Via The Prudent Investor</span>

TOTAL CONTROL

Deutschland: Ab August 2012 wird Bargeld schrittweise abgeschafftBericht von Christine Rütlisberger, Kopp OnlineFür Banken, Sparkassen und Geschäfte ist der Bargeldumlauf ein Kosten- und Risikofaktor. Und auch das Finanzamt betrachtet Bargeld zunehme…

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SCARE TACTIC: HAIR LOSS ON THE HCG PROTOCOL

I've observed over one thousand hCG protocols and personally assisted over 500 people through multiple rounds. From what I've observed with patients, daily administering 125 iu of hCG with Dr. Simeons' very low calorie protocol, only 4 people have brought to my attention their hair loss. The first was a trans-gendered woman (male to female). The second was a woman who lost hair during pregnancy and wasn't worried as she knew her hair would grow back. The third patient had a sensitivity to dry climate (after adding back conditioner her hair stopped falling out). And the fourth, started her second round of the protocol while experiencing debilitating stress and depression, she eliminated both proteins from her diet, and she cheated consistently each week with sugar. Needless to say, if we had known the mental state of this fourth patient, we would not have prescribed her a second round of the hCG protocol.<br /><br />The question I'd like to ask is why are there so many people on the Internet discussing fear of hair loss during the very low calorie protocol? I'm not saying that it doesn't happen, especially when people don't have the appropriate dosage of hCG, when they don't take adequate breaks between rounds, if they don't use nutritional supplementation, if they cheat with sugar type foods, or if they reduce or restrict protein intake to what is less than prescribed. There are great risks for hair loss with such drastic reductions in food intake. However, it is NOT caused by the caloric value of food, but rather abrupt hormonal shifts that may occur, especially when they eat the very low calorie diet without adequate hCG, or if the patient cheats.<br /><br />There are a couple of issues I will assume happens when someone cheats during the protocol, specifically with a sugar based foods. First, the abrupt rise and fall in leptin would cause a similar reaction to the thyroid and thyroid hormones. This will not help a hair loss matter. Second, the rapid rise in insulin with leptin, creating an increase in testosterone. This might cause androgenic alopecia. Over time, and repeated bouts of cheating during the hCG protocol, the polar shifts in leptin and resulting hormonal dysregulation and inflammation could increase the risk of hair loss for both reasons. On the other side, if hunger is tolerated and persists, sustained drops in leptin causes a rise in cortisol, which would increase the risk for the most aggressive form of hair loss: telogen effluvium.<br /><br />Because 98% of my observations have been with prescription hCG protocols, I haven't been able to compare the prevalence of hair loss to homeopathic hCG protocols. But one thing I know for sure, because most skeptics of the hCG protocol have no idea how hCG prevents starvation, they assume the typical symptoms of starvation are the risks. However, if hCG stimulates adequate leptin to reduce the risk of starvation, and the very low calorie protocol reduces the risk of problems caused from excess leptin, we could safely assume (when combined with a good multi-vitamin) hair loss associated to hormonal extremes of binging and starving would be minimized.<br /><br />I've come to believe that in my opinion, people are sensationalizing the risk of hair loss to scare people out of doing the hCG protocol, or they want to manipulate the consumer to do the protocol differently than Simeons suggested. But, I'd like to know what others have observed.  Dr. Simeons discussed the small risk he observed in <em>Pounds & Inches, </em>but I agree with his point of view. The hormonal ramifications of keeping fat are far worse then the risk of keeping hair.<br /><br />Until we have proper laboratory research we are all speculating, including myself. However, what I do have to use as a reference point are the 4 people who have lost hair, compared to the thousands who haven't.<br /><br />WHAT HAVE YOU OBSERVED? IF YOU HAVE LOST HAIR, DID YOU CHEAT? DID YOU EXPERIENCE SEVERE HUNGER? DID YOU LOAD PROPERLY? DID YOU ELIMINATE PROTEIN INTAKE? DID YOU TAKE A MULTI-VITAMIN? <br /><br />Please comment if you've experienced hair loss and what was your experience.<br /><br /><br />

SCARE TACTIC: HAIR LOSS ON THE HCG PROTOCOL

I've observed over one thousand hCG protocols and personally assisted over 500 people through multiple rounds. From what I've observed with patients, daily administering 125 iu of hCG with Dr. Simeons' very low calorie protocol, only 4 people have br…

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VIEW FROM THE “OPPOSITION”

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEEUOzZoQ-4tXDGVkbAT2sFQK3OAXr9SJ59fuDwyWcsaAq68yP3J0NP4ZpBpvisMLjW633tHuCD53SMoAeNNT6zntIqmrZvizdkeZocq48t1z4u9-vnlIvCaYSo-g0NRYGHtbkrJ9sTO_A/s1600/T1100503-Crude_oil-SPL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEEUOzZoQ-4tXDGVkbAT2sFQK3OAXr9SJ59fuDwyWcsaAq68yP3J0NP4ZpBpvisMLjW633tHuCD53SMoAeNNT6zntIqmrZvizdkeZocq48t1z4u9-vnlIvCaYSo-g0NRYGHtbkrJ9sTO_A/s320/T1100503-Crude_oil-SPL.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>This is Russia’s and Iran’s stance on current EU and USA embargo: from your own opinion  </b></div><br /><div style="color: blue; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">'Oil plot': US embargo on Iran targets Europe?</span></div><br />TEHRAN believes that WASHINGTON is trying to deal a blow to debt-ridden EUROPE by forcing it to join its embargo on Iranian oil imports. Doing so would be “suicidal” for EUROPE, IRAN says.<br />IRAN’S Foreign Ministry said the US wanted to drag EUROPE into joining the sanctions imposed in December because it would make the EU less competitive.<br />The diplomat called on EUROPEANS not to act as AMERICA’S client and instead to pursue their own interests in the conflict.<br />Meanwhile, Iran’s OPEC governor said it would be “ECONOMIC SUICIDE” for EUROPE to join the sanctions amid the crisis.<br /><br />“Regarding the economic crisis in the EUROZONE, imposing any sanction on Iran's oil will push EUROPEAN countries into a deeper crisis,” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson was quoted saying. “The European currency is already under pressure because of debt and financing problems facing some of its members.”<br /><br /><b>DOUBLE-EDGED EMBARGO</b><br /><br />EUROPE is a major importer of IRANIAN oil, the others being CHINA, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA and INDIA. Southern European countries like ITALY, SPAIN and GREECE buy some 13 per cent of all crude they consume from Iran.<br />The EU’s current plan is to join the oil embargo in a matter of months. The grace period is needed to find a replacement fuel source, which may be AMERICA’S close ally, SAUDI ARABIA, which has said it can boost domestic production to compensate for the shortage.<br /><br />CHINA, which is the largest buyer of IRANIAN oil, said last week it would not uphold any sanctions against the Islamic Republic unless they are imposed by the UN Security Council. INDIA came up with a similar statement on Wednesday.<br /><br />SOUTH KOREA and JAPAN both voiced their readiness to boycott IRAN’S crude, but did not indicate when such a measure might come into force. JAPAN is particularly vulnerable to energy shortages after the devastating earthquake and tsunami which hit it last year, destroying the Fukushima power plant.<br />The sanctions are meant to force TEHRAN into making its nuclear program transparent to foreign inspectors. IRAN insists that the program is purely civilian, but many Western nations say it is ultimately pursuing nuclear weapon capabilities. No hard proof of such intentions has ever been produced. <br /><br />IRAN  confirmed that it is ready to restart talks on the issue and is waiting for the group of six nuclear mediators to set a date for a meeting.<br />The Council for the National Interest think-tank, believes Iran is buying time, basically saying: “There is a high level of belligerency right now, but if we buy time, possibly that will change.”<br />“The resolve of the European powers to push on this Iranian nuclear issue is higher now,” Giraldi explained. “But if there is a genuine threat to possibly raise oil prices through closing the Strait of Hormuz, then the Europeans who get quite a lot of this oil would begin to reconsider what they are doing.”<br /><br />Via RTV

VIEW FROM THE “OPPOSITION”

This is Russia’s and Iran’s stance on current EU and USA embargo: from your own opinion  'Oil plot': US embargo on Iran targets Europe?TEHRAN believes that WASHINGTON is trying to deal a blow to debt-ridden EUROPE by forcing it to join its embargo on…

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