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The new paradigm: During the Hot Season, head to the oceans (South); during the Rainy Season, head for the hills (North).

If you are a follower of HBOs A Game of Thrones, then I highly suggest wading into the first book of the same name, that is the beginning of the Song of Ice and Fire series by George RR Martin. Yep, it's the thick book, but it's written in a Point of View style were each chapter is a character in the first person. The reading is easy but descriptively rich in texture. Pick it up and start, and it will be difficult to put down.

My only regret is that HBO is at the point where, in order to continue the series, they are going to have to create the narrative, because the series will push into the Winds of Winters book that has not yet been published. Not sure what GRR and HBO contractual agreement was, but last season the series seriously deviated from the narrative in the fourth and fifth books, A Feast of Crow and A Dance of Dragons. Without The Winds of Winter published, I'm not sure who is now writing the screen plays. Incredible HBO series, just hope it doesn't die on the vine from neglect.

Swedish books, naturally in English, by Liza Marklund, have sold a LOT abroad. They are very good, but read them in the order the were published. The last book in the series have just beem published. I don't know the English title I'm afraid, but Google Liza Marklund and I'm sure you would get both the English titles and the order they were published in.

Amazon I'm sure have them. They call the Swedish crime novels for the last ten years "Swedish Noir". Not just heroes, but people with the same problems that real people have. And a dark side, hence the name "noir".

Sweden puts out some great movies that the US then remakes into mediocre movies Lol. I like watching Swedish movies in Swedish with English subs. The last set:

The Girl with a Dragon Tattoo trilogy. Excellent. Now that I'm talking about it, I might get the books.

The American version is a joke compared to the original movie. That's probobly why they only did one movie of what should have been three.

Agreed! The difference between night and day. It's unfortunate that the average Kim Kardashian, reality TV watch, clone can sit though a movie with sub-titles. Gotta have a remake, and the remakes are generally sh*t.

Interesting thought as I exited samadhi this evening.

My wife this morning talked at length about the deceased relatives that she was going to offer food/merit to tomorrow on Wan Pra. Very animistic. But then again, a number of Pali chants specifically offer merit to, well, deceased relatives.

This is where I like thinking, The Book of The Dead (not Theravada tradition - Tibetan), outline the stages of death, the entry into the Bardo, and the eventual rebirth of those who have passed away. So why is there such an emphasis on merit giving to deceased relatives that seems to be supported in the Theravada Buddhist tradition?
Unlike my wife, when I offer merit to the deceased, I also add the caveat, "If you still reside in this plane of existence, then may this merit allow you to see the path to rebirth in the next life. Let go, do not dwell, do not cling, but move on to a new life where you may find the cessation of suffering." I see merit, especially the sharing of merit gained though samadhi, as a way of providing the power to those who are "stuck" to clearly see through the ignorance of clinging to what once was, and to let go and pass on, really pass on, to rebirth. But I believe I'm a real minority, for what I see are Thai Buddhist placating the spirits of their relative and others who may continue to dwell around them and their homes, businesses, and communities, not to help move them to a higher realm of existence and rebirth, but to make them happy clinging to the past, to this existence where their physical body has passed away, but the disembodied "knower' who is still in the delusional grip of conditioned existence remains anchored to in this plane of existence where they really do not belong. Why are they not taught to use merit to invite and move this entities onto the path of rebirth?

Godfather - addicted to the books & DVDs!

One more suggestion is you like dark humor based in South East Asia, two authors and their first books.

The Coroner's Lunch: Colin Cotterill

Bangkok 8: John Burdett

Getting a Kindle would be a good start, easy to carry around for a quick read on the plane/ bus train etc. Lots of fairly inexpensive stuff on Amazon and usually possible to get a preview.

But it might also be interesting to get hard copies of "1984" (Orwell) and "Brave new World" (Huxley), just to see how the world they portrayed compares with what has actually happened. Not read them since my schooldays but might do so again..

Why buy a Kindle. Put the Kindle app on your smart phone. Everybody has a smart phone (well, except for me...don't want one).

Swedish books, naturally in English, by Liza Marklund, have sold a LOT abroad. They are very good, but read them in the order the were published. The last book in the series have just beem published. I don't know the English title I'm afraid, but Google Liza Marklund and I'm sure you would get both the English titles and the order they were published in.

Amazon I'm sure have them. They call the Swedish crime novels for the last ten years "Swedish Noir". Not just heroes, but people with the same problems that real people have. And a dark side, hence the name "noir".

Sweden puts out some great movies that the US then remakes into mediocre movies Lol. I like watching Swedish movies in Swedish with English subs. The last set:

The Girl with a Dragon Tattoo trilogy. Excellent. Now that I'm talking about it, I might get the books.

Read the Bible.

Then you can be come one of the holier than thou posters who infest this forum from time to time, much to the pleasure of us hedonists. They provide hours of fun for all.

Thanks for the reminder: I finished The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels early last month. Read that one cover to cover in two days.

You or I ending up as a CPA?

I worked for the Australian Tax Office.

Then a university - teaching accounting & taxation law.

Bored to tears - a natural progression.

CPA - loved it!

books - it has been a long time.

Carpetbaggers?

Smut, sex!

Mafia

Try a read of The Godfather Trilogy?

I'd suggest, "The Mystery of Shemita" kind of gave me peace.... But then it depends where ones' mind is.....

This is the Shemita Jubilee year. The world's to be reset in 3,2,1.........

Thank you for your suggestions all.

Hardly ever read a book or a newspaper.

I still have one book of interest.

Read numerous times.

Until the lights are switched on, I may have to read it again & again.

Do share: What book?

Historical and present day Geo-politics, specially books by F. William Engdahl.

But also just finished Treasure Island by Robert Lewis Stevenson - classic.

And Mindfulness, Bliss, and Beyond by Ajahn Brahm is a work in progress. Tweaking my meditation practice. Not necessarily doing a cover to cover read because the subject matter is not currently within my reach. Nimittas. Been there. Jhana. Maybe some day. Currently working on what Ajahn Brahm calls Full Sustain Attention on the Breath and Full Sustain Attention on the Beautiful Breath. Working on patience and letting go.

And currently finishing up and interview of Joseph Campbell by Bill Moyers that I started, put down for awhile, and now have picked up again.

Happy reading!

And you have already tried the obvious (post #2)?

Just switched my "Deutsch" (German) Google earth to "English (US)", then to Thai, Italian and back to German (restarting the program after the changes) without any problem.

it was in English, but it decided sometime since the last time I used it, about a month ago, to suddenly change itself to Thai.

After installation of Google Earth the language is set to "Systemvorgabe" (System default).

I bet that a change has been made in the Windows settings.

Nope. Didn't try the obvious because I'm more interested in why the this system, with all references to the Thai language, and all vestiges of previous installs of GE, keep coming up in Thai after installation. I'm compulsive, which is what made me a good system admin back prior to retiring from the IT world. And I'd still like to know why. Best I can come up with is they have a programmed their application in a non-traditional manner and determines location by some other means than utilizing the obviously correct data in the Regions and Languages sub-app. I wondering if they are using the time zone setting. Can't be the IP because its a US ISP IP that I'm using. Now that I know how to reset the POS app back to English, I might try installing it with the time zone set to Pacific Time and launch it without the VPN. If that doesn't work, the heck with it. I only use this program to create placemarks and street view when I'm trying to find something specific. I find Street View running in a browser to be just a dog slow, flaky program that has crashed the browsers on more than one of my computers.

Thanks much.

Signed,

Not A Fan of Google Anything

Hope this helps...

Many thanks. That's worked. Nice animation.

no country redirect .... ncr

example for google search is......google.com/ncr

Use this info to download GE, reinstalled after cleaning all references from the previous install off my computer. The install language is English and the installer runs in English, all Regions and Languages set to US and English and launched newly installed app while VPNed to the US, annnnnnnd, the POS program defaults to Thai. I give up.

I only run this on one computer. I would not put this program on a computer I care about.

no country redirect .... ncr

example for google search is......google.com/ncr

I'll give that a shot. Thanks!

Running Win 7. All my info in the Region/Language is set to US and English other than having a Thai keyboard installed.

My only idea: check whether the "Non Unicode" setting is also English (non Thai).

Its a setting that is often overlooked and is system wide (not user specific).

Changing will require reboot.

Some programs derive their language from this setting.

This site explains it with screeenshots.

Don't be fooled by the "Japanese" setting,

Just set to "English (US)" if it happens to be "Thai (Thailand)".

https://www.coscom.co.jp/learnjapanese801/japanesefont/nonunicode_win7.html

Thanks but that's not it either. The only reference to language and location in the Region and Languages including this setting is set to English and United States, and even the default location is set to where my VPN ISP is located. There is simply nothing pointing to Thailand other than have a Thai keyboard installed and having the system time set to BKK time zone because my VPN software will not work otherwise.

Freaking Google. A language selection drop-down in the installer would solve all this nonsense. But the hubris of these Mega Companies. Amazing.

Switching language in the app always gave me a bastardized version anyway. In your OS Region and language setting don't just select English format on one tab but go to the advanced tabs and select. Like location make it US etc. The downloads do all language but see your PC as still in Thai for some reason.

In past as example the google earth downloaded in Thai never really worked proper if switched to English - if you wanted the install to happen in real English in the first place then set the whole PC to English.

My Region and Language setting were set up that way. There is nothing in those settings other than English and United States. No Thai references except for the keyboard and that shouldn't affect location data. But thanks.

No sympathy. Tell daddy to buy it for you. At 17 I paid £20 for a seven year old 100cc Yamaha. A year later, £80 for an old 250cc BSA. Still at school, but my own money from evening and weekend work. Don't even get me started about living in a shoe box in t' middle of t' road.

Nice to see someone else who is 'old school'. When I was in my late teens and 20s, I bought used and paid cash. I didn't carry any debt until I was about 35 and by the time I retired in my 50s and divorced again, I was debt free. I let the ex have the new car with the finance payments to boot.

Now I'm in my 60s. My car? Bought used, paid cash. Lol

This is very extreme.

My girlfriend thinks I`m a pervert just for wanting to have sex with the lights on.

If she was my girlfriend, the relationship wouldn't last very long. Half the fun is the visual stimulation. I go with the premise that the biggest sex organ in your body is your brain and it's interaction with the five senses. Out of the five, touch and sight are pretty much at the top of the list imho.

Turn out the lights? Ouch. If she's Thai, she probably doesn't get too vocal either. So your down to touch, taste, and smell. Maybe. I sure she has other redeeming qualities.

I go with the premise that the biggest sex organ in your body is your brain and it's interaction with the five senses.

It's always the 'under-endowed' that say things like that

At least mine works. If you can't get it up, size doesn't matter. And overweight farangs generally have coronary issues that manifest as Erectile Dysfunction. So if ya got one, enjoy your John Holmes size friend that doesn't work, and most Thai gals don't want a darn thing to do with. Average works for me just dandy, thanks much, and most other guy too. Penis envy isn't not one of my traits. You dudes that have massive 'friends'. I'm happy for you. Enjoy.

As others have said, US Jobs Data.

If you are trading anything you really need to have a news feed on economic data from around the world. I use www.myfxbook.com

no doubt there are many others.

You also need a strategy for news events, or a long enough trading cycle and deep enough pockets not to get caught out by them. Personally, I don't trade news events, but do look for opportunities as currencies return to wards previous norms.

FYI in about 2 weeks the IMF will meet for a decision of whether to allow the Chinese Renminbi to be granted reserve currency status. This decision is only taken once every 5 years. It will probably go through, taking up to 20% of world trade out of USD based transactions ...... THAT will be a bumpy ride.

The decision on the SDR composition will be taken at the review in November, not in Peru. The new composition will not be implemented until Sept 2016.

There is pushback on adding the Renminbi. Maybe in 2016. The dollar's days are numbered, but that doesn't mean there isn't upside in the near term. Expect the US to protect the reserve status.

There is no price discover in this market. If you're a retail investor, walk away unless the Fed announces another QE (they may use another fancy name). The buzz about a rate cut is a dog and pony show, it ain't gonna happen.

Three letters: V P N

Graphs look interesting but due to low resolution I am unable to have a detailed look.

Could you post a link ?

Thanks....

That is easier said than done. Any link would take you to my login or possibly into my account. You should be able to see the same charts on the Netdania home page but I cannot see them as it automatically logs me in to netstation and I don't want to log out. You would need to use internet explorer as the Java is no longer supported by Chrome.

I have redone the gold chart which may be a bit clearer. Note the time is local.

gold 031015.jpg

Use Barchart.com

Navigate to Gold via the commodities drop down. Pick the current 'cash' link. Select the chart and pick interday and select the number of days you want to see.

This is a link to a 3 day interday chart. Have fun!

http://www.barchart.com/chart.php?sym=GCY00&style=technical&template=&p=I&d=M&im=&sd=&ed=&size=M&log=0&t=BAR&v=2&g=1&evnt=1&late=1&o1=&o2=&o3=&sh=100&indicators=&addindicator=&submitted=1&fpage=&txtDate=#jump

It's called volatility in a manipulated market. Probably a "short squeeze" as JP Morgan and others play games and the regulators look the other way.

http://kingworldnews.com/the-global-economy-is-in-serious-trouble-but-there-may-be-a-short-squeeze-in-gold/

Do your homework. Go to GATA.org. On silver, look up articles by Ted Butler. Happy homework.